Ryan Environmental Science Vocabulary
by Ryan Asplen
1. Decomposers
2. Ecosystem
2.1. Wetlands
2.2. Corl Reef
3. Food Web
3.1. Food Chain
3.1.1. Producer
3.1.1.1. Primary consumer
3.1.1.1.1. Secondary consumer
4. Pioneer Species
5. Factors
5.1. Biotic
5.1.1. Anything living or was living
5.2. Abiotic
5.2.1. Has never lived and never will live
6. Biodiversity
6.1. Genetic
6.2. Species
6.3. Ecosystem
7. Hot spots
8. Indicator Species
9. Ecological Succesion
9.1. Primary Succesion
9.2. Secondary Succesion
9.3. Climax community
10. Watershed
11. Population growth
11.1. Growth Rate
11.1.1. Exponential growth
12. Impermeable
12.1. Runoff
12.1.1. Erosion
13. Wetlands
14. Urbanization
15. Resources
15.1. Natural
15.2. Renewable
15.3. Non-renewable
16. Biome
16.1. Rainforest
16.2. Temperate Deciduous Forest
16.3. Coniferous Forest
16.4. Desert
16.5. Tundra
16.6. Freshwater
16.7. Marine
16.8. Grassland/Savannah
17. Community
17.1. Population
17.1.1. Organism
18. Trophic Levels
19. Endangered species
20. Threatened Species
21. Carrying Capacity
21.1. Limiting Factors
22. Growth Charts
22.1. J-Curve
22.2. S-Curve
23. Water Pollution
24. Water Purification
24.1. Aquifer
24.2. Desalination
25. Pollution
25.1. Point Source
25.1.1. Dumping trash directly into river
25.2. Non-point source
25.2.1. oil leaks out of cars and is carried into water by rain