Marine Ecology Flashcard

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What is parasitism?

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A living relationship between two species in which one organism is harmed while the other benefits.

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Define ecology.

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The study of the interaction of organisms and their environment.

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What type of interaction occurs when one organism extracts water and nutrients from another to its detriment?

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Parasitism.

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What is competitive exclusion?

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When one organism successfully outcompetes another organism and excludes it from a particular area or niche.

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What is a niche?

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The role of an organism in the community, including how it meets its needs for food and shelter, survives, and reproduces.

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What is mutualism?

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A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit.

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What is commensalism?

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A relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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What is resource partitioning?

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The process by which competing species use the environment differently to coexist.

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What is predation?

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An interaction where one organism (the predator) kills and eats another organism (the prey).

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms interacting with their physical environment.