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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms exist
Column Graph
Natural resource
Secondary succession
Mass extinctions
2. People who survive by searching for wild plants and animals; always move in small groups
Hunters and Gatherers
Pollution
Nonrecyclable
Dispersal
3. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
Independent variable
Depleted
Hunters and Gatherers
Scavenger
4. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment.
Control Group
Emigration
Pioneer species
Food chain
5. Organism that does the killing
Dependent variable
Predator
Pollution
Predation
6. The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely
Environmental issue
Habitat
Mutualism
Sustainability
7. An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease
Limiting factor
Natural resource
Famine
Species
8. The number of different species in a given area
Biotic factor
Yield
Greenhouse effect
Biodiversity
9. The typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time
Supply and demand
Biotic factor
Climate
Ecosystem
10. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
Estuary
Tragedy of the commons
Niche
Abiotic factor
11. Something that does not completely break down into the soil
Non-biodegradable
Host
Mutualism
Agriculture
12. All the different populations that live together in an area
Biodegradable
Omnivore
Community
Prey
13. The organism that benefits by living on or in a host
Ecology
Experimental Groups
Natural selection
Parasite
14. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
Non-biodegradable
Nitrogen fixation
Renewable resources
Data table
15. Anything in the environment that is used by people
Threatened species
Habitat
Natural resource
Environmental issue
16. The effect of the IV
Precipitation
Tragedy of the commons
Dependent variable
Renewable resources
17. Flaw in design of procedure
Hunters and Gatherers
Mutualism
Condensation
Experimental error
18. A graph that highlights segments of a circle to show simple distribution patterns
Mass extinctions
Pie graph
Industrial Revolution
Risk assessment
19. A habitat in which the freshwater of a river meets the salt water of an ocean
Biodiversity
Data table
Dependent variable
Estuary
20. The process of cutting down only some trees in area
Carrying capacity
Energy conservation
Selective cutting
Tragedy of the commons
21. The practice of growing - breeding - and caring for plants and animals that are used for food - clothing - transportation - and other uses
Geothermal energy
Agriculture
Efficiency
Keystone species
22. A resource that is not able to be reused - or cannot be replenished quickly
Nonrenewable resource
Poaching
Data table
Non-biodegradable
23. Countries with less productive economies and a lower quality of life
Temperature
Grains
Industrial Revolution
Developing countries
24. A material that cannot be recycled or reused
Yield
Natural Resource
Nonrecyclable
Biome
25. Liphids - proteins - and carbohydrates
Adaptations
Major food nutrients
Fossil fuel
Pollution
26. Resources supplied by nature
Natural selection
Experimental Groups
Prey
Natural Resource
27. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
Primary succession
Dispersal
Independent variable
Depleted
28. The variable that you manipulate
Parasite
Limiting factor
Independent variable
Pollution
29. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
Natural selection
Decomposer
Omnivore
Species
30. Wheat -bairley -corn....carbohydrates
Primary succession
Risk assessment
Grains
Groundwater
31. A relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
Famine
Industrial Revolution
Growth rate
Commensalism
32. The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time
Succession
Endangered species
Developed countries
Parasite
33. The community of organisms that live in a particular area along with their nonliving surroundings
Community
Green revolution
Ecosystem
Cost benefit analysis
34. Leaving a population
Subsistence farmers
Limiting factor
Natural selection
Emigration
35. Heat from the Earth's interior
Depleted
Nonrenewable resource
Biodiversity
Geothermal energy
36. The process by which molecules of liquid absorb energy and change to gas
Biodiversity
Evaporation
Parasitism
Immigration
37. Moving into a population
Carnivore
Famine
Immigration
Risk assessment
38. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
Green revolution
Mass extinctions
Carnivore
Parasitism
39. The movement or organisms from one place to another
Hunters and Gatherers
Threatened species
Host
Dispersal
40. When a large fraction of the resource has been used up
Depleted
Scatter graph
Natural Resource
Agriculture
41. The organism that the parasite lives in or on
Host
Agriculture
Groundwater
Carnivore
42. A living part of an organism's habitat
Line graph
Biotic factor
Emigration
Competition
43. The first species to populate the area
Climate
Evaporation
Pioneer species
Producer
44. The theory that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will raise Earth's average temperature
Global warming
Control Group
human error
Herbivore
45. Organism that is killed
Food chain
Population
Community
Prey
46. The process by which a gas changes to a liquid
Decomposer
Commensalism
Condensation
Ecology
47. Situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources - creating disaster for the entire community
Poaching
Symbiosis
Tragedy of the commons
Pioneer species
48. A consumer that eats only animals
Prey
Carnivore
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Food web
49. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow and reproduce
Growth rate
Consumer
Biodiversity
Habitat
50. A graph that uses dots to compare rate of change over time
Threatened species
Scatter graph
Carrying capacity
Food web
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