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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment






2. Capable of being broken down by bacteria or other decomposers






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






4. Countries with less productive economies and a lower quality of life






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






6. The organism that the parasite lives in or on






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






8. The process by which a gas changes to a liquid






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






10. A material that cannot be recycled or reused






11. Water stored in underground layers of soil and rock






12. A chart with bars






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






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






15. A consumer that eats only plants






16. The process by which molecules of liquid absorb energy and change to gas






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






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






19. Organism that is killed






20. The organism that benefits by living on or in a host






21. An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease






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






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






24. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy






25. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form






26. Measure of quantity of food produced on a given area of land with limited inputs of energy and resources






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






28. The process of cutting down only some trees in area






29. The amount of food production in a given area






30. Liphids - proteins - and carbohydrates






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






32. A graph that highlights segments of a circle to show simple distribution patterns






33. A consumer that eats both plants and animals






34. An organism that can make it's own food






35. Farmers who raise food and animals mainly to feed their own families






36. The effect of the IV






37. The trapping of heat near Earth's surface by certain gases (carbon dioxide - water vapor and other gases) in the atmosphere






38. A graph that uses dots to compare rate of change over time






39. Type of graph most often used for categorical data






40. The rate of which a plant grows at






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






42. The variable that you manipulate






43. The process in which the changes that make organisms better suited to their environments develop






44. The number of different species in a given area






45. Something that breaks down into soil






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






47. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms exist






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






49. Leaving a population






50. Heat from the Earth's interior