Ecological Relationships and Limiting Factors

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What is the term for the organism that is hunted and eaten in a feeding relationship?

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Prey

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What happens to the population of prey when the population of a predator increases?

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A decrease in the population of prey.

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What is the ecological relationship called where both organisms benefit?

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Mutualism

Front

What type of ecological relationship is exemplified by remoras latching onto sharks?

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Commensalism

Front

What is the ecological relationship called when one organism benefits at the expense of another?

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Parasitism

Front

What is the term for the relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed?

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Commensalism

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What is competition in ecological terms?

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A relationship where organisms vie for the same resources.

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What is the role of a predator in an ecological relationship?

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An organism that hunts and eats other organisms.

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Define mutualism with an example.

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A relationship where both species benefit, e.g., bees pollinating flowers.

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What is a limiting factor in an ecosystem?

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Any factor that restricts the size of a population.