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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. Beginning of urban cities - switch from man power to fossil fuels - machinery and factories are prevalent
Fossil fuel
Industrial Revolution
Growth rate
Species
2. The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time
Experimental Groups
Succession
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Environmental issue
3. A resource that is not able to be reused - or cannot be replenished quickly
Tragedy of the commons
Species
Nonrenewable resource
Abiotic factor
4. All the different populations that live together in an area
Niche
Pioneer species
Biome
Community
5. Rice - corn - potatos - wheat - soy beans
Subsistence farmers
Producer
Omnivore
Worlds 5 Main Foods
6. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
Decomposer
Nonrenewable resource
Omnivore
Famine
7. A graph that highlights segments of a circle to show simple distribution patterns
Prey
Malnutrition
Pie graph
Mutualism
8. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of them
Grains
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Symbiosis
Biodiversity
9. The practice of reducing energy use
Nonrecyclable
Scavenger
Biotic factor
Energy conservation
10. The first species to populate the area
Depleted
Ecosystem
Competition
Pioneer species
11. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
Agriculture Revolution
Herbivore
Scavenger
Poaching
12. The process in which the changes that make organisms better suited to their environments develop
Data table
Estuary
Natural selection
Predator
13. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
Environmental Science
Green revolution
Natural Resource
Non-biodegradable
14. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
Data table
Nitrogen fixation
Predation
Niche
15. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
Poaching
Subsistence farmers
Developed countries
Risk assessment
16. The number of different species in an area
Experimental Groups
Biodiversity
Food chain
Industrial Revolution
17. An energy rich substance (such as coal - oil - or natural gas) formed from the remains of organisms
Emigration
Fossil fuel
Keystone species
Depleted
18. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
Experimental Groups
Natural resource
Food web
Succession
19. Flaw in design of procedure
Renewable resources
Experimental error
Poaching
Nitrogen fixation
20. Resources supplied by nature
Symbiosis
Natural Resource
Dependent variable
Worlds 5 Main Foods
21. Something that does not completely break down into the soil
Precipitation
Non-biodegradable
Habitat
Extinction
22. In an experiment - the group of participants that recieves the manipulation
Biodegradable
Experimental Groups
Natural selection
Column Graph
23. Mistake in following procedure
human error
Adaptations
Mass extinctions
Evaporation
24. A material that cannot be recycled or reused
Host
Parasitism
Nonrecyclable
Ecological footprint
25. The rate of which a plant grows at
Greenhouse effect
Abiotic factor
Growth rate
Habitat
26. A habitat in which the freshwater of a river meets the salt water of an ocean
Estuary
Supply and demand
Global warming
Depleted
27. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
Threatened species
Renewable resources
Biodiversity
Nonrecyclable
28. An organism that can make it's own food
Producer
Endangered species
Developing countries
Developed countries
29. Leaving a population
Emigration
Precipitation
Pioneer species
Parasite
30. A consumer that eats only animals
Secondary succession
Nitrogen fixation
Risk assessment
Carnivore
31. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow and reproduce
Biodiversity
Pie graph
Malnutrition
Habitat
32. The process of cutting down only some trees in area
Predator
Poaching
Selective cutting
Geothermal energy
33. Any form of water that falls to the Earth's surface
Emigration
Precipitation
Line graph
Major food nutrients
34. A grid that displays the data plotted in a chart.
Nitrogen fixation
Ecological footprint
Dependent variable
Data table
35. The organism that benefits by living on or in a host
Ecology
Developed countries
Parasite
Habitat
36. The practice of growing - breeding - and caring for plants and animals that are used for food - clothing - transportation - and other uses
Fossil fuel
Community
Agriculture
Species
37. All the members of one species in a particular area
Food web
Niche
Population
Biodiversity
38. A relationship in which both species benefit
Consumer
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Mutualism
Precipitation
39. Behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment
Adaptations
Habitat
Natural Resource
Population
40. Mass destruction of most species
Selective cutting
Mass extinctions
Control Group
Threatened species
41. The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
Diet
Energy conservation
Ecology
Mutualism
42. The issue where humans don't take care of the Earth.
Predation
Column Graph
Environmental issue
Precipitation
43. Capable of being broken down by bacteria or other decomposers
Pollution
Independent variable
Precipitation
Biodegradable
44. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
Renewable resource
Ecosystem
Predator
Endangered species
45. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment.
Condensation
Control Group
Prey
Scavenger
46. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
Nonrecyclable
Water cycle
Green revolution
Scatter graph
47. A relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
Ecosystem
Subsistence farmers
Commensalism
Food web
48. A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
Data table
Ecological footprint
Industrial Revolution
Climate
49. Evaluation of the short-term and long-term risks associated with a particular activity or hazard
Experimental error
Risk assessment
Natural Resource
Biotic factor
50. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment
Pollution
Temperature
Depleted
Ecosystem