Fifth Category
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
Commensalism
is the statistical process of selecting a subset of a population of interest for purposes of making observations and statistical inferences about that population.
Sampling
An environmental factor that prevents a population from increasing
Limiting Factor
Species that normally live and thrive in a particular ecosystem
native species
The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
Ecology
Number of individuals per unit area
population density
A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
food chain
An animal that hunts other animals for food
predator
An individual living thing
Organism
Living
Biotic
A community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
food web
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
Prey
A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
Population
Non-Living
Abiotic
A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species.
Symbiosis
weather is short term, climate is a region's average weather over a long period of time
Climate vs. Weather
All the different populations that live together in an area
Community
part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere
Biosphere
A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
Mutualism
assessment in which the professional observes the client engaged in ordinary, day-to-day behavior in either a clinical or natural setting
direct observation
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
Ecosystem
the movement of organisms from one place to another
dispersal
A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed
Parasitism
observing the effects or results of the behavior rather than the behavior itself
indirect observation
movement of individuals out of an area
Emigration