22-3 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
niche | An organism’s particular role in an ecosystem, or how it makes a living |
competition | The struggle between organisms for the limited resources in a habitat |
predation | An interaction in which one organism hunts and kills another animal for food |
predator | A carnivore that hunts and kills other animals for food and has adaptations that help it capture the animal it preys upon |
prey | An animal that a predator feeds upon |
symbiosis | A close relationship between two organisms in which at least one of the organisms benefits |
mutualism | A type of symbiosis in which both partners benefit from living together |
commensalism | A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed |
parasitism | A relationship in which one organism lives on or inside another and harms it |
parasite | An organism that lives on or in a host and causes harm to the host |
host | An organism that provides a source of energy or suitable environment for a virus or for another organism to live |
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