Ecosystem Interactions Vocab Flashcards
Behavior and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment
Adaptation
A 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 kills and eats another
Predation
An animal that kills and eats another
Predator
An animal that is eaten by another animal
Prey
A relationship in which both species benefit
Mutualism
A relationship in which one species benefits and the other species is neither helped Or harmed. Very rare in nature
Commensalism
A relationship where one organism lives in or on another organism and harms it
Parasitism
The organism that benefits in parasitism
Parasite
The organism that is harmed in parasitism
Host
