Relationships Flashcards
Collaboration
The beneficial working together of members of the same species
Commensalism
A one sided interaction between species, from which one organism benefits, the commensalism, and the other does not benefits, but it is not harmed
Competition
An interaction between living things that occurs when individuals compete for a resource that limits their survival reproduction
Inter specific
Interactions or relationships between members of different species
Intraspecific
Interactions or relationships between members of the same species
Mutualism
A symbiotic relationship which benefits both species in the relationship
Parasitism
A relationship between two species, a parasite and a host, in which the parasite derives its nutrients from the host, which is harmed but not always killed, though it may sicken and die over time
Dog and flea
Predation
An interaction between species in which one species, the predator, killed and eats the other, the prey
Symbiosis
A relationship between individuals of two or more species that is beneficial to at least one species