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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. Something that breaks down into soil
Carnivore
Biodegradable
Environmental Science
Climate
2. Mistake in following procedure
Non-biodegradable
Competition
Global warming
human error
3. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
Non-biodegradable
Food chain
Biome
Primary succession
4. A relationship in which both species benefit
Bar graph
Mutualism
Evaporation
Biodiversity
5. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
Keystone species
Developing countries
Endangered species
Nonrecyclable
6. The study of the impact of humans on the environment
Environmental Science
Industrial Revolution
Risk assessment
Niche
7. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Consumer
Predator
Bar graph
Pollution
8. The process by which molecules of liquid absorb energy and change to gas
Scatter graph
human error
Evaporation
Poaching
9. The rate of which a plant grows at
Adaptations
Growth rate
Groundwater
Yield
10. The process in which the changes that make organisms better suited to their environments develop
Natural selection
Keystone species
Climate
Carrying capacity
11. All the different populations that live together in an area
Global warming
Cost benefit analysis
Community
Competition
12. A study that compares the costs and benefits to society of providing a public good
Risk assessment
Temperature
Cost benefit analysis
Biodegradable
13. A graph that uses dots to compare rate of change over time
Depleted
Scatter graph
Tragedy of the commons
Geothermal energy
14. Any form of water that falls to the Earth's surface
Efficiency
Habitat
Nitrogen fixation
Precipitation
15. The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time
Community
Scavenger
Succession
Selective cutting
16. Situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources - creating disaster for the entire community
Tragedy of the commons
Omnivore
Succession
Decomposer
17. A resource that is not able to be reused - or cannot be replenished quickly
Malnutrition
Nonrenewable resource
Predator
Primary succession
18. The theory that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will raise Earth's average temperature
Ecosystem
Subsistence farmers
Mutualism
Global warming
19. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
Water cycle
Selective cutting
Pioneer species
Environmental issue
20. A relationship that involves one organism living on or inside another organism and harming it
Parasitism
Water cycle
Carrying capacity
Environmental issue
21. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
Food chain
Yield
Predation
Developed countries
22. The organism that the parasite lives in or on
Host
Efficiency
Secondary succession
Commensalism
23. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
Agriculture
Herbivore
Abiotic factor
Parasitism
24. A resource that is able to be reused - or can be replenished quickly
Diet
Mass extinctions
Scavenger
Renewable resource
25. Mass destruction of most species
Geothermal energy
Mass extinctions
Pollution
Depleted
26. A living part of an organism's habitat
Groundwater
Biotic factor
Pollution
Dependent variable
27. A material that cannot be recycled or reused
Malnutrition
Green revolution
Carnivore
Nonrecyclable
28. The amount of food production in a given area
Keystone species
Yield
Developing countries
Limiting factor
29. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
Biodegradable
Host
Decomposer
Predator
30. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
Parasite
Habitat
Omnivore
Producer
31. The practice of reducing energy use
Environmental issue
Water cycle
Threatened species
Energy conservation
32. The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
Diet
Groundwater
Industrial Revolution
Keystone species
33. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
Food web
Scavenger
Mutualism
Famine
34. A consumer that eats only plants
Herbivore
Omnivore
Endangered species
Parasitism
35. An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease
Limiting factor
Tragedy of the commons
Supply and demand
Non-biodegradable
36. People who survive by searching for wild plants and animals; always move in small groups
Hunters and Gatherers
Natural Resource
Predator
Global warming
37. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
Endangered species
Food chain
Nonrenewable resource
Species
38. Wheat -bairley -corn....carbohydrates
Grains
Malnutrition
Groundwater
Dependent variable
39. Leaving a population
Experimental Groups
Adaptations
Developed countries
Emigration
40. The number of different species in a given area
Renewable resources
Data table
Biodiversity
Line graph
41. The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely
Renewable resources
Sustainability
Nonrenewable resource
Carrying capacity
42. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow and reproduce
Climate
Geothermal energy
Habitat
Fossil fuel
43. An energy rich substance (such as coal - oil - or natural gas) formed from the remains of organisms
Tragedy of the commons
Fossil fuel
Mass extinctions
Global warming
44. A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
Ecological footprint
Famine
Host
Energy conservation
45. Anything that harms an organism
Pioneer species
Pollution
Biodegradable
Non-biodegradable
46. Type of graph most often used for categorical data
Ecosystem
Column Graph
Pie graph
Symbiosis
47. The movement or organisms from one place to another
Cost benefit analysis
Natural Resource
Efficiency
Dispersal
48. The process by which a gas changes to a liquid
Biodiversity
Condensation
Industrial Revolution
Global warming
49. Flaw in design of procedure
Agriculture Revolution
Depleted
Experimental error
Competition
50. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
Food web
Industrial Revolution
Fossil fuel
Renewable resources