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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Rice - corn - potatos - wheat - soy beans






2. A study that compares the costs and benefits to society of providing a public good






3. The movement or organisms from one place to another






4. A material that cannot be recycled or reused






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






6. Heat from the Earth's interior






7. Possible to use again






8. Liphids - proteins - and carbohydrates






9. Type of graph most often used for categorical data






10. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem






11. Leaving a population






12. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms






13. An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease






14. Countries with less productive economies and a lower quality of life






15. Moving into a population






16. Organism that does the killing






17. Measure of quantity of food produced on a given area of land with limited inputs of energy and resources






18. The number of different species in a given area






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






20. Capable of being broken down by bacteria or other decomposers






21. An interaction in which one organism kills and eats another






22. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats






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






24. All the different populations that live together in an area






25. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future






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






27. Anything in the environment that is used by people






28. The process in which the changes that make organisms better suited to their environments develop






29. The effect of the IV






30. A consumer that eats only animals






31. In an experiment - the group of participants that recieves the manipulation






32. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form






33. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms






34. Resources supplied by nature






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






36. Flaw in design of procedure






37. The study of how living and nonliving things interact






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






39. A relationship that involves one organism living on or inside another organism and harming it






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






41. Mistake in following procedure






42. Situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources - creating disaster for the entire community






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






44. A habitat in which the freshwater of a river meets the salt water of an ocean






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






46. A living part of an organism's habitat






47. The community of organisms that live in a particular area along with their nonliving surroundings






48. When a large fraction of the resource has been used up






49. A resource that is not able to be reused - or cannot be replenished quickly






50. The amount of food production in a given area







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