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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The trapping of heat near Earth's surface by certain gases (carbon dioxide - water vapor and other gases) in the atmosphere
Data table
Greenhouse effect
Ecological footprint
Community
2. Wheat -bairley -corn....carbohydrates
Natural Resource
Grains
Community
Nitrogen fixation
3. The study of how living and nonliving things interact
Threatened species
Dispersal
Ecology
Nonrenewable resource
4. Something that breaks down into soil
Dispersal
Biodegradable
Biotic factor
Precipitation
5. Flaw in design of procedure
Experimental error
Hunters and Gatherers
Population
Omnivore
6. Possible to use again
Recyclable
Omnivore
Independent variable
Adaptations
7. A graph that uses dots to compare rate of change over time
Limiting factor
Renewable resources
Energy conservation
Scatter graph
8. Something that does not completely break down into the soil
Consumer
Diet
Nonrenewable resource
Non-biodegradable
9. Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
Community
Depleted
Developing countries
Developed countries
10. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
Fossil fuel
Primary succession
Consumer
Industrial Revolution
11. An organism that can make it's own food
Secondary succession
Biotic factor
Malnutrition
Producer
12. The number of different species in an area
Biome
Geothermal energy
Community
Biodiversity
13. Resources supplied by nature
Consumer
Secondary succession
Agriculture
Natural Resource
14. A resource that is not able to be reused - or cannot be replenished quickly
Developed countries
Parasite
Nonrenewable resource
Nonrecyclable
15. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow and reproduce
Habitat
Omnivore
Decomposer
Dependent variable
16. The rate of which a plant grows at
Risk assessment
Growth rate
Prey
Developed countries
17. The variable that you manipulate
Pioneer species
Independent variable
Water cycle
Biome
18. Beginning of urban cities - switch from man power to fossil fuels - machinery and factories are prevalent
Developed countries
Major food nutrients
Experimental Groups
Industrial Revolution
19. The issue where humans don't take care of the Earth.
Ecological footprint
Parasitism
Environmental issue
Malnutrition
20. The effect of the IV
Dependent variable
Population
Condensation
Primary succession
21. Organism that is killed
Prey
Symbiosis
Emigration
Cost benefit analysis
22. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
Community
Biodiversity
Endangered species
Dispersal
23. Organism that does the killing
Environmental Science
Predator
Scavenger
Species
24. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
Natural selection
Food chain
Evaporation
Experimental Groups
25. Mass destruction of most species
Mass extinctions
Condensation
Geothermal energy
Dispersal
26. An energy rich substance (such as coal - oil - or natural gas) formed from the remains of organisms
Prey
Adaptations
Fossil fuel
Condensation
27. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
Environmental issue
Keystone species
Biodegradable
Selective cutting
28. Evaluation of the short-term and long-term risks associated with a particular activity or hazard
Developing countries
Hunters and Gatherers
Risk assessment
Predator
29. A grid that displays the data plotted in a chart.
Malnutrition
Famine
Pie graph
Data table
30. An organism's particular role - or how it makes its living
Precipitation
Agriculture Revolution
Niche
Carnivore
31. A material that cannot be recycled or reused
Nonrecyclable
Niche
Yield
Natural selection
32. The community of organisms that live in a particular area along with their nonliving surroundings
Nonrenewable resource
Non-biodegradable
Ecosystem
Natural Resource
33. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
Parasitism
Water cycle
Nitrogen fixation
Ecology
34. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of them
Climate
Symbiosis
Line graph
Recyclable
35. The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely
Predation
Extinction
Depleted
Sustainability
36. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
Host
Omnivore
Biodiversity
Non-biodegradable
37. The practice of reducing energy use
Geothermal energy
Energy conservation
Non-biodegradable
Niche
38. The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
Diet
Community
Limiting factor
Prey
39. Anything that harms an organism
Adaptations
Biome
Developed countries
Pollution
40. The first species to populate the area
Evaporation
Pioneer species
Niche
Major food nutrients
41. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
Pollution
Parasitism
Biome
Pie graph
42. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Hunters and Gatherers
Evaporation
Consumer
Temperature
43. An interaction in which one organism kills and eats another
Predation
Immigration
Poaching
Green revolution
44. The process in which the changes that make organisms better suited to their environments develop
Risk assessment
Natural selection
Community
Industrial Revolution
45. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment
Nonrecyclable
Keystone species
Temperature
Experimental Groups
46. A chart with bars
Energy conservation
Agriculture Revolution
Ecosystem
Bar graph
47. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
Nitrogen fixation
Symbiosis
Growth rate
Threatened species
48. A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
Ecological footprint
Selective cutting
Green revolution
Consumer
49. A consumer that eats only animals
Experimental error
Dependent variable
Malnutrition
Carnivore
50. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
Poaching
Environmental Science
Experimental error
Scatter graph