parasitism - a relationship between two species in which species benefits and the other is harmed., commensalism - a relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected., mutualism - a relationship between two species in which both species benefit., symbiosis - a close, long-term association between two or more species., competition - occurs when two or more organisms try to use the same resourd, prey - an organism that is killed and eaten by another organism., predator - an organism that kills and eats another for food., carrying capacity - the largest population that an environment can support ant any given time., limiting factor - something such as food, water, or space that limits the size of a population, niche - an organisms role in its habitat, biome - a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities., biomass - the amount of living matter in an area such as a habitat, biotic - the living factors in an environment, abiotic - the nonliving factors in an environment, species - a group of organisms that are closely related and can mate and produce fertile offspring., population - a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area., community - all the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other., biosphere - the part of Earth where life exists, habitat - the place where a plant or animal lives and grows, ecology - the study of living organisms with one another and their environment.,

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