Sierra's Vocab Project

1. food chain

1.1. trophic levels

1.1.1. producers

1.1.2. primary consumer

1.1.3. secondary consumer

1.1.4. tertiary consumer

1.1.5. decomposer

2. biotic factors

3. abiotic factors

4. ecological succession

4.1. Primary succession

4.2. secondary succession

5. population growth

5.1. population growth rate

5.2. exponential growth

5.2.1. j-curve

5.2.2. s-curve

6. climax communities

6.1. limiting factors

6.2. carrying capacity

6.2.1. population growth rate

6.2.2. exponential growth

6.2.2.1. J-curve

6.2.2.2. S-curve

7. natural resources

7.1. renewable resources

7.2. nonrenewable resources

8. levels of organisms

8.1. organism

8.2. population

8.3. community

8.4. ecosystem

8.5. biome

8.5.1. Rainforest

8.5.2. fresh water

8.5.3. marine

8.5.4. desert

8.5.5. tundra

8.5.6. coniferous

8.5.7. temperate deciduous

8.5.8. grassland/savannah

9. food web

10. biodiversity

11. pioneer species

12. Carrying capacity

13. water pollution

13.1. aquifer

13.2. watershed

13.3. impermeable

13.4. storm runoff

13.5. point source pollution

13.5.1. gasoline falling from a bridge into water

13.6. non-point source pollution

13.6.1. animal waste

13.6.2. drains