Download Ecology and Classification Unit VOCABULARY LIST

Ecology (and Classification) VOCABULARY LIST, 2010-11
Note: may not be exhaustive but I tried!
abiotic
adaptation (in evolutionary sense)
age structure
algae
antibiotic resistance
arctic
assimilation
autotroph
bacteria
binomial nomenclature
biogeochemical cycle (e.g. carbon cycle)
biomass
biomagnification
biosphere
biotic
carrying capacity, K
community
consumers (primary, secondary, etc.)
decomposers
density (of a population)
detritivore
detritus
dichotomous key
dispersion pattern
domain/k/phylum (division)/c/o/f/g/s
ecology
ecological footprint
ecosystem
egestion
emigration
evolution
exotic/invasive/alien species
exponential growth model
food chain
food web
fungi
global climate change
greenhouse effect
greenhouse gases
habitat
heterotroph
hydrophyte (Lemna is one)
immigration
ingestion
intrinsic rate of increase, r
light: intensity, photoperiod, wavelength
logistic growth model
mark-recapture
mortality
natality
natural selection
niche
per capita birth rate, b
per capita death rate, d
permafrost
Phylum Annelida
Phylum Arthropoda
Phylum Chordata
Phylum Cnidaria
Phylum Echinodermata
Phylum Mollusca
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Phylum Porifera
population
precautionary principle
producers
pyramids (energy, numbers, biomass)
range (of a population)
“recycling” of nutrients
saprobe (saprotroph)
scientific (binomial) name
sea ice
sigmoid (S-shaped) curve
size (of a population), N
species
symbiosis
taxon (pl, taxa)
taxonomy
trophic level
tundra