22.1 Ecological Relationships

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What is commensalism?

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A type of ecological relationship where one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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What is mutualism?

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A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit from the interaction.

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What is parasitism?

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A relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another, harming it in the process.

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What are decomposers?

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Organisms that break down dead or decaying organic material, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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What is a predator?

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An animal that hunts, kills, and eats another animal.

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What is prey?

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An animal that is hunted and eaten by a predator.

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What is competition in ecology?

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The struggle between organisms for the same resources in an ecosystem.

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What is natural selection?

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The process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

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What is symbiosis?

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A close and long-term interaction between two different species.

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What is an autotroph?

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An organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.