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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. A graph that highlights segments of a circle to show simple distribution patterns
Hunters and Gatherers
Pollution
Adaptations
Pie graph
2. The rate of which a plant grows at
Growth rate
Independent variable
Keystone species
Efficiency
3. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
Non-biodegradable
Biotic factor
Host
Omnivore
4. A habitat in which the freshwater of a river meets the salt water of an ocean
Parasite
Biodegradable
Prey
Estuary
5. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
Industrial Revolution
Nitrogen fixation
Consumer
Food web
6. Beginning of urban cities - switch from man power to fossil fuels - machinery and factories are prevalent
Agriculture
Industrial Revolution
Geothermal energy
Succession
7. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
Line graph
Species
Renewable resource
Parasite
8. Possible to use again
Habitat
Grains
Recyclable
Efficiency
9. Struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
Cost benefit analysis
Succession
Competition
Energy conservation
10. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
Supply and demand
Global warming
Biome
Depleted
11. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Carnivore
Energy conservation
Consumer
Ecosystem
12. A graph that uses dots to compare rate of change over time
Scatter graph
human error
Mutualism
Non-biodegradable
13. Countries with less productive economies and a lower quality of life
Tragedy of the commons
Habitat
Fossil fuel
Developing countries
14. A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
Hunters and Gatherers
Non-biodegradable
Ecological footprint
Natural selection
15. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of them
Symbiosis
Poaching
Biome
Condensation
16. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
Poaching
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Energy conservation
Community
17. The largest population that an area can support
Non-biodegradable
Carrying capacity
Environmental Science
Diet
18. Rice - corn - potatos - wheat - soy beans
Limiting factor
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Growth rate
Carrying capacity
19. An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease
Decomposer
Subsistence farmers
Limiting factor
Natural Resource
20. The process of cutting down only some trees in area
Primary succession
Poaching
Selective cutting
Energy conservation
21. The variable that you manipulate
Poaching
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Subsistence farmers
22. The organism that benefits by living on or in a host
Parasite
Grains
Estuary
Climate
23. Wheat -bairley -corn....carbohydrates
Nonrecyclable
Temperature
Grains
Biodegradable
24. A consumer that eats only animals
Bar graph
Biodiversity
Industrial Revolution
Carnivore
25. All the members of one species in a particular area
Population
Natural Resource
Efficiency
Geothermal energy
26. The time when human begins first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
Predator
Agriculture Revolution
Climate
Consumer
27. The effect of the IV
Dependent variable
Geothermal energy
Nonrenewable resource
Agriculture
28. Water stored in underground layers of soil and rock
Groundwater
Commensalism
Habitat
Omnivore
29. An organism that can make it's own food
Producer
Keystone species
Subsistence farmers
Community
30. Moving into a population
Poaching
Succession
Immigration
human error
31. The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely
Nonrenewable resource
Parasite
Efficiency
Sustainability
32. The process by which a gas changes to a liquid
Condensation
Endangered species
Population
Primary succession
33. A relationship in which both species benefit
Geothermal energy
Growth rate
Mutualism
Independent variable
34. Something that does not completely break down into the soil
Host
Non-biodegradable
Malnutrition
Biodiversity
35. A resource that is not able to be reused - or cannot be replenished quickly
Nonrenewable resource
Natural selection
Developing countries
Recyclable
36. Mistake in following procedure
Food chain
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Biotic factor
human error
37. The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time
Succession
Diet
Food chain
Major food nutrients
38. The number of different species in a given area
Biodiversity
Pollution
Developing countries
Biodegradable
39. Evaluation of the short-term and long-term risks associated with a particular activity or hazard
Agriculture
Species
Risk assessment
Prey
40. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
Abiotic factor
Data table
Developing countries
Prey
41. Mass destruction of most species
Environmental Science
Limiting factor
Independent variable
Mass extinctions
42. The typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time
Natural selection
Ecological footprint
Climate
Precipitation
43. All the different populations that live together in an area
Competition
Efficiency
Community
Omnivore
44. The organism that the parasite lives in or on
Experimental Groups
Mass extinctions
Endangered species
Host
45. A state of poor nutrition; lacking enough calories or variety in diet
Malnutrition
Grains
Commensalism
Limiting factor
46. Type of graph most often used for categorical data
Biodegradable
Column Graph
Developing countries
Estuary
47. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment
Biodiversity
Renewable resources
Famine
Temperature
48. Resources supplied by nature
Renewable resource
Natural Resource
Grains
Biotic factor
49. Anything in the environment that is used by people
Estuary
Independent variable
Efficiency
Natural resource
50. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
Climate
Primary succession
Line graph
Nonrecyclable