Mind Map Vocab Nick Soriano

1. Consumers

1.1. Herbivore

1.1.1. New node

1.2. Carnivore

1.3. Omnivore

1.4. Decomposer

2. Levels of organization

2.1. Organism

2.2. Population

2.3. Community

2.4. Ecosystem

2.5. Biome

2.6. Biosphere

3. Limiting Factors

3.1. Biotic Factors

3.2. Abiotic Factors

4. Biodiversity-how different species interact with each other.

4.1. Hot Spots- They are places in the world where many different species interact with each other

5. Ecological succession-Change of an environment over time.

5.1. Primary Succession-Starts out as absolutely nothing and turns into an environment over an extremely long period of time.

5.2. Secondary Succession-something occurs after the initial succession has been disrupted and some plants and animals are still alive.

6. Climax Community

7. Population Growth Rate

7.1. J-Curves

7.2. S-Curves

8. Sustainability

8.1. how biological systems remain diverse and productive over time.

9. Water Pollution

9.1. Point Source

9.2. Non-Point Source

9.3. Aquifers

10. Carrying Capacity

10.1. opulation size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely

11. Trophic Levels

11.1. Producer

11.2. Primary Consumer

11.3. Secdondary Consumer

11.4. Tertiary Consumer

12. Foodchain

13. Food Web

14. Biomes

14.1. Rainforest

14.2. Deciduous Forest

14.3. Coniferous Forest

14.4. Desert

14.5. Tundra

14.6. Savannah

14.7. Freshwater Biome

14.8. Marine Biome

15. Pioneer Species

15.1. A pioneer species is a species that colonizes previously uncolonized land

16. Growth Trends

16.1. Population Growth

16.2. Exponential Growth

16.3. Logistic Growth

17. Exponents in population growth and decrease

17.1. Black Plague

17.2. Industrial Revolution