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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. The typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time
Scavenger
Climate
Column Graph
Nonrecyclable
2. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
Community
Commensalism
Parasitism
Omnivore
3. Something that breaks down into soil
Community
Biodiversity
Biodegradable
Succession
4. A consumer that eats only plants
Geothermal energy
Herbivore
Depleted
Poaching
5. The theory that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will raise Earth's average temperature
Biome
Carrying capacity
Global warming
Habitat
6. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
Food web
Primary succession
Independent variable
Extinction
7. An interaction in which one organism kills and eats another
Predation
Bar graph
Habitat
Line graph
8. The trapping of heat near Earth's surface by certain gases (carbon dioxide - water vapor and other gases) in the atmosphere
Hunters and Gatherers
Abiotic factor
Greenhouse effect
Growth rate
9. People who survive by searching for wild plants and animals; always move in small groups
Hunters and Gatherers
Nonrenewable resource
Greenhouse effect
Recyclable
10. The amount of food production in a given area
Commensalism
Ecological footprint
Yield
Producer
11. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
Tragedy of the commons
Dispersal
Green revolution
Decomposer
12. Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
Condensation
Selective cutting
Developed countries
Food chain
13. An organism's particular role - or how it makes its living
Immigration
Threatened species
Climate
Niche
14. A study that compares the costs and benefits to society of providing a public good
Risk assessment
Predation
Diet
Cost benefit analysis
15. The issue where humans don't take care of the Earth.
Carrying capacity
Species
Experimental error
Environmental issue
16. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
Food chain
Biodegradable
Evaporation
Nitrogen fixation
17. Measure of quantity of food produced on a given area of land with limited inputs of energy and resources
Efficiency
Nonrecyclable
Biodiversity
Cost benefit analysis
18. Water stored in underground layers of soil and rock
Supply and demand
Primary succession
Climate
Groundwater
19. A chart with bars
Bar graph
Prey
Host
Biotic factor
20. The largest population that an area can support
Carrying capacity
Temperature
Environmental Science
Consumer
21. A relationship in which both species benefit
Mutualism
Temperature
Experimental Groups
Estuary
22. Type of graph most often used for categorical data
Column Graph
Dispersal
Agriculture
Ecological footprint
23. An organism that can make it's own food
Emigration
Dependent variable
Producer
Predation
24. A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
Column Graph
Famine
Groundwater
Data table
25. Flaw in design of procedure
Threatened species
Experimental error
Grains
Recyclable
26. In an experiment - the group of participants that recieves the manipulation
Experimental Groups
Industrial Revolution
Habitat
Worlds 5 Main Foods
27. Behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment
Biodiversity
Subsistence farmers
Parasitism
Adaptations
28. A consumer that eats only animals
Subsistence farmers
Dispersal
Producer
Carnivore
29. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
Scavenger
Nonrenewable resource
Energy conservation
Renewable resource
30. The process by which molecules of liquid absorb energy and change to gas
Renewable resources
Poaching
Evaporation
Recyclable
31. The community of organisms that live in a particular area along with their nonliving surroundings
Geothermal energy
Pollution
Evaporation
Ecosystem
32. A resource that is able to be reused - or can be replenished quickly
Renewable resource
Competition
Developed countries
Habitat
33. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
Carrying capacity
Threatened species
Poaching
Famine
34. A species that could become endangered in the near future
Threatened species
Competition
Immigration
Energy conservation
35. Organism that is killed
Threatened species
Prey
Consumer
Evaporation
36. Farmers who raise food and animals mainly to feed their own families
Subsistence farmers
Ecosystem
Natural resource
Biodiversity
37. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
Scavenger
Limiting factor
Species
Diet
38. Beginning of urban cities - switch from man power to fossil fuels - machinery and factories are prevalent
Industrial Revolution
Immigration
Cost benefit analysis
Precipitation
39. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
Efficiency
Famine
Natural resource
Nitrogen fixation
40. The organism that benefits by living on or in a host
Parasite
Omnivore
Decomposer
Producer
41. Possible to use again
Ecological footprint
Recyclable
Host
Secondary succession
42. The first species to populate the area
Supply and demand
Pie graph
Famine
Pioneer species
43. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment
Niche
Estuary
Temperature
Biotic factor
44. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
Developing countries
Scavenger
Scatter graph
Line graph
45. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of them
Population
Symbiosis
Cost benefit analysis
Greenhouse effect
46. The process of cutting down only some trees in area
Nonrecyclable
Carrying capacity
Selective cutting
Primary succession
47. Liphids - proteins - and carbohydrates
Data table
Bar graph
Major food nutrients
Producer
48. Any form of water that falls to the Earth's surface
Pollution
Environmental Science
Precipitation
Cost benefit analysis
49. A graph that highlights segments of a circle to show simple distribution patterns
Developing countries
Recyclable
Biodegradable
Pie graph
50. The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
Diet
Population
Renewable resource
Subsistence farmers