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14 Cards in this Set
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An organism that provides a source of energy or a suitable enviroment for a virus or for another organism to live |
Host |
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An interaction in which one organism hunts and kills another organism for food |
Predation |
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The maximum size that a population can reach in an ecosystem |
Carrying Capacity |
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An interaction between two species in which one species benifits without hurting the other |
Commensalism |
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The struggle between two or more living things that depend on the same limited resource |
Competition |
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The condition of acting or having an influence upon something |
Interaction |
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A factor or condition that prevents the continuing growth of a population in an ecosystem |
Limiting factor |
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An interaction between two species in which both benifit |
Mutualism |
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An organism that absorbs nutrients from the body of another organism, often harming it in the process |
Parasite |
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A relationship between two species in which one species is harmed while the other benifits |
Parasitism |
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The measure of the number of organisms that live in a given area |
Population density |
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An animal that hunts other animals and eats them |
Predator |
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An animal that other animals hunt and eat |
Prey |
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The interaction between individuals from two different species that live closely together |
Symbiosis |
