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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. In an experiment - the group of participants that recieves the manipulation
Biome
Ecosystem
Experimental Groups
Natural resource
2. Possible to use again
Recyclable
Extinction
Agriculture Revolution
Producer
3. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
Nonrenewable resource
Tragedy of the commons
Dispersal
Species
4. Rice - corn - potatos - wheat - soy beans
Natural resource
Adaptations
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Climate
5. Heat from the Earth's interior
Natural selection
Geothermal energy
Fossil fuel
Food chain
6. A relationship in which both species benefit
Limiting factor
Mutualism
Biome
Greenhouse effect
7. A material that cannot be recycled or reused
Non-biodegradable
Selective cutting
Nonrecyclable
Nonrenewable resource
8. The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time
Hunters and Gatherers
Succession
Environmental issue
human error
9. The first species to populate the area
Environmental Science
Pioneer species
Commensalism
Species
10. A relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
Ecosystem
Tragedy of the commons
Commensalism
Nitrogen fixation
11. The number of different species in an area
Environmental issue
Developing countries
Column Graph
Biodiversity
12. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of them
Symbiosis
Population
Natural selection
Omnivore
13. A grid that displays the data plotted in a chart.
Data table
Line graph
Consumer
Precipitation
14. Something that does not completely break down into the soil
Renewable resource
Non-biodegradable
Carnivore
Experimental error
15. A living part of an organism's habitat
Biotic factor
Recyclable
Natural resource
Renewable resource
16. A graph that highlights segments of a circle to show simple distribution patterns
Pie graph
Tragedy of the commons
Temperature
Species
17. A consumer that eats only plants
Niche
Malnutrition
Selective cutting
Herbivore
18. The study of the impact of humans on the environment
Niche
Depleted
Environmental Science
Agriculture
19. A consumer that eats only animals
Groundwater
Carnivore
Ecological footprint
Condensation
20. The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
Dispersal
Diet
Biome
Pioneer species
21. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
Nitrogen fixation
Nonrenewable resource
Environmental Science
Succession
22. The amount of food production in a given area
Renewable resource
Groundwater
Yield
Global warming
23. A relationship that involves one organism living on or inside another organism and harming it
Parasitism
Niche
Immigration
Limiting factor
24. Mistake in following procedure
Developed countries
Evaporation
Dependent variable
human error
25. Measure of quantity of food produced on a given area of land with limited inputs of energy and resources
Growth rate
Natural resource
Estuary
Efficiency
26. Wheat -bairley -corn....carbohydrates
Pioneer species
Immigration
Malnutrition
Grains
27. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
Water cycle
Keystone species
Fossil fuel
Malnutrition
28. A state of poor nutrition; lacking enough calories or variety in diet
Control Group
Malnutrition
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Carnivore
29. An interaction in which one organism kills and eats another
Nitrogen fixation
Predation
Line graph
Worlds 5 Main Foods
30. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
Geothermal energy
Evaporation
Green revolution
Cost benefit analysis
31. A species that could become endangered in the near future
Ecosystem
Threatened species
Diet
Hunters and Gatherers
32. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment
Water cycle
Temperature
Control Group
Dispersal
33. Behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment
Dependent variable
Adaptations
Bar graph
Ecology
34. Anything in the environment that is used by people
Natural resource
Ecological footprint
Condensation
Consumer
35. A higer demand of that limited product the the price goes up
Natural selection
Nonrenewable resource
Supply and demand
Niche
36. Struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
Evaporation
Competition
Niche
Geothermal energy
37. The theory that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will raise Earth's average temperature
Immigration
Selective cutting
Secondary succession
Global warming
38. Organism that does the killing
Predation
Symbiosis
Prey
Predator
39. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Consumer
Malnutrition
Environmental Science
Threatened species
40. The trapping of heat near Earth's surface by certain gases (carbon dioxide - water vapor and other gases) in the atmosphere
Greenhouse effect
Renewable resources
Growth rate
Carnivore
41. A resource that is not able to be reused - or cannot be replenished quickly
Nonrenewable resource
Control Group
Industrial Revolution
Limiting factor
42. Countries with less productive economies and a lower quality of life
Host
Green revolution
Adaptations
Developing countries
43. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow and reproduce
Poaching
Habitat
Nonrenewable resource
Worlds 5 Main Foods
44. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
Precipitation
Endangered species
Omnivore
Emigration
45. The number of different species in a given area
Niche
Predator
Community
Biodiversity
46. An energy rich substance (such as coal - oil - or natural gas) formed from the remains of organisms
Fossil fuel
Scavenger
Global warming
Nonrenewable resource
47. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
Keystone species
Biodiversity
Non-biodegradable
Species
48. Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
Succession
Environmental issue
Developed countries
Nonrenewable resource
49. A habitat in which the freshwater of a river meets the salt water of an ocean
Biodiversity
Scavenger
Estuary
Subsistence farmers
50. When a large fraction of the resource has been used up
Depleted
Nitrogen fixation
Host
Natural Resource