Ecology Vocab Lesson
PART ONE
Define each of the following terms in terms that you can understand (simplify).
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Species
Genus
Habitat
Niche
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biome
Abiotic
Biotic
Autotroph
Heterotroph
Producer
Consumer
Decomposers
Food Chain
Food Web
Predation
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
Ecology
Greenhouse Gases
Trophic Level
Energy Pyramid
Inter-specific Competition
Intra-specific Competition
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Symbiosis
Biomass
Biomagnification
PART TWO
You will have a vocabulary word from the list above taped to your back. You may ask each person one
question to help you get your vocabulary word. You then my have one guess at your word.
PART THREE
Make a flow chart of the connections of the vocabulary words.
PART FOUR
Formative on Vocab