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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. A resource that is not able to be reused - or cannot be replenished quickly
Consumer
Nonrenewable resource
Recyclable
Column Graph
2. A resource that is able to be reused - or can be replenished quickly
Parasitism
Renewable resource
Natural selection
Nonrenewable resource
3. The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely
Sustainability
Tragedy of the commons
Data table
Environmental Science
4. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Niche
Prey
Consumer
Biodiversity
5. The theory that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will raise Earth's average temperature
Global warming
Consumer
Habitat
Environmental issue
6. The issue where humans don't take care of the Earth.
Pie graph
Ecology
Environmental issue
Sustainability
7. An organism's particular role - or how it makes its living
Niche
Malnutrition
Ecosystem
Growth rate
8. Anything in the environment that is used by people
Carnivore
Abiotic factor
Species
Natural resource
9. Something that does not completely break down into the soil
Developed countries
Species
Threatened species
Non-biodegradable
10. Mistake in following procedure
Carrying capacity
Efficiency
Immigration
human error
11. The number of different species in a given area
Temperature
Non-biodegradable
Biodiversity
Major food nutrients
12. A living part of an organism's habitat
Biotic factor
Immigration
Mass extinctions
Famine
13. The trapping of heat near Earth's surface by certain gases (carbon dioxide - water vapor and other gases) in the atmosphere
Non-biodegradable
Greenhouse effect
Subsistence farmers
Famine
14. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
Limiting factor
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Abiotic factor
Food chain
15. Capable of being broken down by bacteria or other decomposers
Decomposer
Energy conservation
Diet
Biodegradable
16. A relationship in which both species benefit
Non-biodegradable
Endangered species
Experimental error
Mutualism
17. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
Famine
Community
Nonrenewable resource
Renewable resource
18. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
Data table
Line graph
Malnutrition
Carnivore
19. Farmers who raise food and animals mainly to feed their own families
Subsistence farmers
Pie graph
Tragedy of the commons
Biodegradable
20. Something that breaks down into soil
Scatter graph
Predation
Natural Resource
Biodegradable
21. The first species to populate the area
Pioneer species
Agriculture
Major food nutrients
Condensation
22. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
Carrying capacity
Species
Carnivore
Pioneer species
23. All the members of one species in a particular area
Population
Greenhouse effect
Major food nutrients
Species
24. Organism that does the killing
Predator
Fossil fuel
Experimental error
Tragedy of the commons
25. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
Recyclable
Green revolution
Consumer
Sustainability
26. The largest population that an area can support
Poaching
Efficiency
Carrying capacity
Yield
27. An interaction in which one organism kills and eats another
Subsistence farmers
Experimental Groups
Predation
Depleted
28. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment.
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Biome
Control Group
Water cycle
29. A study that compares the costs and benefits to society of providing a public good
Predation
Cost benefit analysis
Natural resource
Biome
30. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
Emigration
Host
Food web
Endangered species
31. A habitat in which the freshwater of a river meets the salt water of an ocean
Ecology
Energy conservation
Estuary
human error
32. Leaving a population
Keystone species
Succession
Diet
Emigration
33. Evaluation of the short-term and long-term risks associated with a particular activity or hazard
Sustainability
Risk assessment
Abiotic factor
Growth rate
34. The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time
Scavenger
Predation
Succession
Biodegradable
35. In an experiment - the group of participants that recieves the manipulation
Species
Control Group
Experimental Groups
Renewable resources
36. The effect of the IV
Efficiency
human error
Dependent variable
Parasitism
37. Type of graph most often used for categorical data
Water cycle
Column Graph
Mutualism
Biodiversity
38. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
Natural Resource
Data table
Independent variable
Decomposer
39. The number of different species in an area
Line graph
Abiotic factor
Mutualism
Biodiversity
40. The process of cutting down only some trees in area
Selective cutting
Renewable resources
Host
Extinction
41. The study of how living and nonliving things interact
Host
Extinction
Ecology
Competition
42. Water stored in underground layers of soil and rock
Poaching
Carnivore
Groundwater
Dependent variable
43. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
Ecological footprint
Environmental issue
Prey
Primary succession
44. People who survive by searching for wild plants and animals; always move in small groups
Sustainability
Hunters and Gatherers
Industrial Revolution
Experimental error
45. The practice of growing - breeding - and caring for plants and animals that are used for food - clothing - transportation - and other uses
Agriculture
Natural Resource
Biodiversity
Predation
46. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
Agriculture
Environmental Science
Biome
Condensation
47. Organism that is killed
Fossil fuel
Habitat
Prey
Ecology
48. A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
Greenhouse effect
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Condensation
Famine
49. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
Decomposer
Poaching
Producer
Bar graph
50. The study of the impact of humans on the environment
Environmental Science
Biodiversity
Food web
Non-biodegradable