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Populations and Communities
Chapter 30
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Biology
9th Grade
11/14/2010

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commensalism

Definition
a relationship in which two organisms live together, and one benefits while the other gets no benefit and is not harmed
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community

Definition
all of the living things in an area that depend on each other
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emigration

Definition
the movement of animals out of an area
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energy

pyramid

Definition
a diagram that shows energy loss in the food chain
Term

food

chain

Definition
a pathway of energy
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food

web

Definition
food chains connected in a community
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habitat

Definition

 

the place where a plant or animal lives

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immigration
Definition

the movement of animals

INto

a population

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limiting

factor

Definition
any condition that keeps the size of a population from increasing
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parasitism

Definition
a relationship between two organisms in which one is helped and the other is harmed
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niche

Definition

 

the job of the organism in the community

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population

Definition
a group of living things of the same species tht live in an area
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predation

Definition

 

the predator-prey relationship

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predator

Definition

 

an animal that hunts, kills, and eats another animal

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prey

Definition

 

the animal that the predator kills and eats

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primary

consumer

Definition

 

animals that eat only plants

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secondary

consumer

Definition

 

animals that eat other animals

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