Prefixes
Eco- (as in ecosystem)
Environment or Habitat
-ation (as it evaporation)
Action or Process of
Ecology
Ology- Study of
Study of the Environment
The sun
What is the process of water water falling from the atmosphere called?
precipitation
Bio- (As in Biology)
Life or Living things
-ology (as in ecology)
Study of
Photosynthesis
Photo- Light
Synthesis- to make
The process of making energy out of light
A flower
What is the process of water transforming into water vapor called?
Evaporation
Photo- (As in Photosynthesis)
Related to Light
-troph (as in autotroph)
Related to food
Autotroph
Auto- self
Troph- food/nutrients
Animals that make their own food/energy/ nutrients (i.e., Plants)
What is a primary consumer and what is one example?
A herbivore
A bunny
What is the process of plants releasing water into the atmosphere through their leaves called?
transpiration
Auto- (as in autotroph)
Self
-Vores (as in carnivores)
To consume
Carnivore
Vore- to eat
Carnivore- Animals that eat meat
What is a secondary consumer and give an example
A carnivore
A snake
What is the process where water goes from a gas to a liquid state in the atmosphere
Hetero- (as in heterotroph)
Different
-Synthesis (as in photosynthesis
To make
Transpiration
Trans- across
Ation- process of
The process of water moving through the atmosphere
What is a tertiary consumer and what is an example?
An apex predator
A lion
What is the process of water collecting in bodies of water called?
accumulation