Environmental Science Vocab

Herbicide- used to destroy unwanted vegetation, toxic to plants

Compost- decomposed organic material (EX: DNA and RNA after fungi etc. have processed/pooped it out

Wildlife- wild animals collectively

High Nitrogen Fertilizer- fertilizer that’s high in nitrogen (most common)

Horticulture- practice of garden cultivation/management

Hyphae- body part of fungus

Aphids- insects

Pesticides- a substance used for killing harmful insect or organisms

Insecticides- substance for killing insects

Fungicides- substance for killing fungus

Herbicides- substance for killing unwanted vegetation

Pest- unwanted organisms

Silviculture- the growing/cultivation of trees

Viniculture- wine agriculture

Agriculture- the science/practice of farming

Rototilling- tool that gets up everything/rips up old plants/mixes up dirt/soil

NPK- Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium

Cation- positively charged atom

Anion- negatively charged atom

Archaebacteria (kingdom)- similar to bacteria (size, simplicity) but different (molecular organization)

Eubacteria (kingdom)- a bacterium of a large group

Animals (kingdom)- a living organism that feeds on organic matter

Plants (kingdom)- living organisms that use sunlight as food

Fungi (kingdom)- organisms that feed on organic food

Protists (kingdom)- free-living organisms with diverse reproductive system

Micrometer- a measurement 1/1000m = 10^-3

Flora- plant life

Fauna- animal life

Protozoa- protists (single-celled organisms)

Nematodes- round worms, invertebrates (no spines)

Food Web- break down of who eats who (old lady poem)

Microanthropods- really small arthropod (invertrabrate animal with an exoskeleton)

Photosynthesis- the process by which plants create food from the sun

Exudates- secretion from plants to attract beneficials

Rizosphere- area around the roots to about 2mm respiration is opposite

Amoeba- a protozoa that forms temporary pseudopods for feeding

Paramecia (protists)- single-celled fresh water organisms

Flagellates (protists)- a protozoa that can swim

Ciliates (protists)- a single celled animal that has cilia

Microbes- a micro organism especially bacterium

Chemosynthesis- the synthesis of organic compounds by energy derived from chemical reactions

Wax + Wane- to process through phases

Fertilizer- a substance added to soil to increase fertility

Arthropods- invertebrate with jointed limbs and a segmented body

Aggregates- a whole formed by combining several elements

Fodder- dried hay or feed

Pathogen- a bacterium, virus, or other that can cause disease

Mycorrhizo(e)- a fungus that grows with the roots of a plant

Inhibitory- restriction of action

Streptomycin- an antibiotic produced by bacterium

Ammonium- a cation in solutions and salts derived from ammonia

Ecosystem- a biological community of interacting organisms

SENTENCES

1) The herbicides were used to get rid of the dandylions that were takeing over the rosebed

2) My family has started composting by putting our organic trash in a pile outside to be turned and watered.

3) The wildlife at the national animal reserve was very diverse in colors.

4) I need to go to the store to get come high nitrogen fertilizer for my home garden today.

5) We researched the benefits of horticulture and decided it would be the best decision for us to start our own garden.

6) We were studying bacteria and when we looked at them through the microscope, we saw the hyphae.

7) The aphids were eating the crops so we had to exterminate them.

8) Some people choose to buy organic produce because the loack of pesticides that are used.

9) The insecticides were used to get rid of the unwanted insects.

10) The fungicides were used to get rid of the unwanted funus.

11) The herbicide was used to get rid of the unwanted vegetation.

12) The farmer poisoned the gofers because he saw them as pests

13) I take part in silviculture because I feel that trees are very beneficial to the environment.

14) My uncle has a vineyard and takes part in viniculture.

15) Aggreculture is an impartant part of our economy because it is a huge aspect of the food industry which generates a laerge income.

16) The rototiller was used to dig up the crops.

17) Plants thrive on NPK.

18) Cations are positively charged atoms.

19) Anions ared negatively charged atoms.

20) Archaebacteria is near the bottem of the food web because of its small size.

21) Eubacteria is an important aspect of the food chain as well.

22) Some animals can be found at the zoo even though humans are also animals.

23) Plants are important to have around because of how they produce oxygen.

24) Fungai used to be considered as unwanted for a garden but it has since been discovered to be helpful to plants.

25) Protists are near the bottem of the food chain.

26) Micrometers are used as a unit of measurement.

27) The flora in the rainforest was extremely extensive.

28) The fauna at the desert was few and for between.

29) Protozoa have only one cell.

30) Nematodes ate Spongebobs pineapple house.

31) The food web organizes and lays out hwo eats who and in what order in the wild.

32) The exoskeletons on microanthropods play a vital to their survival.

33) Photosynthesis is what allows plants to get their energy.

34) The exudate from the plants is what makes it so that beneficial are attracted to them.

35) The rizosphere is located around the root.

36) The amoeba forms temporary pseudopods for feeding.

37) Paramecia are bacteria.