Enviromental Science Vocabulary
by Katrina Pfeil
1. Biome
1.1. Freshwater
1.1.1. Ponds
1.1.2. Lakes
1.2. Grassland
1.2.1. Fields
1.3. Tundra
1.3.1. Arctic
1.3.2. Antarctic
1.4. Desert
1.5. Rainforest
1.6. Temperate Deciduous Forest
1.6.1. Pennsylvania
1.7. Marine
1.7.1. Oceans
1.8. Coniferous Forest
2. Food Chain
2.1. Producer
2.2. Decomposer
2.3. Primary Consumer
2.4. Secondary Consumer
2.5. Tertiary Consumer
3. Trophic Levels
4. Abiotic Factors
5. Organism
6. Community
6.1. Climax
6.1.1. limiting factors
6.1.1.1. carrying capacity
7. Ecological Succession
7.1. Primary Succession
7.2. Secondary Succession
8. Erosion
8.1. Impermeable
9. Water Pollution
9.1. Aquifer
9.2. Desalination
9.3. Runoff
9.4. Urbanization
9.5. Point Source
9.6. Non-point Source
9.7. Organic Polluntant
9.8. Inorganic Polluntant
10. Water Purification
10.1. Watershed
10.2. Wetlands
11. Food web
11.1. Producer
11.2. Decomposer
11.3. Primary Consumer
11.4. Secondary Consumer
11.5. Tertiary Consumer
12. Biotic Factors
13. Population
13.1. Growth
13.2. Growth Rate
13.2.1. exponential growth
13.2.1.1. J-Curve
13.2.1.2. S-Curve
14. Ecosystem
14.1. Limiting factors
14.2. Carrying capacity
15. Biodiversity
15.1. Genetic
15.2. Species
15.2.1. Pioneer Species
15.2.2. Indicator Species