ecosystem interactions vocab. Flashcards
behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment
Adaptation
a close relation between two species that benefits at least one of them
symbiosis
the struggle between organism to survive in a habitat with limited resources.
competition
an interaction in which one organism kills and eats another
predation
an animal that kills and eats another
predator
an animal that is eaten by another animal
pray
a relationship in which both species benefit
mutualism
a relationship in which one species benefits and the other species is neither helped nor harmed. vary rare in nature
commensalism
a relationship where one organism lives or on another organism and harms it
parasitism
the organism that benefits in parasitism
parasitism
the organism that is harmed in parasitism
host