Vocabulary List 8

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The behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their ecosystem.

A series of changes that take place after a disturbance has happened in an ecosystem (forest fire, hurricane, tornado, drought, farming, logging, mining) There is existing soil already in place.

A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit in the relationship.

The changes that animals make to enable them to be better suited to live successfully in their ecosystem.

A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped or hurt by the relationship.

A gradual and natural change in an ecosystem over a long period of time.

The organism that does the killing in predation

The organism that benefits in parasitism, the organism that lives on or inside another organism. (Flea, Tick, Heartworm)