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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab

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1. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment






2. A consumer that eats only plants






3. The issue where humans don't take care of the Earth.






4. Type of graph most often used for categorical data






5. The number of different species in an area






6. Rice - corn - potatos - wheat - soy beans






7. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame






8. Wheat -bairley -corn....carbohydrates






9. Situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources - creating disaster for the entire community






10. Water stored in underground layers of soil and rock






11. The amount of food production in a given area






12. Leaving a population






13. Flaw in design of procedure






14. Struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources






15. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms






16. A resource that is able to be reused - or can be replenished quickly






17. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment.






18. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist






19. A higer demand of that limited product the the price goes up






20. The number of different species in a given area






21. Possible to use again






22. Organism that does the killing






23. Liphids - proteins - and carbohydrates






24. Any form of water that falls to the Earth's surface






25. A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death






26. A study that compares the costs and benefits to society of providing a public good






27. A relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed






28. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future






29. When a large fraction of the resource has been used up






30. A relationship in which both species benefit






31. The practice of reducing energy use






32. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.






33. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back






34. An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease






35. The organism that the parasite lives in or on






36. All the members of one species in a particular area






37. Beginning of urban cities - switch from man power to fossil fuels - machinery and factories are prevalent






38. The community of organisms that live in a particular area along with their nonliving surroundings






39. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat






40. A material that cannot be recycled or reused






41. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms






42. A species that could become endangered in the near future






43. A resource that is not able to be reused - or cannot be replenished quickly






44. A state of poor nutrition; lacking enough calories or variety in diet






45. The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)






46. An organism's particular role - or how it makes its living






47. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms






48. The variable that you manipulate






49. The typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time






50. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of them







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