Tyler: Envirmental Science Vocab

1. Biodiversity

1.1. Species

1.1.1. indicator species

1.1.2. Threatened species

1.1.3. Endangered species

1.2. Genetic

1.3. Ecosystem Biodiversity

1.4. Trophic levels

2. Food Web

2.1. Food chain

2.1.1. Consumers

2.1.1.1. Primary Consumer

2.1.1.2. Secondary consumers

2.1.1.3. Tertiary consumer

2.1.2. Producers

2.1.3. Decomposer

2.1.4. Boitic

2.1.5. Abiotic

3. Population Growth

3.1. Limiting Factors

3.2. Carrying Capacity

3.3. Growth rate

3.3.1. S-curve

3.3.2. J-curve

4. Natural Resources

4.1. Renewable Resources

4.2. Nonrenewable Resources

5. biomes

5.1. Rain forest

5.2. Deciduous forest

5.3. Coniferous forest

5.4. Desert

5.5. Tundra

5.5.1. Ecosystems

5.5.1.1. Community

5.5.1.1.1. population

5.6. Fresh water

5.7. Marine

5.8. Grass land/Savannah

6. Ecological succession

6.1. Primary succession

6.2. Secondary succession

6.3. Pioneer species

6.4. Climax community

7. water

7.1. Water pollution

7.1.1. Inorganic pollutants

7.1.2. Organic pollutants

7.1.3. Urbanization

7.1.3.1. Non point source

7.1.3.1.1. Erosion

7.1.3.1.2. Runoff

7.1.3.2. Point source

7.2. Water Purification

7.2.1. Desalination

7.3. Sources

7.3.1. Apuaifers

7.3.2. Watershed

7.3.3. Wetlands