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An animal that eats another animal
What is a predator?
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Living and non-living
What are the two main factors in an ecosystem?
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When one organism kills another organism for food or other resources
(This is technically not a relationship) What is predation?
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Mutualism
What is the following relationship called? A remora attaches itself to a shark to get a ride and pick up food scraps. It also eats parasites that get on the shark all while not sucking the shark's blood or hurting it in any way.
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The inner core
What is the most inner part of the earth called?
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A close relationship between two different species
What is a symbiotic relationship?
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Food, water, living space and light
What are the four limiting factors in an ecosystem?
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A relationship in which both species benefit
What is mutualism?
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Mutualism
What is the following relationship called? A grape tree grows grapes but has no way of spreading the grape seeds around that are found inside the grape. A fox eats these grapes for food and then passes the seeds unharmed spreading the seeds around wherever it travels.
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Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
What is the order of hierarchy?
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A place where an organism lives
What is a habitat?
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A group of organisms that are all the same species living together in an environment
What is a population?
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A relationship in which one species benefits and the other is unaffected
What is commensalism?
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Commensalism
What is the following relationship called? A resurrection fern needs to grow high off the ground out fo the shade. Oak trees are tall and out of the shade. These ferns decide to grow in the tree. The fern gets its own food and water and the tree is unharmed.
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Intrusive and extrusive
What are the two types of igneous rock?
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An organism that feeds off another organism and harms it but does not kill it
What is a parasite?
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A group of populations living together in the same environment
What is a community?
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A relationship where one organism (parasite) feeds off of another (host); parasite benefits, the host is weakened (but not killed)
What is parasitism?
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Parasitism
What is the following relationship called? A lamprey is a jawless fish that attaches itself to organisms and sucks their blood. When it does so to a mackerel the mackerel senses this and dives deep into the water to make too cold for the lamprey. The mackerel has a small wound that heals over time.
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The Trough
What is the lowest part of a transverse wave?
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When more than one animal or population competes for the same resource(s)
What is a competition?
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A special role an organism plays in an ecosystem
What is a niche?
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NOT SYMBIOSIS! (Tricked you I'll bet)
What is a relationship where one species is harmed or loses something and the other is unaffected?
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Commensalism
What is the following relationship called? The pearlfish is a small fish that lives near the ocean floor and is very small and very weak making it vulnerable to predators. When a predator is near in hides inside a sea cucumber who doesn't even notice the fish and is unaffected.
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The variable that gets changed to test different outcomes
What is the independent variable in an experiment?
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