Vocabulary Notes

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Ecology vocab 2

Decomposer (n) Ex: Estuary (n) Ex: Habitat (n) Ex: Herbivore (n) Ex: Host (n) Ex: Limiting factor (n) Ex: Niche (n) Ex: Omnivore (n) Ex: Parasite (n) Ex:

An organism such as bacteria or fungus, that breaks down dead matter and returns nutrients to soil Bacteria, fungus A body of water where freshwater and saltwater ecosystems merge together A place where marine and freshwater ecosystems will be present The place and surroundings where an organism normally lives Ocean for fish  An organism that only eats plants HERB, deer A living organism on which a parasite lives Mice are hosts of ticks Something in an environment that keeps the population of an organism from increasing as much as it could LIMIT- holding it back (food, competition) The habitat that supplies everything needed for a species or an organism to survive Birds in water A consumer that eats both plants and animals OMNI - all, bears An organism that lives in or on another organism (the host) Ticks

Topic: Ecology Vocabulary

Ecology (n) Ex: 2. Ecosystem (n) Ex: 3. Abiotic Factor (n) Ex: 4. Biotic Factor (n) Ex: 5. Adaptation (n) Ex: 6. Biome (n) Ex: 7. Detritivore (n) Ex: 8. Community (n) Ex: 9. Consumers (n) Ex: 10. Carnivore (n) Ex: 11. Deforestation Ex:

The study of how living things interact with one another and their environment. ECO- environment, OLOGY- study of something All the living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions. Sun and plants The part of the ecosystem that is not alive and never has been alive. Sun The part of an ecosystem that is living. Animals, plants A characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment. Fish- gills A plant and animal community that covers a large part of the earth Deserts, forest, grass, aquatic (oceans) An organism (as an earthworm or fungi) that feeds on dead and decomposing organic matter Earthworms, bacteria A group of organisms living together in a certain area Monkeys An organism that survives by eating producers or consumers in an ecosystem Koalas An organism that eats only other consumers (meat eaters) Lion The cutting down and clearing of forest land- will usually lead to increased soil erosion in this area DE- removal

Shakespearean Vocabulary

1. Temperate (n) Ex: 2. Lease (n) Ex: 3. Complexion (n) Ex: 4. Declines (v) Ex: 5. Untrimmed (adj) Ex: 6. Impediments (n) Ex: 7. Alters (v) Ex: 8. Tempests (n) Ex: 9. Bark (n) Ex: 10. Compass (n) Ex: 11. Internal Rhyme (n) Ex: 12. Alliteration (n) Ex: 13. Personification (n) Ex: 14. Assonance (n) Ex: 15. Theme (n) Ex:

Mild or moderate in climate; not extreme Hawaii A period of temporary ownership An apartment, condo The skin or features of the face Teen breaking out To move in a downward direction Mentally or physically to old age Made or left plain, unadorned or disorderly #nomakeup Things that block or get in the way; obstacles Emotional trauma or baggage; a person’s past Makes different without completely changing Alter pants that are too long Strong or severe storms Thunder lightning, emotional storm A small boat Sail boat Range, usually expressed in a curve or circular pattern Cell reception, lighthouse A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next “ Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.” A stylistic device which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series “Whisper words of wisdom.” A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes, qualities, characteristics or abilities Fire swallowing the forest Takes place when two or more words that are close to one another repeat the same vowel but start with different consonant sounds. I feel depressed and restless.    A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly Love and friendship in Romeo and Juliet

Omnivore's Dilemma Vocabulary #2: Context Clues

1. Atavistic- powerful

2. Cornucopia- variation

3. Intrepid- adventurous

4. Omnivore- eats both meat and vegetation

5. Distinction- differences

6. Terrestrial- in regards to planet Earth

7. Anthropologist- the study of humans

8. Predisposes- leads to

9. Prodigious- advanced

10. Existential- existing

11. Inevitable- predetermined, not being able to stop

12. Unassailable- not questionable

13. Paradox- contradiction

14. Quaintly- minor, insignificant, or foolish

15. Apotheosis- exemplar 


Omnivore's Dilemma Vocabulary #2: Notes