biology week 3/4 Word Scramble
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biology vocab | origin | definition | prefix | root | suffix | alternate words |
ecology | Ger | Alllthe living and non living things in a particular area. | Eco-/ oikos "house, dwelling place, habitation" | NA | -ology/ The study of | Ecosystem, Zoology, Biology, Geology |
abiotic factors | M Fr. | Non living environmental factors. | a-/ On bio-/ life, course or way of living | Fact/ event, occurrence | ic-/ -or/ our | Asexual, Acentic, Biodome, Biology |
biotic factors | Gr | All living environmental things | Bio-/ Life | Fact/ event, occurrence | NA | Biotype, Biosphere, Biodome, Biorhythmic |
biosphere | Gr | The ecosystem comprising the entire earth and the living organisms that inhabit it. | Bio-/ Life | sphere/ range of something | NA | Biotype, Biota, Bios, Bioscope |
ecosystem | Gr | A collection of living and non living tings and the environment in which they live | Eco-/ environment Syn-/ Together | Histanai/to fix, weigh | NA | Ecological, Economics, Synchro, synopis |
biodiversity | Gr | diversity among and within plant and animal species in an environment | Bio-/ Life Di-/ 2, twice, double | Versi/compare verse | -ty/ten | biology, biodiverse, biome, biotic |
biome | Greek | a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region | Bi-/ Two | NA | -ome/ Mass | biology, biotic, biography, biodiversity |
autotroph | German | any organism capable of self-nourishment | Auto-/self, one's own | tropho;trophe /Nutrition; nutritive | NA | autotrophic, autobiography, autopsy, autotrophy |
heterotroph | German | an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food | Hetero-/other, different | trophp;trophe / Nutrition; nutritive | NA | heterotrophy, heterotrophic, heterotropous, heterotrophically |
population | Latin | all the individuals of one species in a given area | NA | populus/full of people, populous | -ation/ The result of an action or process | populated, populatory, populate, popular |
community | (blank) | (blank)an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area | NA | communis / Main Entry | -ity/ form abstract nouns expressing state or condition | communital, commune, commute, common |
habitat | Latin | the natural environment of an organism | NA | habitare / to have | NA | habitable, inhabit, habitation, uninhabitable |
niche | France | the position or function of an organism in a community of plants and animals | NA | nidus / a nest | NA | nest |
symbiosis | Greek | the living together of two dissimilar organisms, as in mutualism, commensalism, amensalism, or parasitism | syn- / together bio- / Life | NA | -sis/ action, process, state, condition | symbiotic, symbol, symbiotical, symbiotically |
commensalism | middle latin | A symbiotic relationship between two organisms of different species in which one derives some benefit while the other is unaffected. | com-/ with together | mensa/ table | ism-/ act of | commence, commencal, come, combust |
mutualism | (blank) | a relationship between two species of organisms in which both benefit from the association | NA | mutual / having the same relation each toward the other | -ism/ act of | mutual, mutualist, mutualistic, muta |
scavenger | French | an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter | NA | sceawian / to look at, inspect | NA | scavenge, show, scavenges, scavenging |
decomposer | latin | an organism, usually a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals into simpler substances | De-/ remove com-/ together | poser / a question or problem that is puzzling or confusing | NA | decompose, decomposite, decomposition, decompound |
trophic evel | greek | A group of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain | NA | troph/ nutrient matter | -ic/ Of, relating to, or characterized by | trophy, heterotroph, autotroph, apostrophe |
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