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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources - creating disaster for the entire community






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






3. The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)






4. A graph that highlights segments of a circle to show simple distribution patterns






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






6. A chart with bars






7. Beginning of urban cities - switch from man power to fossil fuels - machinery and factories are prevalent






8. The issue where humans don't take care of the Earth.






9. All the members of one species in a particular area






10. Water stored in underground layers of soil and rock






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






12. The largest population that an area can support






13. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms






14. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity






15. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time






16. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow and reproduce






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






18. The study of how living and nonliving things interact






19. Flaw in design of procedure






20. People who survive by searching for wild plants and animals; always move in small groups






21. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth






22. An organism that can make it's own food






23. Mass destruction of most species






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






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






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






27. A consumer that eats only plants






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






29. The number of different species in an area






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






31. A living part of an organism's habitat






32. A relationship in which both species benefit






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






34. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame






35. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time






36. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of them






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






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






39. An organism's particular role - or how it makes its living






40. Possible to use again






41. A consumer that eats only animals






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






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






44. Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life






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






46. The movement or organisms from one place to another






47. The organism that the parasite lives in or on






48. The organism that benefits by living on or in a host






49. Moving into a population






50. Type of graph most often used for categorical data