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13 Cards in this Set
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Natural Selection |
The process by which organisms that are best adapted to their environment are most likely to survive and reproduce |
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Adaptation |
An inherited behavior or physical characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment. |
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Niche |
How an organism makes its living and interacts with the biotic and abiotic factors in its habitat. |
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Predation |
An interaction in which one organism kills another for food or nutrients. |
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Predator |
The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction. |
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Prey |
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism in a predation interaction. |
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Symbiosis |
Any relationship in which two species live closely together and that benefits at least one of the species. |
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Mutualism |
A type of symbiosis in which both species benefit from living together |
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Commensalism |
A type of symbiosis between two species in which on species benefits and the other species is neither helped nor harmed. |
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Parasitism |
A type of symbiosis in which one organism lives with,on,or in a host and harms it. |
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Parasite |
The organism that benefits by living with,on, or in a host in a parasitism infection. |
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Host |
An organism that a parasite lives with,in,or on, and provides a source of energy or a suitable environment for the parasite to live. |
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Competition |
The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources in the same place at the same time. |
