ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
BIOSPHERE Combined portions of Earth in which all living things exist
INDIVIDUAL ORGANISMS POPULATIONS COMMUNITIES ECOSYSTEMS BIOMES
FOOD CHAINS
FOOD WEBS
TROPHIC LEVELS
BIOMASS PYRAMID
NITROGEN CYCLE
HABITAT VS. NICHE
BIOTIC VS. ABIOTIC FACTORS
COMPETITIVE EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE
SPECIES INTERACTIONS ***Predation ***Symbiosis ***Mutualism ***Commensalism ***Parasitism
PREDATIONSYMBIOSIS MUTUALISM COMMENSALISMPARASITISM HUMMINGBIRD/FLOWERSEA ANEMONE /CRABWASP LARVAE/HORNWORM
PRIMARY SUCCESSION
SECONDARY SUCCESSION
OCEAN PHOTIC AND APHOTIC ZONES
***BENTHOS***
POPULATION DENSITY
***CARRYING CAPACITY***
DENSITY INDEPENDENT DENSITY DEPENDENT LIMITING FACTORS AFFECTING POPULATION DROUGHT CLIMATE EXTREMES HUMAN IDSTURBANCE COMPETITION PARASITISM DISEASE
RENEWABLE VS. NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES
SUSTAINABLE USE: Use of natural resources at a rate which does not deplete them
BIODIVERSITY The sum total of the variety of organisms in the biosphere
HABITAT FRAGMENTATION Splitting of ecosystems
INVASIVE SPECIES
BIOLOGICAL MAGNIFICATION
OZONE LAYER