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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. Flaw in design of procedure
Groundwater
Experimental error
Ecosystem
Sustainability
2. A living part of an organism's habitat
Omnivore
Parasitism
Biotic factor
Community
3. Organism that does the killing
Risk assessment
Diet
Industrial Revolution
Predator
4. The movement or organisms from one place to another
Environmental Science
Dispersal
Parasite
Keystone species
5. A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
Famine
Biome
Scatter graph
Pioneer species
6. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
Food chain
Adaptations
Temperature
Nonrenewable resource
7. Evaluation of the short-term and long-term risks associated with a particular activity or hazard
Sustainability
Prey
Risk assessment
Nitrogen fixation
8. The process of cutting down only some trees in area
Selective cutting
Environmental Science
Carnivore
Biodegradable
9. When a large fraction of the resource has been used up
Immigration
Extinction
Nonrenewable resource
Depleted
10. Anything that harms an organism
Water cycle
Pollution
Efficiency
Consumer
11. A species that could become endangered in the near future
Nonrenewable resource
Mass extinctions
Threatened species
Green revolution
12. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
Herbivore
Energy conservation
Abiotic factor
Selective cutting
13. Beginning of urban cities - switch from man power to fossil fuels - machinery and factories are prevalent
Industrial Revolution
Extinction
Food web
Greenhouse effect
14. The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
Predator
Renewable resource
Global warming
Diet
15. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
Scavenger
Succession
Groundwater
Food web
16. The study of the impact of humans on the environment
Temperature
Environmental Science
Depleted
Herbivore
17. All the different populations that live together in an area
Predation
Major food nutrients
Community
Biodegradable
18. A resource that is not able to be reused - or cannot be replenished quickly
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Commensalism
Nonrenewable resource
19. A resource that is able to be reused - or can be replenished quickly
Condensation
Renewable resource
Environmental Science
Threatened species
20. A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
Ecological footprint
Limiting factor
Recyclable
Tragedy of the commons
21. The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely
Sustainability
Competition
Herbivore
Decomposer
22. Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
Environmental Science
Developed countries
Condensation
Ecosystem
23. A consumer that eats only animals
Carnivore
Biodegradable
Sustainability
Yield
24. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
Pioneer species
Primary succession
Pie graph
Nonrecyclable
25. The study of how living and nonliving things interact
Threatened species
Ecology
Nonrenewable resource
Nonrecyclable
26. The typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time
Developed countries
Selective cutting
Decomposer
Climate
27. Something that breaks down into soil
Biodegradable
Host
Industrial Revolution
Climate
28. A relationship in which both species benefit
Species
Mutualism
Groundwater
Emigration
29. Type of graph most often used for categorical data
Species
Column Graph
Consumer
Pollution
30. A relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
Scavenger
Condensation
Commensalism
Nonrenewable resource
31. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment
Water cycle
Temperature
Symbiosis
Agriculture Revolution
32. The organism that the parasite lives in or on
Host
Natural resource
Poaching
Experimental error
33. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow and reproduce
Non-biodegradable
Control Group
Producer
Habitat
34. People who survive by searching for wild plants and animals; always move in small groups
Hunters and Gatherers
Cost benefit analysis
Niche
Food chain
35. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
Climate
Bar graph
Primary succession
Line graph
36. The issue where humans don't take care of the Earth.
Estuary
Renewable resources
Environmental issue
Threatened species
37. The largest population that an area can support
Carrying capacity
Host
Biodiversity
Sustainability
38. A study that compares the costs and benefits to society of providing a public good
Cost benefit analysis
Energy conservation
Community
Endangered species
39. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
Omnivore
Agriculture Revolution
Column Graph
Major food nutrients
40. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
Threatened species
Abiotic factor
Poaching
Biodegradable
41. Moving into a population
Bar graph
Symbiosis
Growth rate
Immigration
42. All the members of one species in a particular area
Population
Decomposer
Carnivore
Succession
43. Possible to use again
Recyclable
Dependent variable
Secondary succession
Natural resource
44. The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time
Water cycle
Succession
Sustainability
Immigration
45. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment.
Control Group
Developing countries
Selective cutting
Poaching
46. Heat from the Earth's interior
Predation
Developing countries
Geothermal energy
Selective cutting
47. The process by which a gas changes to a liquid
Habitat
Condensation
Renewable resources
Biodegradable
48. Situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources - creating disaster for the entire community
Independent variable
Scavenger
Tragedy of the commons
Consumer
49. The amount of food production in a given area
Bar graph
Green revolution
Renewable resources
Yield
50. The variable that you manipulate
Ecosystem
Prey
Secondary succession
Independent variable
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