Interdependence
What Interdependence means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Each species in a community depends on other species for food, shelter, pollination, seed dispersal etc, so removing one species can affect the whole community.
The reliance of organisms in a community on each other for resources and processes such as food, shelter, pollination and seed dispersal.
Species depend on each other for food, shelter, pollination and seed dispersal, so removing one species can affect the whole community.
Organisms rely on each other for resources such as food, shelter, pollination and seed dispersal.
Topics that use Interdependence
- Communities (AQA GCSE)
- Key ideas (AQA GCSE)
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