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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. An energy rich substance (such as coal - oil - or natural gas) formed from the remains of organisms
Consumer
Experimental error
Biodiversity
Fossil fuel
2. Farmers who raise food and animals mainly to feed their own families
Endangered species
Developed countries
Scatter graph
Subsistence farmers
3. The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time
Competition
Limiting factor
Succession
Greenhouse effect
4. A graph that highlights segments of a circle to show simple distribution patterns
Biodegradable
Emigration
Pie graph
Industrial Revolution
5. All the different populations that live together in an area
Community
Biome
Threatened species
Decomposer
6. The first species to populate the area
Food chain
Pioneer species
Recyclable
Consumer
7. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
Poaching
Symbiosis
Parasite
Scavenger
8. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
Water cycle
Selective cutting
Condensation
Growth rate
9. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms exist
Non-biodegradable
Carnivore
Threatened species
Secondary succession
10. A chart with bars
Developing countries
Mass extinctions
Growth rate
Bar graph
11. The movement or organisms from one place to another
Dispersal
Immigration
Yield
Agriculture Revolution
12. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
Control Group
Parasite
Nitrogen fixation
Limiting factor
13. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
Selective cutting
Extinction
Mutualism
Keystone species
14. A state of poor nutrition; lacking enough calories or variety in diet
Secondary succession
Malnutrition
Renewable resources
Developed countries
15. The issue where humans don't take care of the Earth.
Tragedy of the commons
Data table
Biodegradable
Environmental issue
16. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment.
Control Group
Condensation
Sustainability
Carnivore
17. A higer demand of that limited product the the price goes up
Supply and demand
Host
Competition
Primary succession
18. Resources supplied by nature
Succession
Data table
Natural Resource
human error
19. The variable that you manipulate
Pioneer species
Independent variable
Succession
Carnivore
20. Beginning of urban cities - switch from man power to fossil fuels - machinery and factories are prevalent
Competition
Biotic factor
Industrial Revolution
Greenhouse effect
21. A consumer that eats only animals
Extinction
Adaptations
Carnivore
Ecology
22. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
Biodegradable
Geothermal energy
Scavenger
Independent variable
23. A living part of an organism's habitat
Risk assessment
Biotic factor
Biodegradable
Climate
24. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
Growth rate
Green revolution
Mass extinctions
Nonrenewable resource
25. Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
Natural resource
Ecosystem
Developed countries
Hunters and Gatherers
26. The organism that the parasite lives in or on
Temperature
Industrial Revolution
Host
Cost benefit analysis
27. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
Data table
Developing countries
Parasitism
Renewable resources
28. A resource that is not able to be reused - or cannot be replenished quickly
Nonrenewable resource
Emigration
Evaporation
Groundwater
29. Behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment
Adaptations
Threatened species
Biotic factor
Omnivore
30. Moving into a population
Precipitation
Immigration
Adaptations
Yield
31. The largest population that an area can support
Community
Evaporation
Consumer
Carrying capacity
32. The practice of reducing energy use
Energy conservation
Non-biodegradable
Biodiversity
Keystone species
33. An organism's particular role - or how it makes its living
Control Group
Niche
Precipitation
Natural resource
34. The process of cutting down only some trees in area
Selective cutting
Scatter graph
Habitat
Mass extinctions
35. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
Abiotic factor
Pioneer species
Green revolution
Energy conservation
36. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
Groundwater
Omnivore
Commensalism
Data table
37. Capable of being broken down by bacteria or other decomposers
Biodegradable
Diet
Water cycle
Ecological footprint
38. A consumer that eats only plants
Adaptations
Herbivore
Water cycle
Developing countries
39. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
Efficiency
Decomposer
Scavenger
Pioneer species
40. Type of graph most often used for categorical data
Scatter graph
Producer
Column Graph
Industrial Revolution
41. Something that breaks down into soil
Biodegradable
Abiotic factor
Supply and demand
Predator
42. Anything that harms an organism
Climate
Immigration
Consumer
Pollution
43. The practice of growing - breeding - and caring for plants and animals that are used for food - clothing - transportation - and other uses
Host
Food chain
Estuary
Agriculture
44. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
Line graph
Renewable resource
Developed countries
Endangered species
45. Water stored in underground layers of soil and rock
Malnutrition
Parasitism
Groundwater
Major food nutrients
46. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
Parasitism
Fossil fuel
Biome
Natural Resource
47. The process by which molecules of liquid absorb energy and change to gas
human error
Ecosystem
Nonrecyclable
Evaporation
48. The typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time
Niche
Producer
Keystone species
Climate
49. The rate of which a plant grows at
Nonrecyclable
Famine
Hunters and Gatherers
Growth rate
50. The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely
Biodegradable
Sustainability
Control Group
Biome