Interactions of Living Things

Symbiosis is the term used to describe the way an organism survives, including its habitat, how it obtains food and shelter, and how it avoids danger.

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Pigs and humans are examples of omnivores, animals that can eat both consumers and producers.

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Producers obtain energy by eating other organisms.

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A limiting factor is anything that restricts the number of individuals in a population.

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A symbiotic relationship that benefits both species is referred to as commensalism.

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The place in which an organism lives is called its niche.

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An animal population gets smaller when the number of individuals that die is greater than the number of individuals that are born.

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A community consists of all the organisms in an ecosystem that belong to the same species.

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In a mutualistic relationship, one species benefits but the other is harmed.

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A community refers to all the populations in an ecosystem.

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