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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. Organism that does the killing
Carnivore
Predator
Prey
Bar graph
2. The amount of food production in a given area
Dependent variable
Yield
Climate
Diet
3. Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
Commensalism
Growth rate
Line graph
Developed countries
4. The rate of which a plant grows at
Agriculture Revolution
Growth rate
Predator
Food chain
5. The practice of growing - breeding - and caring for plants and animals that are used for food - clothing - transportation - and other uses
Green revolution
Non-biodegradable
Commensalism
Agriculture
6. The theory that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will raise Earth's average temperature
Carrying capacity
Temperature
Non-biodegradable
Global warming
7. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
Temperature
Biodiversity
Species
Fossil fuel
8. An energy rich substance (such as coal - oil - or natural gas) formed from the remains of organisms
Fossil fuel
Symbiosis
Estuary
Risk assessment
9. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Consumer
Agriculture Revolution
Line graph
Parasitism
10. Mass destruction of most species
Threatened species
Efficiency
Geothermal energy
Mass extinctions
11. Wheat -bairley -corn....carbohydrates
Nonrenewable resource
Biome
Grains
Recyclable
12. The typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time
Greenhouse effect
Secondary succession
Climate
Major food nutrients
13. A graph that highlights segments of a circle to show simple distribution patterns
Cost benefit analysis
Estuary
Natural Resource
Pie graph
14. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
Geothermal energy
Nonrenewable resource
Efficiency
Biodegradable
15. An organism's particular role - or how it makes its living
Food web
Decomposer
Niche
Consumer
16. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
Natural Resource
Major food nutrients
Green revolution
Parasitism
17. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
Nonrenewable resource
Diet
Food chain
Evaporation
18. Something that breaks down into soil
Extinction
Adaptations
Biodegradable
Nonrenewable resource
19. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
Subsistence farmers
Green revolution
Dispersal
Omnivore
20. The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely
Producer
Environmental issue
Sustainability
Food chain
21. A species that could become endangered in the near future
Threatened species
Precipitation
Natural selection
Column Graph
22. A grid that displays the data plotted in a chart.
Data table
Extinction
Carrying capacity
Geothermal energy
23. Struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
Dispersal
Competition
Extinction
Hunters and Gatherers
24. The effect of the IV
Biodegradable
Dispersal
Primary succession
Dependent variable
25. Anything in the environment that is used by people
Nonrenewable resource
Community
Nonrenewable resource
Natural resource
26. The practice of reducing energy use
Habitat
Energy conservation
Evaporation
Keystone species
27. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
Renewable resources
Nonrenewable resource
Mutualism
Agriculture Revolution
28. A relationship in which both species benefit
Secondary succession
Adaptations
Mutualism
Selective cutting
29. The time when human begins first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
Agriculture
Estuary
Food web
Agriculture Revolution
30. A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
Grains
Ecological footprint
Extinction
Temperature
31. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of them
Developing countries
Symbiosis
Biotic factor
Scatter graph
32. The issue where humans don't take care of the Earth.
Environmental issue
Mass extinctions
Fossil fuel
Prey
33. A resource that is not able to be reused - or cannot be replenished quickly
Predation
Dependent variable
Yield
Nonrenewable resource
34. A consumer that eats only animals
Adaptations
Carnivore
Natural selection
Water cycle
35. A relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
Commensalism
Subsistence farmers
Greenhouse effect
Hunters and Gatherers
36. Heat from the Earth's interior
Predator
Geothermal energy
Carnivore
Adaptations
37. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
Climate
Groundwater
Fossil fuel
Decomposer
38. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment.
Species
Herbivore
Water cycle
Control Group
39. Beginning of urban cities - switch from man power to fossil fuels - machinery and factories are prevalent
Renewable resources
Abiotic factor
Bar graph
Industrial Revolution
40. A resource that is able to be reused - or can be replenished quickly
Non-biodegradable
Renewable resource
Niche
Hunters and Gatherers
41. The process in which the changes that make organisms better suited to their environments develop
Natural selection
Renewable resource
Dependent variable
Parasitism
42. Moving into a population
Biotic factor
Immigration
Parasitism
Developing countries
43. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
Agriculture
Mass extinctions
Carrying capacity
Extinction
44. A living part of an organism's habitat
Predator
Scatter graph
Biotic factor
Abiotic factor
45. A state of poor nutrition; lacking enough calories or variety in diet
Water cycle
Malnutrition
Groundwater
Renewable resource
46. All the members of one species in a particular area
Mutualism
Scatter graph
Population
Column Graph
47. Possible to use again
Ecosystem
Recyclable
Global warming
Parasite
48. The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
Diet
Developed countries
Secondary succession
Data table
49. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
Environmental Science
Grains
Non-biodegradable
Endangered species
50. The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time
Community
Population
Diet
Succession