Enviormental Science Wyatt by Wyatt DeLong

Enviormental Science Wyatt

Levels organization, smallest to biggest

Organism

Population

Community

Ecosystem

Biome

Biodiverstiy

Biodiversity is the diffferent types of organisms, ecosystems or genes in a area.  

Genetic Biodiversity

Speices Biodiversity

Ecosystem Biodiversity

Hot Spots

Different types of biome.

Temperate Deciduous Forest

Coniferous Forest

Tundra

Desert

Marine Biome

Freshwater Biome

Trophic Layers

Producer

Primary Consumer

Secondary Consumer

Tertiary Consumer

Decomposers

Ecological Succesion

Primary Succession

Secondary Succession

Climax Community

Factors in a ecosystem

Biotic Factors

Abiotic Factors

Carrying Capacity

The total population that a ecosystem can carry before the population needs to be reduced.

Population Growth

Population growth rate

Water Pollution

Aquifier

Desaliniation

Water Purification

Watershed

Natural Resources

Any resource or energy source taken from the earth and used.

Renewable Resources

Nonrenewable Resources

Pollution

Nonpoint source

Point Source

Inorganic Pollutant

Organic Pollutant

Impermeadable

Surfaces that water cannot go through.

Erosion

Runoff

Wetlands

Swampland or land that is verry moist. There are ussually ponds or rivers nearby. They clean out pollution and are a spawning groung for fish and other animals.

Urbanization

The spreading of cities and civilization. It ussually takes up land.

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