Ecology Unit Vocabulary Words

*All words must be handwritten, numbered, and underlined.

*If you cannot find a word in the glossary of your book, look in the index, look in your notes, or look it up in a dictionary.

 

Ecology Unit (35 words)

1. Ecology

2. habitat

3. community

4. ecosystem

5. abiotic factor

6. biotic factor

7. biodiversity

8. pioneer species

9. succession

10. producer

11. consumer

12. trophic level

13. food chain

14. herbivore

15. carnivore

16. omnivore

17. detrivore

18. decomposer

19. food web

20. energy pyramid

21. biomass

22. predation

23. parasitism

24. symbiosis

25. mutualism

26. commensalisms

27. competition

28. niche

29. climate

30.  biome

31.  plankton

32.  acid rain

33. greenhouse effect

34. chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)

35.  biological magnification