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Population Ecology

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Competition   to struggle for resources  
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Community   many populations living in the same area  
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Niche   organism's role  
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Carrying Capacity   total number of organisms that an area can provide for support  
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Symbiosis   relationship between species where 1 of the organisms benefits (three types: Mutualism, Parasitism, commensalism)  
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Cooperation   to work together  
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Hosts   organism that the parasite lives on or in (example: dog)  
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Parasite   organism that lives on host and benefits (example: tick)  
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Limiting Factor   resource that stops population growth  
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Territorial   to defend ones area  
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Commensalism   relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed (it doesn't care)  
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Ecosystem   living and non-living parts of the environment  
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Mutualism   relationships where both organisms benefit  
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Population   more than one of the same organisms in an area  
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Social hierarchy   levels of power in a group, like the alpha male in a wolf pack  
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Abiotic   Nonliving: The abiotic factors of the environment include light, temperature, and atmospheric gases.  
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Predation   where a predator (an organism that is hunting) feeds on its prey,  
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