VOCABULARY
Nitrogen fixing
rhizobium
ammonification
Nitrification
assimilation
denitrification
Limiting factor
ecology
population
Habitat
community
ecosystem
Biotic
abiotic
producer (autotroph)
Photosynthesis
consumer (heterotroph)
Herbivore
carnivore
secondary consumer
Omnivore
detritivore
tertiary consumer
Decomposer
food chain
cellular (aerobic) respiration
Trophic level
grazing food web
detrital food web
Estuary
commensalism
temperate rain forest
Symbiosis
predator
natural selection
Prey
biomass
Background extinction
coniferous forest
savanna
mass extinction
Primary succession
pioneer species
Chaparral
Secondary succession
population size
population density
Immigration
emigration
biotic potential (r)
Carrying capacity (K)
J curve
environmental resistance
Exponential growth  S curve
temperate grassland
mutualism
adaptive trait
density dependent controls
R strategist
K strategist
density independent controls
Survivorship curve
life expectancy
biome
desert
parasitism
tundra
Taiga( Boreal forest)
tropical rain forest
Temperate Deciduous forest
biodegradable
anthropogenic

Logistic curve

ACTIVITIES
The carbon cycle game
Estimating population size
Predator/prey interaction (Owl & Mice)

Lessons of the Kaibab

Eating at a lower trophic level

READINGS

91-94 N, P, & S cycles

89-90 C cycle

52-55 Photosynthesis, flow of energy

55-61 Path of energy

449 Vegetarian Diet

Ch 6 Biomes

Biome Notes

173-181 Population basics