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Biotic |
Any living component that affects other organisms |
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Abiotic |
Any non living component that affects another organism |
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Symbiosis |
Two different species live closely together |
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Predation |
When a predator seeks out and eats another organism |
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Parasitism |
One organism benefits but the other organism is harmed |
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Commensalism |
An interaction between species that benefits one and does not harm the other. |
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Mutualism |
An interaction between two species that benefits both |
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Heterotroph |
An organism that doesn't make its own food, so it eats other substances that are already made. |
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Autotroph |
An organism that can make/produce its own food. |
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Decomposer |
Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms, they are also heterotrophs so they use other organic substrates from the dead or decaying organisms for energy |
