Environmental Science Vocab :) ~Carolyn
by Carolyn Bibighaus
1. Food Chain
1.1. Producer
1.2. Primary Consumer
1.3. Secondary Consumer
1.4. Tertiary Consumer
1.5. Decomposer
2. Abiotic Factors
2.1. Examples:
2.2. Clock
2.3. Sun
2.4. Temperature
2.5. Computer
3. Biotic Factors
3.1. Examples:
3.2. Frog
3.3. Paper
3.4. Corpse
4. Indicator Species
4.1. Examples:
4.2. New node
4.3. New node
4.4. New node
5. Ecological Succession
5.1. Primary Succession
5.2. Secondary Succession
6. Pioneer Species
6.1. One example is a lichen
7. Climax Community
8. Carrying Capacity
8.1. New node
9. Population Growth
10. Population Growth Rate
11. Water Pollution
11.1. Examples:
11.2. Storm Water Runoff
11.3. Litter
11.4. Oil Runoff
12. Aquifer
13. Desalination
14. Water Purification
15. Watershed
16. Runoff
17. Wetland
18. Urbanization
19. Point Source Pollution
20. Inorganic Pollutant
21. Natural Resources
22. Biodiversity
22.1. Genetic Biodiversity
22.2. Species Biodiversity
22.3. Ecosystem Biodiversity
23. Hot Spots
24. Organic Pollutant
25. Biomes
25.1. Rainforest
25.2. Desert
25.3. Temperate Deciduous Forest
25.4. Coniferous Forest
25.5. Tundra
25.6. Freshwater
25.7. Marine
25.8. Grassland/Savannah
26. Food Web
27. Endangered Species
27.1. Examples:
27.2. Gray Wolf
27.3. Blue Whale
27.4. Giant Panda
27.5. Tiger
28. Threatened Species
28.1. Examples:
28.2. African Elephant
28.3. Clouded Leapord
28.4. Chimpanzee
29. J-Curve
30. Limiting Factors
30.1. Examples for a Rainforest:
30.2. Ammount of sunlight
30.3. Rainfall
30.4. Temperature/Humidity
31. Exponential Growth
32. S-Curve
33. Impermeable
33.1. Examples:
33.2. Roof Tops
33.3. Driveways
33.4. Sidewalks
33.5. Road
34. Erosion
35. Non Point Source
36. Renewable Resources
37. Nonrenewable Resource
