Dylan Stephens' Mind Map Vocab Project
by Dylan Stephens
1. Population - Group of individuals of the same species found in a given area or located in the same area at a given time.
2. Community - Populations of living organisms that interact with one another in an ecosystem
3. Ecosystem - Group of living organisms that interact with one another and the nonliving physical enviorment as 1 unit.
4. Food Web - The view of consumers in an ecosystem
5. Trophic Levels - Levels of energy
6. Rainforest - Fertile region with alot of vegetation. Covers 6% of Earth's surface.
7. Savannah - a grassland with scattered trees and shrubs.
8. Freshwater biome - Biome that contains freshwater such as marshes or swamps.
9. Biodiversity - The degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem.
10. Hot Spots - An area of volcanic activity.
11. Ecological Succession - The process of an ecosystem changing overtime.
12. Primary Succession - when there was no ecosystem before.
13. Secondary Succession - when something has destroyed the natural comminuty.
14. Organism - any form of life
15. Biome - Geographic region of the Earth that is inhabited by a community of distinct types of plant and associated animal species.
16. Biosphere - Layer of soil, water, and air that sustains life.
17. Food Chain - A diagram that shows the sequence in which energy is transfered from one organism to another.
18. Producer - An organism that produces its own energy from our sun.
18.1. Primary Consumer
18.1.1. Secondary Consumer
18.1.1.1. Tertiary Consumer