Word Differentiation Chart:

Ecology and Earth

Biodiversity (Life p.660-669)
Tier 1
Extinction
Endangered species
Threatened species
Pollution
Native species

Tier 2
Biodiversity
Keystone species
Habitat destruction
Habitat fragmentation
Poaching
Captive breeding
Climate
Area
Niche
Birth defects
Habitat preservation
Laws and treaties

Tier 3
Economic value
Ecological value
Gene
Genetic diversity
Exotic species

Water Pollution and Solutions (Earth p.676)

Tier 1
Salt Water
Fresh Water
Renewable
Shortages
Water cycle
Waste
Pollutants
Pollution
Heat
fertilizer

Tier 2
Ground water
Agriculture
Mining
Industry
Pesticide
Sewage
Sources of water pollution
Oil and Gasoline Spills
Sewage Treatment

Tier 3
erosion
bacteria
Sediments

Water, Water Everywhere (Packet Handout)

Tier 1
Groundwater
Organisms
Icecaps and Glaciers
Contaminated water
Water supply
Water pollution
Acid rain
filtered

Tier 2
Urbanization
Water quality
Aquifers
Water supply system
Point source pollution
Non-point source pollution
Thermal pollution
Chemical pollution
Waste water
Eutrophication
Biological pollution
Artificial eutrophication
pH

Tier 3
permafrost
pores
solvent
potable
chlorine
Safe Drinking Water Act
Environmental Protection
Agency
flocculation
Surface water
Microbial load

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Ecology and Earth
Dissolved Oxygen
Dissolved Solids
Turbidity

Earths Interior (Earth p. 10-17)

Tier 1
Geologists
Earths Interior
Pressure
magnetic

Tier 2
Crust
Mantle
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Outer core
Inner core
Continental crust
Oceanic crust

Tier 3
Seismic waves
Basalt
Granite
mesosphere

The Theory of Plate Tectonics (Earth p. 104109)

Tier 1
Plates
Plate tectonics
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
pangea

Tier 2
Divergent boundaries
Convergent boundaries
Transform boundaries
Faults
Rift valley
Trench
Mid-ocean ridge
Sea-floor spreading
subduction

Tier 3
San Andres Fault