Relationships Between Orgamisms Flashcards

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Predator

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A predator is a animal that eats other animals for food.

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Prey

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Prey is a animal that is hunted and eaten for food.

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Tertiary

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The tertiary period or the system of rocks deposited during it.

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10% rule

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The 10% rule is when energy is passed in a ecosystem from one trophic level to the next, only ten percent of energy would be passed on.

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Energy pyramid

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A energy pyramid is a graphical model of energy flow in a community.

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Symbiosis

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Living together of two dissimilar organisms.

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Mutualism

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A relationship between two species of organisms in which both benefit from the association.

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Parasitism

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A relation between organisms in which one lives as a parasite on another.

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Commensalism

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A type of relationship between two species of a plant, animal, fungus, etc., in which one lives with, on, or in another without damage to either.

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