Vocabulary List from September 29-October 8
Next Test will cover all of these terms
Ecosystems
Word list
Photosynthesis
Energy
Light dependent reaction
Light independent reaction
Carbon fixation
Gross primary productivity
Gross primary production
Net productivity
Biomass
Pyramids of biomass
Trophic levels
Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
Carnivores
Herbivores
Omnivores
Food chain
Food web
Detrivores
Water cycle
Carbon cycle
Fossil fuels
Greenhouse effect
Global warming
Nitrogen cycle
Nitrogen fixation
Nitryifying bacteria
Denitrifying bacteria
Nitrates
Nitrites
Ammonia
Phosphorous cycle
Phosphates
ATP,Phospholipids, DNA, RNA
Sulfur cycle
Sulfates
Acid rain
Ozone layer
Communities
Habitat
Niche
Community
Competition
Intraspecific competition
Interspecific competition
Competitive exclusion
Plant competition
Barnacle competition
Wasp competition
Winner Takes All
Blue bird vs. Starlings
Symbiosis
Mutualism
Amensalism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Microparasites
Viruses
Bacteria
Predator-Prey
Arms Race
Prey strategies
Predator strategies
Mimicry
Batesian mimicry
Mullerian mimicry
Coevolution
Succession
Primary succession
Secondary succession
Population
Carrying capacity
Limiting factos
Growth curves
Density dependent factors
Density independent factors
Dispersal
Migration
Life history
Reproductive value
“ offspring are like money in the
bank”
overpopulation
population crash