Interdependence

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What is Mutualism?

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A type of symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit (+/+).

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What is a Food Web?

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An interconnected system of food chains that shows all possible feeding relationships at each trophic level in a community.

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What is an Ecosystem?

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A community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

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What is a Parasite?

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An organism that lives in or on another organism (the host) and derives nourishment from it, causing harm to the host.

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What is an Omnivore?

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An organism that eats both plants and animals, such as humans.

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What is Commensalism?

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A type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed (+/0).

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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 Community?

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A group of different species that live together in one area and interact with each other.

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What is a Habitat?

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The natural environment in which a species lives and grows.

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What is a Decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the ecosystem.