Biology - Vocabulary

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Week 1 – Prefixes and Suffixes

     (January 9 - 13)

1.           A-

2.           Aero-

3.           Aqua-

4.           Bi-

5.           Bio-

6.           Cyto-

7.           Di-

8.           Ecto-

9.           Endo-

10.  Hetero-

11.  Homo-

12.  Hydro-

13.  –logy

14.  lys

15.  –phobia

16.  philia

17.  –synthesis

18.  Photo-

19.  plasm

20.  Troph-

21.  therm

22.  Zoo-; -zoa

23.  Proto-

24.  Morph-

25.  zygous (from zygote)

 

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Week 2 – Scientific Method & Characteristics of Life

(January 16 - 20)

1.                       Hypothesis

2.                       Independent variable

3.                       Dependent variable

4.                       Control

5.                       Theory

6.                       Bias

7.                       Stimulus

8.                       Homeostasis

9.                       Metabolism

10.              Sexual Reproduction

11.              Asexual Reproduction

12.              DNA

13.              Adaptation

14.              Cell

15.              Organism

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Week 3 – Organic Molecules

     (January 23 - 27)

1.                       Protein

2.                       Amino acid

3.                       Organic molecule

4.                       Carbohydrate

5.                       Lipid

6.                       Nucleic acid

7.                       Transpiration

8.                       Adhesion

9.                       Cohesion

10.              Buffer

11.              Enzyme

12.              Catalyst

 

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Week 4 – Chemistry of Life

(January 30 – February 3)

1.ATP

2.  Nucleotide

3.  Monomer

4.  Polymer

5.  Activation energy

6.  Substrate

7.  Polar molecule

8.  Hydrogen bond

9.  pH

10.    acid

11.    base

12.    monosaccharide

 

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Week 5 – Flow of Energy & Climate/Weather

(February 6 - 10)

1.Trophic Level

2.Photosynthesis

3.Chemosynthesis

4.Biomass

5.Phytoplankton

6.Zooplankton

7.Energy Pyramid

8.Detrivore

9.Autotroph

10.                Heterotroph

11.                Ecology

12.                  Climate

13.                  Weather

14.                Biotic

15.                  Abiotic

16.                  Temperate

17.                  Tropical

18.                  Polar

19.                  Latitude

20.                Altitude

 

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Week 6 – Ecology

     (February 13 – 17)

           

1.Biosphere

2.   Biome

3.   Tundra

4.   Taiga

5.   Boreal forest

6.   Deciduous

7.   Coniferous

8.   Permafrost

9.   Canopy

10.    Understory

11.    Humus

12.    Estuary

13.    Photic zone

14.    Aphotic zone

15.    Wetland

16.    Intertidal zone

17.    Benthos

 

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Week 7 – Trophic Levels and Habitats

     (February 20 - 24)

 

1.      Autotroph

2.      Heterotroph

3.      Decomposer

4.      Primary succession

5.      Secondary succession

6.      Climax community

7.      Competition

8.      Symbiosis

9.      Niche

10.          Habitat

11.          Trophic level

12.          Biomass

13.          Detrivore

14.          Competitive exclusion principle

15.          Herbivory

16.          Keystone Species

17.          Resource

18.          Tolerance

 

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Week 8 – Populations

(February 27 – March 2)

1.  Population density

2.  Age structure

3.  Immigration

4.  Emigration

5.  Exponential growth

6.  Logistic growth

7.  Carrying capacity

8.  Limiting factor

9.  Density-dependent limiting factor

10.                 Density-independent limiting factor

11.                 Demography

12.                 Renewable resource

13.                 Nonrenewable resource

14.                 Sustainable development

15.                 Pollutant

16.                 Biological magnification

17.                 Deforestation

18.                 Desertification

 

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Week 9 – Protists

(March 5 – 9)

1.   Pseudopodia

2.   Cilia

3.   Flagella

4.   Chloroplast

5.   Contractile vacuole

6.   Paramecium

7.   Euglena

8.   Cytoplasm

9.   Amoeba

10.                 Unicellular

11.                 Multicellular

12.                 Nucleus

13.                 Protozoa

14.                 Protista

 

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