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| (Eco= Latin prefix for environment or nature) Studies natural relationships |
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| Studies life (All organisms) |
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| Dealing with living material (or parts from living material - ex digested waste, hair, skin, bones, etc.) |
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| nonliving material (never living material) ex. Rock, air, water |
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| (Zoo=Latin prefix for animal) Studies animals |
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| (Bot=Latin prefix for plant) Studies plants |
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| Community of plants and animals and their special environment and relationship with each other |
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| Latin word for energy or nutrition |
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| Latin prefix for self ex. automatic |
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| Latin prefix for different ex. Heterosexual |
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| Latin Prefix for rot or decomposition |
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| An organism that makes or produces its own energy (food) (Autotrophic) ex: all plants and algea |
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| An organism that uses photosynthesis to make its own energy |
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| Primary (simple) producer of a freshwater pond or most any other body or water |
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| An organism that obtains or eats its energy (food) from another organism |
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| An organism that obtains or eats its energy (food) from another organism |
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| A heterotrophic consumer that feeds on producers (plant eater) |
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| A heterotrophic consumer that feeds on other consumers (meat eater) |
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| A heterotrophic consumer that feeds on both plants and animals |
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| A specific area with specific organisms (both plant and animal) |
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| Where each organism in a community depends on all other organisms in the community |
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| Metric unit for measuring temperature |
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| The breakdown of large compounds into simple compounds |
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| An organism that will cause decay (decomposers secrete digestive enzymes outside of their body (like puking) and absorb their energy (food) Ex: bacteria or fungi) |
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| An organism that will cause decay from dead or damaged organisms |
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| The most common decomposer (there are many types of bacteria - both helpful and harmful) |
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| The role an organisms plays in nature |
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| To change or adjust to one's environment - if the population of a specific species is unable to adapt to an environment, it can become extinct |
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| A deep sleep where body functions (circulatory system, respiratory system, etc) almost stop, Ex: Frogs, salamanders and squirrels |
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| Digested waste material from an animal (scat=from a wild animal) |
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| The immature stage (form) of an insect |
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| An organism that feeds (heterotrophic consumer) on dead organic matter**Scavengers are not parasite, a parasite will live off a living host. Scavenger example: snail, crayfish, magpie, vulture. Parasite example: Mosquito, leech, tick |
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| The place an organism lives or is found (prairie, mountains, ocean, pond) |
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| A small habitat within a larger habitat (mountain meadow) |
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| Organisms that live on the water's surface (ex: water strider, jesus beetle, whirlgig beetle NOTE: a duck is not a neuston since they don't live their entire life on the water) |
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| a group of individuals of all the same species |
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| Specific area made up of specific plants and animals (organisms) |
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| When number double over a certain period of time |
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| Largest amound of individuals of a specific species that can survive over long periods of time in a given environment |
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| When a population shows no drastic change over time |
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| Equilibrium between vegetation, predetor and prey |
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| Change through adaptation that enables an organism to live successfully in its environment |
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| Tool to show the loss of energy in a food chain |
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| When two or more individuals with combined needs for one or more resources exceed the availability of those resources |
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| Death of a population or species |
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