Marissa's Vocab Project
by Marissa Adams
1. Levels of Organization
1.1. Organism
1.2. Population
1.3. Community
1.4. Ecosystem
1.5. Biome
1.6. Biosphere
2. Biotic/Abiotic Factors
2.1. Biotic
2.2. Abiotic
3. Limiting Factors
3.1. Ecological Succession
3.1.1. Primary Succession
3.1.1.1. Pioneer Species
3.1.1.2. Climax Community
3.1.2. Secondary Succession
3.2. Carrying Capacity
4. Water Pollution
4.1. Point source
4.2. Non-point source
5. Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
5.1. Food chains
5.1.1. Producer
5.1.1.1. 100% trophic level
5.1.2. Primary consumer
5.1.2.1. 10% trophic level
5.1.3. Secondary consumer
5.1.3.1. 1% trophic level
5.1.4. Tertiary consumer
5.1.4.1. .1% trophic level
5.2. Food webs
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. Hot spots
8. Population
8.1. Population growth
8.1.1. Exponential growth
8.1.1.1. J-curve
8.1.2. Logistic growth
8.1.2.1. S-curve
8.1.3. Population growth rate