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Predatory interactions occur when __________________________.

One organism preys on another.

Mutualism is a relationship in which _______________?

Both organisms benefit

Competitive interactions occur when _______________________.

Two organisms compete over a shared resource.

What is the highest level of organization?

Biosphere

Commensalism is a relationship in which _____________________.

One organism benefits and one organism neither benefits or is harmed.

What is the carrying capacity?

The largest number of individuals of the same species that an area can support

What are abiotic factors?

Non-living

What is the lowest level of organization?

Organism

What are biotic factors?

Living

What is an example of an abiotic factor that limits an organism in its environment?

temperature, soil, sunlight, water

What is an ecosystem?

All of the abiotic and biotic factors in an area

Parasitism is a relationship in which ________________.

One organism benefits and one organism is harmed.

What are limiting factors?

abiotic or biotic factors that limit the number of organisms that can live in an ecosystem

What is biodiversity?

All of the different organisms that inhabit one area

Decomposers are organisms that ___________________.

get their energy from breaking down dead organisms or waste.

What determines the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

Limiting factors

Consumers are organisms that ______________________________.

Eat to obtain energy (eat producers).

When resources are plentiful, competition _________________.

decreases

What is a community?

All of the interacting populations in a specific area

If the amount of prey increases what happens to the number of predators?

increases

What is a population?

all of the members of one species living in the same area

Producers are organisms that ________________.

make their own food.

What is a parasite?

An organism that lives off a host organism.