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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms






2. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat






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






4. A grid that displays the data plotted in a chart.






5. A relationship that involves one organism living on or inside another organism and harming it






6. In an experiment - the group of participants that recieves the manipulation






7. A resource that is not able to be reused - or cannot be replenished quickly






8. Evaluation of the short-term and long-term risks associated with a particular activity or hazard






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






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






11. Struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources






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






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






14. Something that breaks down into soil






15. A relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed






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






17. A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death






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






19. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce






20. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment.






21. Type of graph most often used for categorical data






22. Resources supplied by nature






23. The practice of growing - breeding - and caring for plants and animals that are used for food - clothing - transportation - and other uses






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






25. Moving into a population






26. A relationship in which both species benefit






27. The study of how living and nonliving things interact






28. Any form of water that falls to the Earth's surface






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






30. Wheat -bairley -corn....carbohydrates






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






32. Mass destruction of most species






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






34. Something that does not completely break down into the soil






35. The effect of the IV






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






37. Behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment






38. A consumer that eats only plants






39. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem






40. A resource that is able to be reused - or can be replenished quickly






41. Leaving a population






42. The theory that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will raise Earth's average temperature






43. The first species to populate the area






44. A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems






45. The amount of food production in a given area






46. The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely






47. A higer demand of that limited product the the price goes up






48. The movement or organisms from one place to another






49. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back






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