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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
Condensation
Food web
Pie graph
Estuary
2. A graph that uses dots to compare rate of change over time
Independent variable
Energy conservation
Omnivore
Scatter graph
3. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
Decomposer
Endangered species
Food chain
Carrying capacity
4. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
Food chain
Green revolution
Food web
Prey
5. Wheat -bairley -corn....carbohydrates
Nonrenewable resource
Green revolution
Grains
Energy conservation
6. A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
Biodiversity
Estuary
Famine
Biodiversity
7. The process by which molecules of liquid absorb energy and change to gas
Nonrenewable resource
Evaporation
Experimental Groups
human error
8. Organism that is killed
Biome
Carnivore
Prey
Major food nutrients
9. Moving into a population
Herbivore
Developed countries
Agriculture Revolution
Immigration
10. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
Primary succession
Nonrecyclable
Pie graph
Independent variable
11. Water stored in underground layers of soil and rock
Extinction
Recyclable
Ecological footprint
Groundwater
12. Heat from the Earth's interior
Food web
Geothermal energy
Parasite
Developing countries
13. The number of different species in a given area
Community
Biodiversity
Symbiosis
Population
14. The trapping of heat near Earth's surface by certain gases (carbon dioxide - water vapor and other gases) in the atmosphere
Greenhouse effect
Pollution
Nitrogen fixation
Experimental Groups
15. A resource that is able to be reused - or can be replenished quickly
Renewable resource
Biodiversity
Emigration
Nonrecyclable
16. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of them
Precipitation
Commensalism
Temperature
Symbiosis
17. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
Fossil fuel
Nitrogen fixation
Green revolution
Supply and demand
18. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Line graph
Consumer
Nitrogen fixation
Biotic factor
19. Anything that harms an organism
Biodegradable
Pioneer species
Recyclable
Pollution
20. A resource that is not able to be reused - or cannot be replenished quickly
Nonrenewable resource
Natural resource
Estuary
Environmental Science
21. The first species to populate the area
Food chain
Pioneer species
Geothermal energy
Biodiversity
22. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment
Scavenger
Malnutrition
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Temperature
23. All the members of one species in a particular area
Population
Control Group
Nonrenewable resource
Risk assessment
24. The number of different species in an area
Biodiversity
Recyclable
Sustainability
Limiting factor
25. An energy rich substance (such as coal - oil - or natural gas) formed from the remains of organisms
Developed countries
Host
Dependent variable
Fossil fuel
26. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow and reproduce
Condensation
Habitat
Growth rate
Nonrenewable resource
27. Evaluation of the short-term and long-term risks associated with a particular activity or hazard
Subsistence farmers
Renewable resource
Commensalism
Risk assessment
28. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
Precipitation
Line graph
Supply and demand
Developed countries
29. The issue where humans don't take care of the Earth.
Decomposer
Experimental Groups
Environmental Science
Environmental issue
30. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
Scavenger
Species
Agriculture Revolution
Efficiency
31. A study that compares the costs and benefits to society of providing a public good
Cost benefit analysis
Bar graph
Agriculture Revolution
Scavenger
32. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
Omnivore
Natural selection
Global warming
Efficiency
33. A consumer that eats only plants
Secondary succession
Commensalism
Community
Herbivore
34. Resources supplied by nature
Selective cutting
Experimental Groups
Natural Resource
Evaporation
35. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
Carnivore
Nitrogen fixation
Selective cutting
Pie graph
36. A habitat in which the freshwater of a river meets the salt water of an ocean
Estuary
Poaching
Water cycle
Parasitism
37. Leaving a population
Agriculture Revolution
Habitat
Emigration
Green revolution
38. A species that could become endangered in the near future
Biodiversity
Threatened species
Temperature
Estuary
39. The variable that you manipulate
Independent variable
Predator
Yield
Worlds 5 Main Foods
40. Beginning of urban cities - switch from man power to fossil fuels - machinery and factories are prevalent
Natural Resource
Industrial Revolution
Extinction
Dependent variable
41. The effect of the IV
Non-biodegradable
Water cycle
Natural selection
Dependent variable
42. A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
Primary succession
Symbiosis
Niche
Ecological footprint
43. Rice - corn - potatos - wheat - soy beans
Tragedy of the commons
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Agriculture Revolution
Non-biodegradable
44. In an experiment - the group of participants that recieves the manipulation
Abiotic factor
Experimental Groups
Secondary succession
Ecosystem
45. A chart with bars
Climate
Bar graph
Ecological footprint
Sustainability
46. Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
Industrial Revolution
Mutualism
Scatter graph
Developed countries
47. An interaction in which one organism kills and eats another
Carnivore
Food web
Predation
Biodiversity
48. The community of organisms that live in a particular area along with their nonliving surroundings
Ecosystem
Biodiversity
Hunters and Gatherers
Green revolution
49. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
Grains
Environmental issue
Succession
Water cycle
50. When a large fraction of the resource has been used up
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Producer
Parasitism
Depleted