Predator & Prey

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Biology

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Abiotic
Non-living
Non-living
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Biotic
Living
Living
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Competition
A common demand by two or more organisms upon a limited supply of a resource; for example, food, water, light, space, mates, nesting sites. It may be intraspecific or interspecific.
A common demand by two or more organisms upon a limited supply of a resource; for example, food, water, light, space, mates, nesting sites. It may be intraspecific or interspecific.
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Commensalism
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
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Mutualism
A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
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Parasitism
one organism lives on or in another and harms it
one organism lives on or in another and harms it
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Predator
An animal that lives mostly by killing and eating other animals
An animal that lives mostly by killing and eating other animals
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Prey
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
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Symbiosis
A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species.
A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species.
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the amount of rainfall in a region affects the growth of corn in a field
abiotic-abiotic
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a wolf stalks, kills and eats a deer
biotic-biotic
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the salinity of the lake water determines the amount of brine flies
abiotic-biotic
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a tick parasitizes a raccoon by feeding on its blood
biotic-biotic
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the temperature of the tundra affects how frozen the soil is
abiotic-abiotic
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a population of cardinal birds takes over a tree for nesting from a population of bluebirds
biotic-abiotic
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herbivore
A consumer that eats only plants.
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autotroph
An organism that makes its own food
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primary consumer
An organism that eats producers
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tertiary consumer
An organism that eats secondary consumers
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predator
An animal that hunts other animals for food
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carnivore
A consumer that eats only animals.
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heterotroph
An organism that cannot make its own food.
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producer
An organism that can make its own food.
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prey
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
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ecosystem
a place where many things live
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the sizes of population of organisms in an ecosystem typically never stays constant
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an example of a community
all the same organisms in a particular area (like a school of fish)
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organisms in a food web are dependent on
each other
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biome
A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms