Download Ecology and Classification Unit VOCABULARY LIST

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Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity VOCABULARY LIST, 2015-16
abiotic
adaptation (noun)
antibiotic resistance
artificial selection
autotroph
binomial nomenclature
biodiversity
biomass
biomagnification
biosphere
biotic
carbon flux
carrying capacity, K
climate change
community
community interactions: competit’n, predation, symbiosis
consumer (primary, secondary, etc.)
decomposer
density (of a population)
detritivore
detritus
dichotomous key
digestion (internal vs. external)
domains: archaeans, bacteria, eukaryotes
ecology
ecological footprint
ecosystem
egestion
emigration
energy flow
evolution (descent with modification)
food chain
food web
fossil
Galapagos islands
greenhouse gases
habitat
heterotroph
homology
immigration
ingestion
intrinsic rate of increase, r
invasive species
mesocosm
melanin
mortality
natality
natural selection
niche
nutrient cycle (biogeochemical cycle)
ozone
per capita birth rate, b
per capita death rate, d
population
population density (N/area or volume)
population growth models (exponential vs. logistic)
population size (N)
precautionary principle
producer
pyramid of energy
quadrat
saprotroph
species
statistical tests: chi-square, two-tailed t-test
sustainability
taxa of eukaryotes: K, Ph, C, O, F, G and S
taxonomy
trophic efficiency (10% rule)
trophic level
Animal Kingdom phyla:
Annelida
Arthropoda
Chordata
Cnidaria
Echinodermata
Mollusca
Platyhelminthes
Porifera