Environmental Science Vocab Maggie
by maggie kingsland
1. Ecosystem
1.1. Biotic Factors
1.2. Abiotic Factors
1.3. Ecological Succession
1.3.1. Primary Succession
1.3.1.1. Pioneer Species
1.3.2. Secondary Succession
1.4. Climax Community
1.5. Community
1.5.1. Population
1.5.1.1. Organism
2. Trophic Level
2.1. Food Web/Chain
2.1.1. Producer
2.1.2. Primary Consumer
2.1.3. Seconary Consumer
2.1.4. Tertiary Consumer
2.1.5. Decomposer
3. Biodiversity
3.1. Species Biodiversity
3.2. Ecosystem Biodiversity
3.3. Genetic Biodiversity
3.4. Hot Spots
3.5. Indicator Species
3.5.1. Endangered Species
3.5.2. Threatened Species
4. Water Pollution
4.1. Erosion
4.2. Runoff
4.3. Impermeable
4.4. Watershed
4.5. Point Source
4.6. Non-point Source
4.7. Organic Pollutant
4.8. Non-organic Pollutant
4.9. Urbanization
5. Natural Resource
5.1. Renewable resource
5.2. Non-renewable resource
6. Water Purification
6.1. Aquifer
6.2. Desalination
6.3. Wetlands
7. Biomes
7.1. Rainforest
7.2. Temperate Deciduous Forest
7.3. Coniferous Forest
7.4. Desert
7.5. Tundra
7.6. Freshwater
7.7. Marine
7.8. Grassland/Savannah
8. Population Growth
8.1. Limiting Factors
8.1.1. Carrying Capacity