Biosphere Flashcards
Definition of Symbiosis
Organisms living together in a community
Mutualism
++ Both organisms beifit
Commensalism
+o One benefit and others not affected.
Parasitism
+- one benefits other is harmed
Predation
Not an asymptotic relationship but is then one hunts the other/
Limiting factors
Limiting the growth of things needed in a population.
Biomes
Major land ecosystems defined by climate.
Example of biomes:
Tropical rainforest
Invasive species
A species of organisms that is not native to an ecosystem that invades the natural ecosystem.
Ecological succession
The process by which ecosystems change and develop over time.
Primary succession
Organisms move to an area where no life previously existed.
Secondary succession
Ecosystems grow and change in an area with living things.
