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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
Supply and demand
Green revolution
Poaching
Biodiversity
2. Leaving a population
Emigration
Estuary
Line graph
Sustainability
3. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
Non-biodegradable
Line graph
Habitat
Food web
4. Anything that harms an organism
Herbivore
Pollution
Biodiversity
Carrying capacity
5. A relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
Malnutrition
Commensalism
Grains
Abiotic factor
6. In an experiment - the group of participants that recieves the manipulation
Pollution
Experimental Groups
Predation
Niche
7. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment.
Line graph
Pie graph
Control Group
Biodiversity
8. The number of different species in a given area
Prey
Biodiversity
Hunters and Gatherers
Bar graph
9. A chart with bars
Line graph
Biome
Non-biodegradable
Bar graph
10. The process by which molecules of liquid absorb energy and change to gas
Line graph
Experimental Groups
Evaporation
Commensalism
11. Rice - corn - potatos - wheat - soy beans
Condensation
Dispersal
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Secondary succession
12. The rate of which a plant grows at
Subsistence farmers
Growth rate
Parasitism
Natural resource
13. Any form of water that falls to the Earth's surface
Symbiosis
Precipitation
Dependent variable
Immigration
14. Resources supplied by nature
Natural Resource
Population
Agriculture Revolution
Species
15. Flaw in design of procedure
Natural selection
Commensalism
Mutualism
Experimental error
16. The first species to populate the area
Pioneer species
Water cycle
Independent variable
Malnutrition
17. A relationship that involves one organism living on or inside another organism and harming it
Parasitism
Evaporation
Energy conservation
Green revolution
18. Mistake in following procedure
Developing countries
Major food nutrients
human error
Ecology
19. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
Ecological footprint
Host
Temperature
Renewable resources
20. The time when human begins first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
Control Group
Mass extinctions
Mutualism
Agriculture Revolution
21. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
Natural resource
Agriculture
Scavenger
Mass extinctions
22. An interaction in which one organism kills and eats another
Experimental Groups
Producer
Limiting factor
Predation
23. Type of graph most often used for categorical data
Column Graph
Keystone species
Industrial Revolution
Adaptations
24. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow and reproduce
Green revolution
Predation
Consumer
Habitat
25. Something that does not completely break down into the soil
Pie graph
Carrying capacity
Non-biodegradable
Predator
26. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
Water cycle
Biotic factor
Extinction
Biome
27. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment
Geothermal energy
Temperature
Biodiversity
Parasitism
28. Organism that is killed
Prey
Parasitism
Water cycle
Efficiency
29. An energy rich substance (such as coal - oil - or natural gas) formed from the remains of organisms
Consumer
Grains
Biotic factor
Fossil fuel
30. The organism that the parasite lives in or on
Host
Control Group
Biodegradable
Temperature
31. The movement or organisms from one place to another
Tragedy of the commons
Condensation
Risk assessment
Dispersal
32. A higer demand of that limited product the the price goes up
Dependent variable
Supply and demand
Sustainability
Nonrecyclable
33. Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
Decomposer
Developed countries
Nonrecyclable
Carrying capacity
34. Moving into a population
Condensation
Immigration
Developed countries
Temperature
35. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
Natural selection
Population
Nitrogen fixation
Groundwater
36. The process by which a gas changes to a liquid
Developing countries
Predator
Nitrogen fixation
Condensation
37. A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
Agriculture Revolution
Developed countries
Famine
Decomposer
38. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Consumer
Environmental Science
Emigration
Host
39. The community of organisms that live in a particular area along with their nonliving surroundings
Ecosystem
Nitrogen fixation
Producer
Symbiosis
40. A species that could become endangered in the near future
Recyclable
Community
Threatened species
Biodiversity
41. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms exist
Secondary succession
Producer
Experimental Groups
Parasitism
42. A graph that uses dots to compare rate of change over time
Major food nutrients
Biodiversity
Scatter graph
Community
43. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
Succession
Parasitism
Primary succession
Commensalism
44. A habitat in which the freshwater of a river meets the salt water of an ocean
Experimental Groups
Pioneer species
Estuary
Groundwater
45. Something that breaks down into soil
Parasite
Niche
Biodegradable
Parasitism
46. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
Natural resource
Natural Resource
Species
Temperature
47. The largest population that an area can support
Carrying capacity
Global warming
Mass extinctions
Climate
48. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of them
Environmental Science
Symbiosis
Water cycle
Groundwater
49. Measure of quantity of food produced on a given area of land with limited inputs of energy and resources
Commensalism
Mass extinctions
Greenhouse effect
Efficiency
50. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
Temperature
Biome
Famine
Mass extinctions