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Ecosystem Relationships
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Biology
9th Grade
03/30/2009

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Predation
Definition
The capturing of prey as a means of maintaining life.
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Commensalism
Definition
the relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it
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Parasitism
Definition
the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage).
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Mutualism
Definition
the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other
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Consumer
Definition
Cannot make their own food. (Ex: Cows eat grass.)
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Producers
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Can produce their own food. (Ex: Plants produce their own food by converting sunlight to energy.)
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