Environmental Science Vocab :) ~Carolyn

Environmental Science Vocab :) ~Carolyn Door Carolyn Bibighaus

1. Food Chain

1.1. Producer

1.2. Primary Consumer

1.3. Secondary Consumer

1.4. Tertiary Consumer

1.5. Decomposer

2. Abiotic Factors

2.1. Examples:

2.2. Clock

2.3. Sun

2.4. Temperature

2.5. Computer

3. Biotic Factors

3.1. Examples:

3.2. Frog

3.3. Paper

3.4. Corpse

4. Indicator Species

4.1. Examples:

4.2. New node

4.3. New node

4.4. New node

5. Ecological Succession

5.1. Primary Succession

5.2. Secondary Succession

6. Pioneer Species

6.1. One example is a lichen

7. Climax Community

8. Carrying Capacity

8.1. New node

9. Population Growth

10. Population Growth Rate

11. Water Pollution

11.1. Examples:

11.2. Storm Water Runoff

11.3. Litter

11.4. Oil Runoff

12. Aquifer

13. Desalination

14. Water Purification

15. Watershed

16. Runoff

17. Wetland

18. Urbanization

19. Point Source Pollution

20. Inorganic Pollutant

21. Natural Resources

22. Biodiversity

22.1. Genetic Biodiversity

22.2. Species Biodiversity

22.3. Ecosystem Biodiversity

23. Hot Spots

24. Organic Pollutant

25. Biomes

25.1. Rainforest

25.2. Desert

25.3. Temperate Deciduous Forest

25.4. Coniferous Forest

25.5. Tundra

25.6. Freshwater

25.7. Marine

25.8. Grassland/Savannah

26. Food Web

27. Endangered Species

27.1. Examples:

27.2. Gray Wolf

27.3. Blue Whale

27.4. Giant Panda

27.5. Tiger

28. Threatened Species

28.1. Examples:

28.2. African Elephant

28.3. Clouded Leapord

28.4. Chimpanzee

29. J-Curve

30. Limiting Factors

30.1. Examples for a Rainforest:

30.2. Ammount of sunlight

30.3. Rainfall

30.4. Temperature/Humidity

31. Exponential Growth

32. S-Curve

33. Impermeable

33.1. Examples:

33.2. Roof Tops

33.3. Driveways

33.4. Sidewalks

33.5. Road

34. Erosion

35. Non Point Source

36. Renewable Resources

37. Nonrenewable Resource