Roya Environmental Science Vocab
by Roya Weidman
1. Organism
1.1. Dog
1.2. Tree
1.3. Cat
1.3.1. New node
2. Food Chain
3. Biome
3.1. Freshwater Biome
3.2. Tundra Biome
3.3. Desert Biome
3.4. Forest Biome
3.4.1. Temperate Deciduous Forest
3.4.2. Rainforest
3.4.3. Coniferous Forest
3.5. Marine Biome
3.6. Grassland/Savannah Biome
4. Abiotic Factors
5. Population
6. Food Web
7. Ecosystem
7.1. New node
8. Biotic Factors
9. Community
9.1. School of fish
9.2. Flock of geese
9.3. Pack of wolves
10. Trophic Levels
10.1. Primary Consumers
10.2. Secondary Consumers
10.3. Tertiary Consumers
10.4. Producers
10.5. Decomposers
11. Biodiversity
11.1. Genetic Biodiversity
11.2. Species Biodiversity
11.3. Ecosystem Biodiversity
12. Hot Spots
13. Endangered Species
14. Threatened Species
15. Indicator Species
16. Ecological Succession
16.1. Primary Succession
16.2. Secondary Succession
17. Pioneer Species
18. Climax Community
19. Limiting Factors
19.1. Carrying Capacity
20. Population Growth
20.1. Population Growth Rate
20.2. Exponential Growth
20.3. J- Curve
20.4. S-Curve
21. Water Pollution
21.1. Causes
21.1.1. Runoff
21.1.2. Urbanization
21.1.3. Organic pollutant
21.1.4. Inorganic pollutant
21.2. Effects
21.2.1. Erosion