ecosystem Flashcards
behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment
adaptation
close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of them
symbiosis
the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
competition
an interaction in which one organism kill and eats another
predation
an animal that kill and eats another
predator
an animal that is eaten by another animal
prey
a relationship in which both species benefit
mutualsim
a relationship in which one species benefits and the other species is nether helped nor harmed very rare in nature
commensalism
a relationship where one organism lives or on another organism and harms it
parasitism
the organism that benefits in parasitism
parasite
the organism that is harmed in parasitism
host