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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. The organism that the parasite lives in or on
Host
Scavenger
Carrying capacity
Non-biodegradable
2. People who survive by searching for wild plants and animals; always move in small groups
Producer
Control Group
Hunters and Gatherers
Developed countries
3. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Consumer
Estuary
Growth rate
Predation
4. The theory that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will raise Earth's average temperature
Growth rate
Environmental Science
Parasitism
Global warming
5. A material that cannot be recycled or reused
Species
Poaching
Dispersal
Nonrecyclable
6. The number of different species in a given area
Carnivore
Ecosystem
Biodiversity
Nonrenewable resource
7. Measure of quantity of food produced on a given area of land with limited inputs of energy and resources
Evaporation
Experimental error
Efficiency
Consumer
8. The study of how living and nonliving things interact
Species
Pie graph
Ecology
Non-biodegradable
9. Moving into a population
Natural Resource
Data table
Immigration
Abiotic factor
10. A living part of an organism's habitat
Natural Resource
Biotic factor
Efficiency
Tragedy of the commons
11. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
Major food nutrients
Ecological footprint
Developing countries
Abiotic factor
12. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
Keystone species
Mass extinctions
Global warming
Predator
13. When a large fraction of the resource has been used up
Agriculture Revolution
Carnivore
Depleted
Competition
14. The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
Estuary
Food web
Diet
Efficiency
15. In an experiment - the group of participants that recieves the manipulation
Ecology
Limiting factor
Experimental Groups
Hunters and Gatherers
16. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
Dependent variable
Food chain
Parasitism
Biodegradable
17. Possible to use again
Line graph
Consumer
Recyclable
Tragedy of the commons
18. The study of the impact of humans on the environment
Scavenger
Host
Nonrenewable resource
Environmental Science
19. The movement or organisms from one place to another
Industrial Revolution
Natural Resource
Climate
Dispersal
20. The process by which molecules of liquid absorb energy and change to gas
Evaporation
Biodegradable
Biodegradable
Scavenger
21. A resource that is not able to be reused - or cannot be replenished quickly
Symbiosis
Risk assessment
Nonrenewable resource
Pioneer species
22. A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
Renewable resources
Ecological footprint
Cost benefit analysis
Competition
23. The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely
Sustainability
Carrying capacity
Biodiversity
Growth rate
24. Struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
Emigration
Environmental issue
Competition
Threatened species
25. The organism that benefits by living on or in a host
Agriculture Revolution
Parasite
Experimental error
Natural selection
26. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
Omnivore
Grains
Decomposer
human error
27. The community of organisms that live in a particular area along with their nonliving surroundings
Developing countries
Ecosystem
Cost benefit analysis
Keystone species
28. Capable of being broken down by bacteria or other decomposers
Carnivore
Host
Habitat
Biodegradable
29. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
Poaching
Risk assessment
Experimental error
Carrying capacity
30. A habitat in which the freshwater of a river meets the salt water of an ocean
Data table
Omnivore
Keystone species
Estuary
31. Any form of water that falls to the Earth's surface
Precipitation
Subsistence farmers
Developing countries
Non-biodegradable
32. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
Natural Resource
Nonrenewable resource
Natural selection
Groundwater
33. Resources supplied by nature
Energy conservation
Herbivore
Predator
Natural Resource
34. Countries with less productive economies and a lower quality of life
Temperature
Developing countries
Biodiversity
Prey
35. A consumer that eats only plants
Herbivore
Global warming
Risk assessment
human error
36. The largest population that an area can support
Carrying capacity
Growth rate
Column Graph
Developed countries
37. The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time
Succession
Secondary succession
Risk assessment
Decomposer
38. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
Line graph
Host
Habitat
Environmental Science
39. The first species to populate the area
Control Group
Poaching
Nitrogen fixation
Pioneer species
40. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
Major food nutrients
Producer
Energy conservation
Water cycle
41. Behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment
Adaptations
Cost benefit analysis
Developing countries
Evaporation
42. Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
Niche
Estuary
Carnivore
Developed countries
43. Mass destruction of most species
Agriculture
Mass extinctions
Community
Agriculture Revolution
44. An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease
Biodegradable
Supply and demand
Estuary
Limiting factor
45. All the members of one species in a particular area
Depleted
Population
Commensalism
Mass extinctions
46. A relationship in which both species benefit
human error
Mutualism
Predation
Producer
47. A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
Herbivore
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation
Famine
48. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
Independent variable
Renewable resources
Bar graph
Food chain
49. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
Fossil fuel
Temperature
Subsistence farmers
Decomposer
50. Rice - corn - potatos - wheat - soy beans
Biodiversity
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Industrial Revolution
Growth rate