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1.3 Ecology

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niche   the role of an organism in its habitat  
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symbiosis   a close relationship between two species in which at least one benefits  
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prey   organism that is killed and eaten  
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parasitism   a relationship in which one species lives on or in another organism and benefits and the other species is harmed  
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predation   when one organism kills another for food  
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natural selection   the process by which organisms that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce  
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host   an organism that is harmed by another organism living on it or in it  
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predator   organism that kills another for food  
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competition   the struggle to survive over limited resources  
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commensalism   a relationship in which one species benefits and the other is not affected  
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parasitism   an organism that lives on or in another organism and harms it  
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mutualism   a relationship in which both organisms benefit  
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adaptations   behaviors or physical characteristics that make an organism better able to survive  
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