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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. A relationship that involves one organism living on or inside another organism and harming it
Parasitism
Nonrenewable resource
Ecology
Mass extinctions
2. A graph that highlights segments of a circle to show simple distribution patterns
Pie graph
Estuary
Agriculture Revolution
Biodegradable
3. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
Keystone species
Niche
Biodegradable
Omnivore
4. A grid that displays the data plotted in a chart.
Succession
Data table
Extinction
Scatter graph
5. A graph that uses dots to compare rate of change over time
Water cycle
Precipitation
Depleted
Scatter graph
6. An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease
Hunters and Gatherers
Limiting factor
Water cycle
Natural Resource
7. Mistake in following procedure
Subsistence farmers
human error
Nitrogen fixation
Parasite
8. A state of poor nutrition; lacking enough calories or variety in diet
Temperature
Biome
Non-biodegradable
Malnutrition
9. The practice of reducing energy use
Sustainability
Keystone species
Energy conservation
Selective cutting
10. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
Selective cutting
Diet
Depleted
Primary succession
11. Organism that is killed
Agriculture
Predation
Prey
Independent variable
12. Organism that does the killing
Developing countries
Predator
Selective cutting
Food web
13. A consumer that eats only plants
Limiting factor
Water cycle
Herbivore
Niche
14. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment.
Selective cutting
Food chain
Control Group
Diet
15. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
Herbivore
Food chain
Renewable resources
Water cycle
16. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow and reproduce
Pioneer species
Predator
Habitat
Prey
17. Anything in the environment that is used by people
Nonrecyclable
Natural resource
Parasitism
Non-biodegradable
18. Countries with less productive economies and a lower quality of life
Experimental Groups
Scatter graph
Evaporation
Developing countries
19. The effect of the IV
Grains
Dependent variable
Decomposer
Emigration
20. Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
Bar graph
Prey
Energy conservation
Developed countries
21. The trapping of heat near Earth's surface by certain gases (carbon dioxide - water vapor and other gases) in the atmosphere
Parasitism
Adaptations
Greenhouse effect
Malnutrition
22. The theory that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will raise Earth's average temperature
Ecological footprint
Experimental error
Global warming
Secondary succession
23. A higer demand of that limited product the the price goes up
Supply and demand
Selective cutting
Environmental issue
Food chain
24. In an experiment - the group of participants that recieves the manipulation
Sustainability
Parasitism
Condensation
Experimental Groups
25. The process by which molecules of liquid absorb energy and change to gas
Evaporation
Estuary
Omnivore
Dependent variable
26. Flaw in design of procedure
Geothermal energy
Nonrecyclable
Limiting factor
Experimental error
27. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of them
Pioneer species
Limiting factor
Decomposer
Symbiosis
28. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
Column Graph
Abiotic factor
Prey
Nonrecyclable
29. The amount of food production in a given area
Yield
Primary succession
Agriculture
Groundwater
30. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
Extinction
Succession
Renewable resource
Green revolution
31. A habitat in which the freshwater of a river meets the salt water of an ocean
Omnivore
Renewable resource
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Estuary
32. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Condensation
Consumer
Industrial Revolution
Habitat
33. Heat from the Earth's interior
Environmental Science
Community
Limiting factor
Geothermal energy
34. An organism's particular role - or how it makes its living
Consumer
Cost benefit analysis
Niche
Sustainability
35. The process of cutting down only some trees in area
Sustainability
Mutualism
Agriculture Revolution
Selective cutting
36. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
Scavenger
Nonrenewable resource
Environmental Science
Water cycle
37. A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
Ecological footprint
Temperature
Diet
Industrial Revolution
38. A study that compares the costs and benefits to society of providing a public good
Biodegradable
Agriculture
Energy conservation
Cost benefit analysis
39. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
Decomposer
Supply and demand
Renewable resources
Nitrogen fixation
40. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
Adaptations
Herbivore
Efficiency
Food chain
41. The community of organisms that live in a particular area along with their nonliving surroundings
Experimental Groups
Subsistence farmers
Ecosystem
Agriculture
42. Behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment
Prey
Dispersal
Control Group
Adaptations
43. Struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
Competition
Emigration
Independent variable
Environmental issue
44. The issue where humans don't take care of the Earth.
Decomposer
Nonrenewable resource
Environmental issue
Renewable resource
45. The typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time
Omnivore
Climate
Condensation
Immigration
46. An energy rich substance (such as coal - oil - or natural gas) formed from the remains of organisms
Greenhouse effect
Fossil fuel
Producer
Industrial Revolution
47. A consumer that eats only animals
Carnivore
Nonrecyclable
Species
Evaporation
48. The organism that benefits by living on or in a host
Parasite
Nitrogen fixation
Environmental Science
Predator
49. Water stored in underground layers of soil and rock
Nonrecyclable
Depleted
Groundwater
Extinction
50. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms exist
Control Group
Secondary succession
Extinction
Data table