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Bio Vocab
UNIT ONE
| Word | Origin | Definition | Prefix | Root | Suffix | Alternate Words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ecology | German/Greek | the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment | eco- "house, dwelling place, habitation" | -ology "study of" | ecological, ecologically, ecologic, ecologist | |
| abiotic factor | Greek | not biotic | a- "not" ; bio- "life, course or way of living" | fact "thing done" | -or "suffix forming nouns of quality, state, or condition" | abiotically, abiosis, abiotical, abiological |
| biotic factor | Greek | pertaining to life | bio- "life, course or way of living" | fact "thing done" | -or "suffix forming nouns of quality, state, or condition | biotical, biology, biography, biosphere |
| biosphere | Greek | The part of the earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life | bio- "life, course or way of living" | sphere "globe, ball" | biospherical, biospheric, biology, biotic | |
| ecosystem | Greek | a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment | eco- "house, dwelling place, habitation" ; syn- "together with" | histana "set of correlated principles, facts, ideas, etc." | ecology, ecological, ecologically, ecologic | |
| biodiversity | German | diversity among and within plant and animal species in an environment | bio- "life, course or way of living" ; di- "two" | versi "various" | -ty "suffix used in forming abstract nouns from adjectives" | 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 | bio- | (blank) | -ome | biology, biotic, biography, biodiversity |
| autotroph | German | any organism capable of self-nourishment | auto- | tropho;trophe | (blank) | autotrophic, autobiography, autopsy, autotrophy |
| heterotroph | Greek | an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food | hetero- | trophp;trophe | (blank) | heterotrophy, heterotrophic, heterotropous, heterotrophically |
| population | Latin | all the individuals of one species in a given area | (blank) | populus | -ation | populated, populatory, populate, popular |
| community | Latin, Middle English, Anglo-French | an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area | (blank) | communis | -ity | communital, commune, commute, common |
| habitat | Latin | the natural environment of an organism | (blank) | habitare | (blank) | habitable, inhabit, habitation, uninhabitable |
| niche | Latin | the ecological role of an organism in a community especially in regard to food consumption | (blank) | nidus | (blank) | nidulite, nidulant, nidulation, niched |
| symbiosis | Gk | mutually beneficial association of two different organisms | syn- / ; bio- | (blank) | -sis | Symbiotic, diagnosis, biology, biography |
| commensalism | L | a relation between two kinds of organisms in which one obtains food or other benefits from the other without damaging or benefiting it | com- | mensa | -ism | mutualism , parasitism, community, commute |
| mutualism | PIE base | beneficial association between different kinds of organisms | (blank) | mutual | -ism | mutually, mutual, mutualist, mutualistic |
| parasitism | Gk | association between organisms of two or more kinds; especially : one in which a parasite obtains benefits from a host which it usually injures | para- | sitos | -ism | parasite, parasitosis, parallel, commensalism |
| scavenger | O.E. | an organism that typically feeds on refuse or carrion | (blank) | sceawian | (blank) | Excavate, scavage, scavenging, scavenge |
| decomposer | Latin | any of various organisms (as many bacteria and fungi) that return constituents of organic substances to ecological cycles by feeding on and breaking down dead protoplasm | de- / ; com- | poser | poser | Composition, pose, deactivation, empoisoner |
| trophic level | Greek | of or relating to nutrition | (blank) | troph | ic (adjective) | Atrophy, autotroph, adrenoleukodystrophy, heterotroph |
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Randy Blair
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