3rd Vocab Flashcards
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Symbiosis
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Relationship in which an organism lives on, near, or in another organism, and at least one of the organisms benefit.
2
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Niche
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Role of an organism in its community or environment.
3
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Commensalism
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Type of symbiosis. One organism benefits and the other is not affected.
4
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Mutualism
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Type of symbiosis. Relationship is helpful to both organisms.
5
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Parasitism
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Organism that feeds on other living organisms.
6
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Host
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Organism in which/ on which another organism lives.
7
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Autotroph
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Organisms that uses energy (sunlight) to create (photosynthesis) their own food. Another name for producer.
8
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Heterotroph
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Organisms that must consume other organisms for the food and energy they need to survive. Consumers and decomposers.
9
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Parasite
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Organisms that feed on other living organisms.
