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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. An energy rich substance (such as coal - oil - or natural gas) formed from the remains of organisms
Biodegradable
Pioneer species
Fossil fuel
Mass extinctions
2. Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
Experimental Groups
Water cycle
Developed countries
Natural selection
3. A graph that highlights segments of a circle to show simple distribution patterns
Ecology
Niche
Pie graph
Independent variable
4. A state of poor nutrition; lacking enough calories or variety in diet
Geothermal energy
Bar graph
Developing countries
Malnutrition
5. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
Biome
Predation
Nonrenewable resource
Green revolution
6. A relationship in which both species benefit
Agriculture
Mutualism
Nonrecyclable
Data table
7. Evaluation of the short-term and long-term risks associated with a particular activity or hazard
Natural Resource
Line graph
Renewable resources
Risk assessment
8. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
Selective cutting
Competition
Water cycle
Mutualism
9. All the different populations that live together in an area
Environmental Science
Community
Major food nutrients
Dispersal
10. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow and reproduce
Biotic factor
Ecological footprint
Carrying capacity
Habitat
11. The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time
Hunters and Gatherers
Supply and demand
Ecology
Succession
12. Leaving a population
Depleted
Emigration
Nitrogen fixation
Experimental error
13. A living part of an organism's habitat
Habitat
Commensalism
Biodiversity
Biotic factor
14. Moving into a population
Growth rate
Recyclable
Immigration
Food web
15. A species that could become endangered in the near future
Environmental issue
Renewable resources
Threatened species
Condensation
16. Heat from the Earth's interior
Risk assessment
Geothermal energy
Subsistence farmers
Omnivore
17. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
Ecology
Primary succession
Condensation
Population
18. Anything in the environment that is used by people
Growth rate
Natural resource
Cost benefit analysis
Famine
19. The study of how living and nonliving things interact
Nonrecyclable
Mutualism
Ecology
Food chain
20. Farmers who raise food and animals mainly to feed their own families
Subsistence farmers
Column Graph
Omnivore
Industrial Revolution
21. A study that compares the costs and benefits to society of providing a public good
Water cycle
Cost benefit analysis
Experimental Groups
Line graph
22. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment
Parasite
Endangered species
Ecosystem
Temperature
23. An organism's particular role - or how it makes its living
Independent variable
Prey
Community
Niche
24. Behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment
Adaptations
Nitrogen fixation
Scavenger
Endangered species
25. An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease
Limiting factor
Developed countries
Habitat
Non-biodegradable
26. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
Biodegradable
Succession
Mutualism
Species
27. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
Green revolution
Biodiversity
Diet
Pie graph
28. Mass destruction of most species
Mass extinctions
Scatter graph
Line graph
Environmental Science
29. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment.
Control Group
Risk assessment
Groundwater
Malnutrition
30. The process in which the changes that make organisms better suited to their environments develop
Greenhouse effect
Food chain
Non-biodegradable
Natural selection
31. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
Host
Fossil fuel
Pioneer species
Decomposer
32. Beginning of urban cities - switch from man power to fossil fuels - machinery and factories are prevalent
Industrial Revolution
Consumer
Biodegradable
Fossil fuel
33. A material that cannot be recycled or reused
Yield
Omnivore
Nonrecyclable
Growth rate
34. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
Green revolution
Poaching
Condensation
Extinction
35. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
Competition
Keystone species
Habitat
Biodiversity
36. An interaction in which one organism kills and eats another
Predation
Cost benefit analysis
Natural Resource
Hunters and Gatherers
37. The process of cutting down only some trees in area
Dispersal
Primary succession
Selective cutting
Dependent variable
38. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
Nitrogen fixation
Food chain
Supply and demand
Mass extinctions
39. A relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
Commensalism
Global warming
Competition
Renewable resources
40. Struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
Poaching
Competition
Pioneer species
Condensation
41. Water stored in underground layers of soil and rock
Global warming
Groundwater
Cost benefit analysis
Independent variable
42. The organism that the parasite lives in or on
Host
Consumer
Geothermal energy
Predation
43. The issue where humans don't take care of the Earth.
Ecosystem
Emigration
Environmental issue
Carnivore
44. A higer demand of that limited product the the price goes up
Food chain
Hunters and Gatherers
Supply and demand
Dependent variable
45. The first species to populate the area
Control Group
Pioneer species
Climate
Environmental issue
46. The process by which a gas changes to a liquid
Evaporation
Biodegradable
Condensation
Scatter graph
47. Flaw in design of procedure
Competition
Efficiency
Predator
Experimental error
48. Type of graph most often used for categorical data
Column Graph
Immigration
Agriculture Revolution
Green revolution
49. The amount of food production in a given area
Selective cutting
Diet
Evaporation
Yield
50. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
Condensation
Abiotic factor
Prey
Yield