Lydia Stepanoff's Mind Map Vocab Project

1. Ecosystems and Their Interactions

1.1. Food Chain

1.2. Food Web

1.3. Producer

1.4. Primary Consumer

1.5. Secondary Consumer

1.6. Tertiary Consumer

1.7. Trophic Levels

1.8. Biotic Factors

1.9. Abiotic Factors

2. Examining the Stages in Ecological Succession

2.1. Ecological Succession

2.2. Primary Succession

2.2.1. Pioneer Species

2.3. Secondary Succession

2.3.1. Climax Community

3. Population

3.1. Limiting Factors

3.2. Carrying Capacity

3.3. Population Growth

3.4. Black Plague

3.5. Industrial Revolution

3.6. Exponential Growth

3.6.1. J-Curve

3.7. Sustainability

3.8. Logistic Growth

3.8.1. S-Curve

3.9. Population Growth Rate

4. Water Pollution

4.1. Water Pollution

4.2. Point Source

4.3. Non-Point Source

4.4. Aquifer

5. Levels of Organization

5.1. Organism

5.2. Population

5.3. Community

5.4. Ecosystem

5.5. Biome

5.6. Biosphere

6. Biomes

6.1. Rainforest

6.2. Temperate Deciduous Forest

6.3. Coniferous Forest

6.4. Desert

6.5. Tundra

6.6. Grassland/Savannah

6.7. Freshwater Biome

6.8. Marine Biome

7. Biodiversity

7.1. Biodiversity

7.2. Hot Spots