LESSON 3

NATURAL SELECTION ADAPTATION NICHE COMPETITION PREDATION PREDATOR PREY SYMBIOSIS MUTUALISM

COMMENSALISM PARASITISM PARASITE HOST

THE PROCESS IN WHICH A CHARACTERISTIC THAT MAKES AN INDIVIDUAL BETTER SUITED TO A SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENT THAT MAY EVENTUALLY BECOME COMMON IN THAT SPECIES.

THE ROLE OF AN ORGANISM IN ITS ENVIRONMENT.

THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN ORGANISMS TO SURVIVE AS THEY ATTEMPT TO USE THE SAME LIMITED RESOURCES.

AN INTERACTION IN WHICH AN ORGANISM KILLS ANOTHER FOR FOOD OR NUTRIENTS.

ANY RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH TWO SPECIES LIVE CLOSELY TOGETHER AND AT LEAST ONE SPECIES BENEFITS.

A RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH BOTH SPECIES BENEFIT.

A RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH ONE SPECIES BENEFITS AND THE OTEHR SPECIES IS NEITHER HELPED NOR HARMED.

A RELATIONSHIP THAT INVOLVES ON ORGANISM LIVING WITH, ON, OR INSIDE ANOTHER ORGANISM AND HARMING IT.

AN INHERITED BEHAVIOR OR PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC THAT HELPS AN ORGANISM SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE IN ITS ENVIRONMENT.

AN ORGANISM THAT A PARASITE LIVES WITH, IN, OR ON, AND PROVIDES A SOURCE OF ENERGY OR A SUITABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PARASITE TO LIVE.

AN ORGANISM THAT BENEFITS BY LIVING WITH, ON, OR IN A HOST IN A PARASITISM INTERACTION.

THE ORGANISM THAT DOES THE KILLING IN A PREDATION INTERACTION.

AN ORGANISM THAT IS KILLED AND EATEN BY ANOTHER ORGANISM IN A PREDATION INTERACTION.