Community Interactions

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What is the term for competition between members of the same species?

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Intraspecific competition.

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What do we call many species of organisms that live in an area?

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Community.

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What happens to the carrying capacity for an animal if the amount of food or resources available increases?

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It increases.

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What is the relationship called where one organism eats another?

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Predation.

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What type of relationship is exemplified by a bee eating a flower's nectar and picking up the flower's pollen?

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Mutualism.

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Define 'Ecosystem'.

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A community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment.

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What is 'Commensalism'?

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A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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What is 'Parasitism'?

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A relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another.

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What is 'Carrying Capacity'?

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The maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can support.

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What is 'Biodiversity'?

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The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.