Biology - Community Interactions Crossword Puzzle

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  • parasitism : symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits while the other species is harmed
  • secondary : _ succession - change in the numbers and types of species that live in a community that occurs in an area that was previously colonized but has been disturbed
  • ecological : _ succession - changes through time in the numbers and types of species that make up the community of an ecosystem
  • parasite : species that benefits in a parasitic relationship
  • predator : species that consumes another in a predator-prey relationship
  • predation : relationship in which members of one species consume members of another species
  • keystone species : species that plays an especially important role in its community so that major changes in its numbers affect the populations of many other species in the community
  • pioneer species : type of species that first colonizes a disturbed area
  • limiting factor : limits the growth or development of an organism, population, or process
  • inter : _ specific competition - relationship between organisms of different species that strive for the same resources in the same place
  • mutualism : type of symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit
  • intra : _ specific competition - relationship between organisms of the same species that strive for the same resources in the same place
  • climax community : final stable stage of ecological succession that may be reached in an undisturbed community
  • specialization : evolution of different adaptations in competing species, which allows them to live in the same area without competing
  • primary : _ succession - change in the numbers and types of species that live in a community that occurs in an area that has never before been colonized
  • commensalism : symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits while the other species is not affected
  • prey : species that is consumed by another in a predator-prey relationship
  • host : species that is harmed in a parasitic relationship