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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment
Non-biodegradable
Temperature
Adaptations
Mass extinctions
2. The first species to populate the area
Pioneer species
Fossil fuel
Abiotic factor
Biotic factor
3. The study of how living and nonliving things interact
Groundwater
Condensation
Ecology
Major food nutrients
4. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Mutualism
Renewable resource
Consumer
Nonrenewable resource
5. Liphids - proteins - and carbohydrates
Symbiosis
Major food nutrients
Extinction
Experimental Groups
6. The practice of growing - breeding - and caring for plants and animals that are used for food - clothing - transportation - and other uses
Agriculture
Subsistence farmers
Risk assessment
Non-biodegradable
7. Something that does not completely break down into the soil
Non-biodegradable
Extinction
Predator
Nonrenewable resource
8. The practice of reducing energy use
Species
Dispersal
Estuary
Energy conservation
9. A grid that displays the data plotted in a chart.
Tragedy of the commons
Keystone species
Data table
Worlds 5 Main Foods
10. The rate of which a plant grows at
Nonrecyclable
Growth rate
Primary succession
Nitrogen fixation
11. A relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
Commensalism
Grains
Carnivore
Natural resource
12. A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
Water cycle
Ecological footprint
Secondary succession
Pollution
13. Organism that is killed
Immigration
Climate
Prey
Nitrogen fixation
14. The issue where humans don't take care of the Earth.
Environmental issue
Non-biodegradable
Food web
Pioneer species
15. The amount of food production in a given area
Yield
Evaporation
Sustainability
Climate
16. The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely
Evaporation
Sustainability
Pioneer species
Biodiversity
17. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment.
Biodegradable
Control Group
Parasite
Commensalism
18. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
Scavenger
Nitrogen fixation
Agriculture Revolution
Ecosystem
19. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
Column Graph
Biodegradable
Nonrenewable resource
Biodiversity
20. An organism that can make it's own food
Producer
Biodegradable
Depleted
Natural selection
21. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
Depleted
Renewable resources
Carrying capacity
Famine
22. Behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment
Adaptations
Natural selection
Producer
Consumer
23. A species that could become endangered in the near future
Threatened species
Data table
Developing countries
Agriculture Revolution
24. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
Recyclable
Food web
Renewable resource
Data table
25. The largest population that an area can support
Predator
Industrial Revolution
Tragedy of the commons
Carrying capacity
26. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
Agriculture
Poaching
Ecology
Nonrenewable resource
27. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
Producer
Water cycle
Pioneer species
Habitat
28. The process of cutting down only some trees in area
Supply and demand
Industrial Revolution
Selective cutting
Climate
29. The typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time
Climate
Risk assessment
Food web
Bar graph
30. An organism's particular role - or how it makes its living
Tragedy of the commons
Famine
Niche
Estuary
31. A relationship in which both species benefit
Mutualism
Agriculture Revolution
Natural Resource
Environmental Science
32. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
Line graph
Ecosystem
Green revolution
Species
33. Beginning of urban cities - switch from man power to fossil fuels - machinery and factories are prevalent
Host
Industrial Revolution
Ecological footprint
Dispersal
34. Organism that does the killing
Biodegradable
Nonrecyclable
Predator
Endangered species
35. The effect of the IV
Control Group
Consumer
Dependent variable
Biodegradable
36. Any form of water that falls to the Earth's surface
Precipitation
Environmental Science
Primary succession
Diet
37. A resource that is able to be reused - or can be replenished quickly
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Adaptations
Renewable resource
38. A living part of an organism's habitat
Biotic factor
Food chain
Poaching
Dispersal
39. A chart with bars
Bar graph
Carnivore
Extinction
Prey
40. A consumer that eats only plants
Diet
Niche
Carnivore
Herbivore
41. A graph that highlights segments of a circle to show simple distribution patterns
Ecology
Data table
Pie graph
Energy conservation
42. Possible to use again
Predation
Mass extinctions
Recyclable
Niche
43. Flaw in design of procedure
Tragedy of the commons
Bar graph
Agriculture Revolution
Experimental error
44. Situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources - creating disaster for the entire community
Green revolution
Tragedy of the commons
Pollution
Pie graph
45. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
Energy conservation
Biodegradable
Food chain
Extinction
46. The community of organisms that live in a particular area along with their nonliving surroundings
Ecosystem
Pioneer species
Natural resource
Dependent variable
47. The trapping of heat near Earth's surface by certain gases (carbon dioxide - water vapor and other gases) in the atmosphere
Experimental error
Greenhouse effect
Biotic factor
Pioneer species
48. The variable that you manipulate
Mass extinctions
Independent variable
Non-biodegradable
Nitrogen fixation
49. The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
Carrying capacity
Diet
Commensalism
Growth rate
50. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
Primary succession
Diet
Yield
Nitrogen fixation