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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. Moving into a population
Immigration
Temperature
Natural resource
Evaporation
2. A habitat in which the freshwater of a river meets the salt water of an ocean
Geothermal energy
Estuary
Competition
Parasitism
3. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
Estuary
Environmental issue
Community
Endangered species
4. The number of different species in an area
Tragedy of the commons
Biodiversity
Agriculture
Recyclable
5. A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
Ecological footprint
Major food nutrients
Agriculture
Threatened species
6. All the members of one species in a particular area
Major food nutrients
Risk assessment
Population
Host
7. The theory that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will raise Earth's average temperature
Line graph
Control Group
Pie graph
Global warming
8. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
Groundwater
Nitrogen fixation
Selective cutting
Sustainability
9. The organism that benefits by living on or in a host
Experimental error
Bar graph
Parasite
Predation
10. Liphids - proteins - and carbohydrates
Major food nutrients
Scavenger
Bar graph
Industrial Revolution
11. A grid that displays the data plotted in a chart.
Cost benefit analysis
Malnutrition
Data table
Temperature
12. Leaving a population
Supply and demand
Emigration
Green revolution
Secondary succession
13. A species that could become endangered in the near future
Biodiversity
Renewable resources
Nonrecyclable
Threatened species
14. Possible to use again
Recyclable
Mutualism
Groundwater
Natural Resource
15. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
Ecology
Hunters and Gatherers
Food chain
Food web
16. An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease
Renewable resources
Limiting factor
Precipitation
Ecosystem
17. Heat from the Earth's interior
Emigration
Non-biodegradable
Geothermal energy
Dependent variable
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
Tragedy of the commons
Habitat
Energy conservation
Data table
19. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
Natural selection
Famine
Agriculture Revolution
Biome
20. Anything that harms an organism
Grains
Host
Pollution
Habitat
21. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment.
Control Group
Risk assessment
Estuary
Niche
22. Resources supplied by nature
Estuary
Producer
Grains
Natural Resource
23. Rice - corn - potatos - wheat - soy beans
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Scavenger
Habitat
Recyclable
24. An energy rich substance (such as coal - oil - or natural gas) formed from the remains of organisms
Keystone species
Primary succession
Experimental Groups
Fossil fuel
25. The effect of the IV
Dependent variable
Energy conservation
Cost benefit analysis
Keystone species
26. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
Experimental error
Keystone species
Decomposer
Commensalism
27. A graph that uses dots to compare rate of change over time
Scatter graph
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Experimental error
Risk assessment
28. A state of poor nutrition; lacking enough calories or variety in diet
Malnutrition
Commensalism
Biodegradable
Agriculture Revolution
29. Flaw in design of procedure
Growth rate
Host
Experimental error
Parasite
30. Something that breaks down into soil
Biotic factor
Subsistence farmers
Biodegradable
Agriculture Revolution
31. Any form of water that falls to the Earth's surface
Habitat
Natural resource
Precipitation
Tragedy of the commons
32. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
Column Graph
Natural selection
Green revolution
Hunters and Gatherers
33. Evaluation of the short-term and long-term risks associated with a particular activity or hazard
Line graph
Decomposer
Nonrenewable resource
Risk assessment
34. A resource that is able to be reused - or can be replenished quickly
Bar graph
Biome
Malnutrition
Renewable resource
35. The movement or organisms from one place to another
Growth rate
Dispersal
Food web
Niche
36. The study of the impact of humans on the environment
Niche
Environmental Science
Risk assessment
Endangered species
37. An organism's particular role - or how it makes its living
Niche
Dependent variable
Fossil fuel
Nonrenewable resource
38. A chart with bars
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Yield
Agriculture
Bar graph
39. Capable of being broken down by bacteria or other decomposers
Estuary
Carrying capacity
Temperature
Biodegradable
40. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of them
Renewable resources
Biodegradable
Symbiosis
Global warming
41. Mass destruction of most species
Abiotic factor
Subsistence farmers
Mass extinctions
Pie graph
42. In an experiment - the group of participants that recieves the manipulation
Experimental Groups
Threatened species
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Recyclable
43. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
Pie graph
Scatter graph
Data table
Abiotic factor
44. Behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment
Niche
Condensation
Biotic factor
Adaptations
45. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
Pollution
Species
Biodegradable
Nonrenewable resource
46. A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
Famine
Experimental error
Carnivore
Nitrogen fixation
47. The issue where humans don't take care of the Earth.
Groundwater
Experimental Groups
Carnivore
Environmental issue
48. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
Nonrenewable resource
Consumer
Herbivore
Ecological footprint
49. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
Omnivore
Malnutrition
Estuary
Pollution
50. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
Endangered species
Major food nutrients
Poaching
Cost benefit analysis