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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. Organism that does the killing
Recyclable
Nitrogen fixation
Predator
Emigration
2. A grid that displays the data plotted in a chart.
Data table
Energy conservation
Ecological footprint
Condensation
3. The study of how living and nonliving things interact
Pioneer species
Ecology
Control Group
Habitat
4. An interaction in which one organism kills and eats another
Predation
Recyclable
Biodiversity
Ecology
5. The practice of growing - breeding - and caring for plants and animals that are used for food - clothing - transportation - and other uses
Agriculture
Growth rate
Parasitism
Grains
6. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment.
Niche
Scavenger
Environmental Science
Control Group
7. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
Herbivore
Endangered species
Species
Renewable resources
8. The first species to populate the area
Ecology
Pioneer species
Major food nutrients
Biodegradable
9. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms exist
Estuary
Secondary succession
Sustainability
Column Graph
10. A resource that is able to be reused - or can be replenished quickly
Evaporation
Renewable resource
Condensation
Natural selection
11. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
Primary succession
Herbivore
Population
Experimental Groups
12. Moving into a population
Biome
Immigration
Data table
Symbiosis
13. The process by which a gas changes to a liquid
Condensation
Evaporation
Natural resource
Tragedy of the commons
14. The issue where humans don't take care of the Earth.
Column Graph
Environmental issue
Species
Ecosystem
15. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
Limiting factor
Column Graph
Biome
Dependent variable
16. Farmers who raise food and animals mainly to feed their own families
Environmental issue
Carnivore
Subsistence farmers
Green revolution
17. The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time
Succession
Ecosystem
Non-biodegradable
Consumer
18. Countries with less productive economies and a lower quality of life
Hunters and Gatherers
Developing countries
Precipitation
Consumer
19. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
Hunters and Gatherers
Extinction
Cost benefit analysis
Major food nutrients
20. The time when human begins first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
Ecological footprint
Agriculture Revolution
Non-biodegradable
Decomposer
21. Liphids - proteins - and carbohydrates
Scavenger
Temperature
Environmental issue
Major food nutrients
22. The process by which molecules of liquid absorb energy and change to gas
Evaporation
Famine
Host
Immigration
23. A relationship in which both species benefit
Adaptations
Environmental issue
Mutualism
Food chain
24. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
Ecosystem
Endangered species
Abiotic factor
Pollution
25. The organism that the parasite lives in or on
Growth rate
Bar graph
Host
Water cycle
26. Something that breaks down into soil
Biome
Commensalism
Agriculture Revolution
Biodegradable
27. A relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
Species
Grains
Commensalism
Groundwater
28. Capable of being broken down by bacteria or other decomposers
Natural selection
Non-biodegradable
Environmental Science
Biodegradable
29. The amount of food production in a given area
Yield
Food web
Tragedy of the commons
Industrial Revolution
30. The process of cutting down only some trees in area
Condensation
Selective cutting
Competition
Depleted
31. Water stored in underground layers of soil and rock
Herbivore
Diet
Groundwater
Data table
32. All the members of one species in a particular area
Decomposer
Independent variable
Population
Producer
33. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
Line graph
Decomposer
Nonrenewable resource
Greenhouse effect
34. An organism's particular role - or how it makes its living
Natural resource
Agriculture Revolution
Niche
Efficiency
35. The practice of reducing energy use
Energy conservation
Predator
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Emigration
36. A higer demand of that limited product the the price goes up
Supply and demand
Nonrecyclable
Environmental Science
Keystone species
37. Leaving a population
Food web
Emigration
Ecosystem
Biotic factor
38. Beginning of urban cities - switch from man power to fossil fuels - machinery and factories are prevalent
Industrial Revolution
Growth rate
Renewable resources
Endangered species
39. The typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time
Growth rate
Climate
Experimental Groups
Sustainability
40. Mistake in following procedure
Malnutrition
Omnivore
human error
Developing countries
41. An organism that can make it's own food
Producer
Energy conservation
Yield
Carrying capacity
42. Rice - corn - potatos - wheat - soy beans
Grains
Niche
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Adaptations
43. Possible to use again
Scatter graph
Threatened species
Recyclable
Developed countries
44. Struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
Natural Resource
Competition
Niche
Supply and demand
45. Evaluation of the short-term and long-term risks associated with a particular activity or hazard
Risk assessment
Growth rate
Ecology
Condensation
46. A habitat in which the freshwater of a river meets the salt water of an ocean
Major food nutrients
Pollution
Estuary
Dispersal
47. Measure of quantity of food produced on a given area of land with limited inputs of energy and resources
Efficiency
Consumer
Prey
Emigration
48. Resources supplied by nature
Natural Resource
Cost benefit analysis
Climate
Risk assessment
49. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
Biodegradable
Experimental error
Green revolution
Commensalism
50. Heat from the Earth's interior
Natural Resource
Geothermal energy
Niche
Hunters and Gatherers