Alyssa's Environmental Science Mind Map
by Alyssa Gilley
1. Community
2. Biomes
2.1. Desert biome
2.2. A community characterized by certain animals in plants that make up the region and live under the same climate.
2.3. Tundra
2.4. Rainforest
2.5. Grasslands
2.6. Savannah
2.7. Arctic
2.8. Deciduous and coniferous forest
3. Freshwater Biome
3.1. Among one of most important biomes.
3.2. A major natural water source.
3.3. Algea
3.4. Aquatic animals
3.5. Photosynthetic plankton
4. Grassland/Savannah
4.1. An area of land that natural vegetation has perennial grasses.
4.2. An example of a grassland is a prarie.
5. Food Web
5.1. A group of things that make up a commmunity.
5.2. Filled with prey and predators, consumers, decomposers, etc.
6. Secondary Consumers
7. Producers
7.1. A plant that is able to produce its own food from inorganic items.
7.2. Plants are only producer in an ecosystem.
7.3. Extra information
8. Biotic Factors
8.1. A factor that is living or once was living in an ecosystem.
8.2. Whale
8.3. Fish
8.4. Wooden Ruler
8.5. Corpse
8.6. Snail
8.7. Snake
8.8. Bread
8.9. Hair
8.10. Finger Nails
8.11. Wool
8.12. Cotton Fabric
8.13. Paper
8.14. Plants
8.15. Salad
8.16. Steak or pork chops
9. Abiotic Factors
9.1. A non-living factor in an ecosystem and was never living.
9.2. Clock
9.3. Water
9.4. Temperature
9.5. Plastic
9.6. Sand
9.7. Aluminum
9.8. Wind Direction
9.9. Clouds
9.10. Sunlight
9.11. Air
9.12. Glass
10. Tropic Levels
11. Tertiary Consumer
11.1. A carnivorous animal
11.2. At the top of the food chain, these consumers only eat other carnivores or other secondary carnivores.
11.3. Snake
11.4. Fish
11.5. Bear
11.6. Seal
12. Genetic Biodiversity
13. Species Biodiversity
14. Endangered Species
15. Indicator Species
16. Primary Succession
17. Organism
17.1. A form of life considered as an entity.
17.2. Animals
17.3. Plants
17.4. Fungi
17.5. Moneran
17.6. Protistan
17.7. Mammal
18. Population
19. Ecosystem
20. Rainforest
20.1. A tall, dense forest of many trees in an area of annual rainfall.
20.2. Where are rainforests?
20.2.1. Central America
20.2.2. Amazon
20.2.3. Africa
20.2.4. Southern Asia
20.2.5. Austrailia