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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. Type of graph most often used for categorical data
Biotic factor
Biome
Nonrecyclable
Column Graph
2. The largest population that an area can support
Carrying capacity
Dependent variable
Cost benefit analysis
Precipitation
3. The number of different species in a given area
Natural selection
Scavenger
Biodiversity
Natural Resource
4. A species that could become endangered in the near future
Climate
Threatened species
Succession
Scatter graph
5. A graph that highlights segments of a circle to show simple distribution patterns
Agriculture Revolution
Selective cutting
Biome
Pie graph
6. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
Food web
Pie graph
Poaching
Carnivore
7. Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
Developed countries
Food chain
Producer
Subsistence farmers
8. Behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment
Poaching
Growth rate
Herbivore
Adaptations
9. A graph that uses dots to compare rate of change over time
Parasite
Scatter graph
Ecological footprint
Precipitation
10. Capable of being broken down by bacteria or other decomposers
Experimental error
Fossil fuel
Competition
Biodegradable
11. The process in which the changes that make organisms better suited to their environments develop
Selective cutting
Natural selection
Pioneer species
Commensalism
12. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
Dispersal
Recyclable
Primary succession
Keystone species
13. An organism's particular role - or how it makes its living
Supply and demand
Experimental Groups
Niche
Carnivore
14. Measure of quantity of food produced on a given area of land with limited inputs of energy and resources
Yield
Biotic factor
Scatter graph
Efficiency
15. A resource that is able to be reused - or can be replenished quickly
Predator
Renewable resource
Energy conservation
Natural Resource
16. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
Herbivore
Biome
Pioneer species
Water cycle
17. The process by which molecules of liquid absorb energy and change to gas
Biodegradable
Evaporation
Environmental issue
Nonrecyclable
18. Flaw in design of procedure
Experimental error
Climate
Symbiosis
Data table
19. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
Nonrenewable resource
Data table
Estuary
Precipitation
20. Beginning of urban cities - switch from man power to fossil fuels - machinery and factories are prevalent
Industrial Revolution
Risk assessment
Environmental issue
Biodiversity
21. The process by which a gas changes to a liquid
Experimental Groups
Mutualism
Condensation
Biodegradable
22. An organism that can make it's own food
Competition
Nonrenewable resource
Biodiversity
Producer
23. A relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
Yield
Extinction
Scavenger
Commensalism
24. The movement or organisms from one place to another
Dispersal
Ecology
Tragedy of the commons
Climate
25. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of them
Pollution
Bar graph
Subsistence farmers
Symbiosis
26. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
Scavenger
Parasitism
Subsistence farmers
Extinction
27. The organism that benefits by living on or in a host
Predation
Competition
Recyclable
Parasite
28. Situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources - creating disaster for the entire community
Food web
Geothermal energy
Data table
Tragedy of the commons
29. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
Prey
Natural Resource
Species
Competition
30. The organism that the parasite lives in or on
Herbivore
Host
Agriculture Revolution
Poaching
31. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
Nitrogen fixation
Pollution
Efficiency
Threatened species
32. Countries with less productive economies and a lower quality of life
Data table
Bar graph
Developing countries
Population
33. The number of different species in an area
Bar graph
Biodiversity
Temperature
Condensation
34. Anything in the environment that is used by people
Community
Emigration
Natural resource
Omnivore
35. The study of how living and nonliving things interact
Dependent variable
Evaporation
Ecology
Recyclable
36. The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
Nitrogen fixation
Diet
Predation
Abiotic factor
37. The trapping of heat near Earth's surface by certain gases (carbon dioxide - water vapor and other gases) in the atmosphere
Greenhouse effect
Experimental error
Hunters and Gatherers
Line graph
38. Water stored in underground layers of soil and rock
Commensalism
Dependent variable
Groundwater
Biotic factor
39. Mistake in following procedure
human error
Column Graph
Ecological footprint
Green revolution
40. Struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
Nonrenewable resource
Decomposer
Parasite
Competition
41. A chart with bars
Column Graph
Energy conservation
Bar graph
Climate
42. A relationship in which both species benefit
Dispersal
Food chain
Species
Mutualism
43. A living part of an organism's habitat
Dependent variable
Growth rate
Subsistence farmers
Biotic factor
44. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
Ecology
Renewable resource
Renewable resources
Population
45. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
Supply and demand
Biome
Energy conservation
Decomposer
46. A resource that is not able to be reused - or cannot be replenished quickly
Nonrenewable resource
Natural resource
Keystone species
Depleted
47. The time when human begins first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
Groundwater
Subsistence farmers
Bar graph
Agriculture Revolution
48. People who survive by searching for wild plants and animals; always move in small groups
Hunters and Gatherers
Omnivore
Greenhouse effect
Developed countries
49. Mass destruction of most species
Mass extinctions
Temperature
Depleted
Prey
50. The community of organisms that live in a particular area along with their nonliving surroundings
Ecological footprint
Parasitism
Natural Resource
Ecosystem