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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. The first species to populate the area
Dependent variable
Line graph
Greenhouse effect
Pioneer species
2. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
Biome
Greenhouse effect
Nonrecyclable
Subsistence farmers
3. A state of poor nutrition; lacking enough calories or variety in diet
Malnutrition
Industrial Revolution
Dispersal
Scatter graph
4. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment.
Green revolution
Renewable resource
Emigration
Control Group
5. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
Community
Renewable resource
Keystone species
Niche
6. A higer demand of that limited product the the price goes up
Natural resource
Supply and demand
Emigration
Ecological footprint
7. Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
Food chain
Herbivore
Developed countries
Parasitism
8. Farmers who raise food and animals mainly to feed their own families
Yield
Subsistence farmers
Hunters and Gatherers
Industrial Revolution
9. The amount of food production in a given area
Climate
Yield
Poaching
Extinction
10. Wheat -bairley -corn....carbohydrates
Food web
Secondary succession
Tragedy of the commons
Grains
11. The organism that the parasite lives in or on
Limiting factor
Host
Climate
Nonrecyclable
12. A grid that displays the data plotted in a chart.
Food web
Data table
Environmental Science
Tragedy of the commons
13. Struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
Competition
Mass extinctions
Endangered species
Omnivore
14. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
Ecology
Line graph
Cost benefit analysis
Biodiversity
15. Possible to use again
Niche
Column Graph
Recyclable
Control Group
16. Something that does not completely break down into the soil
Biome
Non-biodegradable
Prey
Abiotic factor
17. A living part of an organism's habitat
Data table
Secondary succession
Biotic factor
Parasitism
18. A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
Energy conservation
Famine
Biodiversity
Adaptations
19. A resource that is able to be reused - or can be replenished quickly
Energy conservation
Emigration
Recyclable
Renewable resource
20. All the different populations that live together in an area
Ecology
Community
Niche
Experimental error
21. An energy rich substance (such as coal - oil - or natural gas) formed from the remains of organisms
Hunters and Gatherers
Fossil fuel
Biodegradable
Dependent variable
22. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of them
Pioneer species
Recyclable
Symbiosis
Famine
23. The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely
Food web
Habitat
Cost benefit analysis
Sustainability
24. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
Independent variable
Omnivore
Predator
Mass extinctions
25. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
Industrial Revolution
Extinction
Natural resource
Scatter graph
26. Heat from the Earth's interior
Poaching
Secondary succession
Climate
Geothermal energy
27. A chart with bars
Carrying capacity
Scavenger
Scatter graph
Bar graph
28. The trapping of heat near Earth's surface by certain gases (carbon dioxide - water vapor and other gases) in the atmosphere
Habitat
Symbiosis
Greenhouse effect
Nonrecyclable
29. An organism that can make it's own food
Producer
Extinction
Dependent variable
Column Graph
30. The process by which molecules of liquid absorb energy and change to gas
Evaporation
Emigration
Efficiency
Predator
31. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment
Temperature
Evaporation
Developing countries
Natural Resource
32. The movement or organisms from one place to another
Keystone species
Scavenger
Dispersal
Condensation
33. Any form of water that falls to the Earth's surface
Habitat
Precipitation
Keystone species
Water cycle
34. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
Endangered species
Scavenger
Developing countries
Geothermal energy
35. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
Evaporation
Producer
Endangered species
Temperature
36. A habitat in which the freshwater of a river meets the salt water of an ocean
Estuary
Climate
Ecology
Secondary succession
37. The time when human begins first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
Selective cutting
Immigration
Predation
Agriculture Revolution
38. Measure of quantity of food produced on a given area of land with limited inputs of energy and resources
Global warming
Biodegradable
Efficiency
Natural selection
39. A relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
Commensalism
Hunters and Gatherers
Environmental Science
Poaching
40. The practice of growing - breeding - and caring for plants and animals that are used for food - clothing - transportation - and other uses
Habitat
Agriculture
Food chain
Limiting factor
41. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
Population
Parasite
Food chain
Agriculture Revolution
42. The rate of which a plant grows at
Predation
Growth rate
Consumer
Extinction
43. Something that breaks down into soil
Carnivore
Major food nutrients
Mass extinctions
Biodegradable
44. Mistake in following procedure
Line graph
Biodiversity
human error
Renewable resources
45. Leaving a population
Emigration
Biotic factor
human error
Predator
46. The largest population that an area can support
Biodegradable
Nonrenewable resource
Diet
Carrying capacity
47. The study of the impact of humans on the environment
Geothermal energy
Natural Resource
Symbiosis
Environmental Science
48. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
Green revolution
Predator
Hunters and Gatherers
Biotic factor
49. Water stored in underground layers of soil and rock
Population
Agriculture Revolution
Groundwater
Industrial Revolution
50. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow and reproduce
Fossil fuel
Habitat
Dispersal
Mass extinctions