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symbiosis
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a close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
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niche
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an organism's particular role in an ecosystem, or how it makes its living
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adaptations
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the behaviors and physical characteristics that allow organism to live successfully in their environment
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ecology
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the study of how living things interact with each other and with their environment
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habitat
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the place where an organism lives and that provides the things the organism needs
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commensalism
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A relationship between two species in which one specie benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
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Predation
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an interaction in which one organism kills and eats another
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predator
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the organism that does the killing
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mutualism
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a relationship in which both species benefit
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ecosystem
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all the living and nonliving things that interact in an area
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competition
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the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
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prey
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an organism that is killed in predation
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competition
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the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
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parasitism
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a relationship in which one organism lives on or inside another and harms it
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host
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the organism that a parasite lives in or on in parasitism
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