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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. An organism that can make it's own food
Population
Producer
Tragedy of the commons
Food chain
2. The study of how living and nonliving things interact
Emigration
Ecology
Green revolution
Developed countries
3. A graph that highlights segments of a circle to show simple distribution patterns
Pie graph
Agriculture Revolution
Abiotic factor
Adaptations
4. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Depleted
Consumer
Pie graph
Water cycle
5. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow and reproduce
Parasite
Global warming
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Habitat
6. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
Evaporation
Herbivore
Renewable resource
Extinction
7. Farmers who raise food and animals mainly to feed their own families
Keystone species
Green revolution
Subsistence farmers
Limiting factor
8. Measure of quantity of food produced on a given area of land with limited inputs of energy and resources
Ecosystem
Nitrogen fixation
Mutualism
Efficiency
9. The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
Malnutrition
Diet
Agriculture Revolution
Community
10. The amount of food production in a given area
Yield
Malnutrition
Groundwater
Famine
11. Wheat -bairley -corn....carbohydrates
Malnutrition
Condensation
Grains
Efficiency
12. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
Climate
Natural resource
Green revolution
Environmental issue
13. The process by which molecules of liquid absorb energy and change to gas
Yield
Natural selection
Evaporation
Environmental issue
14. A grid that displays the data plotted in a chart.
Data table
Mutualism
Prey
Biodegradable
15. Leaving a population
Tragedy of the commons
Emigration
Fossil fuel
Producer
16. The organism that the parasite lives in or on
Water cycle
Non-biodegradable
Ecological footprint
Host
17. The first species to populate the area
Pioneer species
Threatened species
Biotic factor
Bar graph
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
Sustainability
Tragedy of the commons
Endangered species
Community
19. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
Hunters and Gatherers
Renewable resources
Endangered species
Symbiosis
20. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment.
Control Group
Biodegradable
Selective cutting
Estuary
21. A study that compares the costs and benefits to society of providing a public good
Predation
Cost benefit analysis
Ecosystem
Natural resource
22. The typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time
Non-biodegradable
Depleted
Adaptations
Climate
23. Rice - corn - potatos - wheat - soy beans
Water cycle
Natural Resource
Biodiversity
Worlds 5 Main Foods
24. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
Nonrecyclable
Parasite
Fossil fuel
Keystone species
25. In an experiment - the group of participants that recieves the manipulation
Endangered species
Industrial Revolution
Experimental Groups
Secondary succession
26. The effect of the IV
Mass extinctions
Depleted
Dependent variable
Keystone species
27. Behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment
Green revolution
Symbiosis
Groundwater
Adaptations
28. The study of the impact of humans on the environment
Abiotic factor
Environmental Science
Ecological footprint
Environmental issue
29. The trapping of heat near Earth's surface by certain gases (carbon dioxide - water vapor and other gases) in the atmosphere
Greenhouse effect
Niche
Experimental error
Competition
30. A consumer that eats only animals
Prey
Evaporation
Herbivore
Carnivore
31. Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
Experimental Groups
Growth rate
Nonrenewable resource
Developed countries
32. A higer demand of that limited product the the price goes up
Supply and demand
Consumer
Omnivore
Geothermal energy
33. The variable that you manipulate
Climate
Cost benefit analysis
Independent variable
Dispersal
34. An interaction in which one organism kills and eats another
Natural Resource
Biotic factor
Predation
Supply and demand
35. Heat from the Earth's interior
Green revolution
Malnutrition
Developed countries
Geothermal energy
36. Something that does not completely break down into the soil
Mutualism
Grains
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Non-biodegradable
37. The practice of growing - breeding - and caring for plants and animals that are used for food - clothing - transportation - and other uses
Agriculture
Natural selection
Nonrenewable resource
Predation
38. A graph that uses dots to compare rate of change over time
Scatter graph
Environmental Science
Herbivore
Agriculture
39. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
Emigration
Renewable resources
Secondary succession
Food chain
40. The organism that benefits by living on or in a host
Diet
Parasite
Keystone species
Pioneer species
41. Anything in the environment that is used by people
Data table
Secondary succession
Natural resource
Pioneer species
42. A living part of an organism's habitat
Efficiency
Secondary succession
Biotic factor
Natural selection
43. Any form of water that falls to the Earth's surface
Precipitation
Natural selection
Sustainability
Developing countries
44. The time when human begins first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
Yield
Developing countries
Mutualism
Agriculture Revolution
45. An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease
Energy conservation
Limiting factor
Supply and demand
Dependent variable
46. A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
Grains
Predation
Parasite
Ecological footprint
47. Capable of being broken down by bacteria or other decomposers
Succession
Decomposer
Water cycle
Biodegradable
48. A resource that is not able to be reused - or cannot be replenished quickly
Climate
Famine
Condensation
Nonrenewable resource
49. Mistake in following procedure
Yield
human error
Nonrenewable resource
Environmental Science
50. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
Food web
Biome
Food chain
Omnivore