Environmental Science Vocab
by Ryan Breithoff
1. By: Ryan
2. Population
3. Ecosytem
4. Rainforest
5. Desert
6. Grassland/savannah
7. Freshwater biome
8. Food Chain
9. Foodweb
10. Primary consumer
11. Secondary Consumer
12. Tertiary consumer
13. Trophic levels
14. Species Biodiversiy
15. Hot Spots
16. Threatened Species
17. Ecological succesion
18. Secondary seccession
19. Climax community
20. Carrying capacity
21. Population growth rate
22. J-curve
23. S-curve
24. Water pollution
25. Desalination
26. Watershed
27. Impermeable
28. Runoff
29. Point source
29.1. Easy to ditect
30. Organic pollutant
31. Renewable resources
31.1. Renew in a lifetime
32. Organism
33. Community
34. Biome
35. Temperate deciduous forest
35.1. pennsylvanis, leaves fall off
36. Coniferous forest
36.1. Pine
37. Tundra
38. Coniferous forest
39. Marine Biome
40. Producer
41. Decomposer
42. Biotic Factors
43. Abitoic Factors
44. Biodiversity
45. Genetic Biodiversity
46. Ecosystem Biodiversity
47. Endangerd Species
48. Indicator Species
49. Primary succession
50. Pioneer species
51. Limiting factors
52. Population growth
53. exponetial growth
54. Aquifer
55. Water purification
56. Wetlands
57. Erosion
58. Urbanization
59. Nonn-point source
59.1. Not easy to ditect
60. Inorganic pollutant
61. Natural resources
62. Nonrenewable resources
62.1. Do not renew in a lifetime