Unit 4: Ecology & Human Impact
Key Terms
Niche
Habitat
Producer/Autotroph
Consumer/Heterotroph
Carnivore
Herbivore
Decomposer - Saprophytes
Food Chain/Food Web
Energy Pyramid
Material Cycles - water, carbon, nitrogen (nitrogen fixing bacteria)
Succession - pioneer organisms, climax community
Acid Rain
Global Warming
Greenhouse Gases
Biomagnification
Invasive Species
Overpopulation
Industrialization
Fossil Fuels