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the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings |
ecology |
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an organnism that eats another organism/the organism in which the other one eats |
predator/prey- |
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An autotrophic organism that serves as a source of food for other organisms in a food chain. Producers include green plants, which produce food through photosynthesis, and certain bacteria that are capable of converting inorganic substances into food through chemosynthesis. Compare consumer |
consumer/producer |
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In biology, a host is an organism that harbors a parasite, or a mutual or commensal symbiont, typically providing nourishment and shelter. In botany, a host plant is one that supplies food resources and substrate for certain insects or other fauna |
parasite/host |
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an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material. |
decomposer |
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a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment |
ecosystem |
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the activity or condition of competing. |
competition |
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the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct. |
photosynthesis |
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a simple sugar that is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates |
glucose |
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interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both. |
symbiosis |
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1.the doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being 2.symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involved. |
mutualism |
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an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm |
commensalism |
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a relationship between two things in which one of them (the parasite) benefits from or lives off of the other, like fleas on your dog. |
parasitism |
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an animal that feeds on plants. |
herbivore |
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An animal that feeds on flesh |
carnivore |
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an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin. |
omnivore |
