Ecology

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What is parasitism?

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A type of symbiosis where one organism benefits at the expense of another, causing harm to the host.

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What are carnivores?

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Organisms that primarily eat meat.

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What is mutualism?

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A type of symbiosis where both organisms benefit from the relationship.

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What is a consumer in ecology?

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An organism that eats other living things; also known as a heterotroph.

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What is competition in ecology?

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A relationship where two organisms fight for the same resources, such as food.

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What is commensalism?

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A type of symbiosis where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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What is an autotroph?

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An organism that makes its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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What is a food chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem.

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.