Ecosystem Interactions Vocab

Question 1

behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment

Answer 1

adaption

Question 2

a close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of them

Answer 2

symbiosis

Question 3

the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources

Answer 3

competition

Question 4

an interaction in which one organism kills and eats another

Answer 4

predation

Question 5

an animal that kills and eats another

Answer 5

predator

Question 6

an animal that is eaten by another animal

Answer 6

prey

Question 7

a relationship in which both species benefit

Answer 7

mutualism

Question 8

a relationship in which one species benefits and the other species is neither helped nor harmed. very rare in nature

Answer 8

commensalisim

Question 9

a relationship where one organism lives in or on another organism and harms it

Answer 9

parasitism

Question 10

the organism that benefits in parasitism

Answer 10

parasite

Question 11

the organism that is harmed in parasitism

Answer 11

host