Liz's Enviromental vocab mind map

1. Trophic Levels

1.1. Producer

1.1.1. grass

1.2. Primanry consumer

1.2.1. Deer

1.3. Secondary consumer

1.3.1. Wolf

1.4. Tertiary consumer

1.4.1. Bear

1.5. Decomposer

1.5.1. Worm

1.6. Scavenger

1.6.1. Volture

2. Energy Transfer

2.1. Food Chain

2.1.1. sun-grass-deer-bear

2.2. Food web

3. Biodiversity

3.1. Biotic

3.1.1. Log

3.1.2. Bear

3.1.3. Grass

3.2. Abiotic

3.2.1. Rock

3.2.2. Wind

3.2.3. Clouds

4. Stages of Succession

4.1. Pioneer Species

4.2. Climax community

5. Controling Ecosystems

5.1. Limiting factors

5.1.1. Natural disasters

5.1.1.1. Floods

5.1.1.2. fires

5.1.1.3. Droughts

5.1.2. Preditors

5.2. Carrying capacity

6. Population

6.1. Population growth

6.2. Population growth rate

6.2.1. Exponential growth

6.2.1.1. J-curve

6.2.1.2. S-curve

7. Levels of Orginization

7.1. Organism

7.2. Population

7.3. Community

7.4. Ecosystem

7.5. Biome

7.5.1. Rainforest

7.5.2. Temperate deciduous forest

7.5.3. Coniferous Forest

7.5.4. Desert

7.5.5. Tundra

7.5.6. Freshwater

7.5.7. Marine

7.5.8. Grassland/Savannah

8. Succession

8.1. Ecological Succession

8.2. Primary Succession

8.3. Secondary Succession

9. Water Pollution

9.1. Point Source

9.2. Non-Point Source

9.2.1. Stormwater runoff

9.3. Wetlands

9.4. Watershed

9.4.1. Aquifer

9.5. Impermeable

10. Natural Resources

10.1. Non-renewable Resources

10.1.1. Oil

10.1.2. Coal

10.1.3. Natural Gas

10.2. Renewable Resources

10.2.1. Solar

10.2.2. Wind

10.2.3. Trees