Ecological Relationships Flashcards
Niche
a description of where and organisms lives and what it does for a living
Competition
When more than one organisms attempts to use the same limited ecological resources at the same place and same time
A ___ is an organisms that regularly hunts for food
predator
___ is an organisms regularly hunted as food
prey
Keystone species is a species that has a ____ role to ____ structure, stability, and diversity in an ____
unique, maintain, ecosystem
Commensalism is when one organisms Is hurt while nothing happens to the other organisms
False
Commensalism is when one organisms Is benefited while nothing happens to the other organisms
Mutualism is when ___ organisms are ___
both, benefitted
Paratism is when an organism live inside a host and the host is harmed
true
Symbiosis
a close interdependent relationship between two species