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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. The amount of food production in a given area
Yield
Condensation
Niche
Parasite
2. The number of different species in an area
Industrial Revolution
Natural Resource
Biodiversity
Subsistence farmers
3. The process by which a gas changes to a liquid
Population
Symbiosis
Condensation
Green revolution
4. A relationship in which both species benefit
Nitrogen fixation
Decomposer
Carrying capacity
Mutualism
5. The movement or organisms from one place to another
Growth rate
Estuary
Sustainability
Dispersal
6. Situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources - creating disaster for the entire community
Greenhouse effect
Tragedy of the commons
Mutualism
Biodegradable
7. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
Limiting factor
Renewable resources
Nitrogen fixation
Data table
8. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow and reproduce
Population
Mass extinctions
Primary succession
Habitat
9. People who survive by searching for wild plants and animals; always move in small groups
Experimental Groups
Nonrecyclable
Hunters and Gatherers
Primary succession
10. Possible to use again
Consumer
Global warming
Recyclable
Agriculture Revolution
11. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
Host
Biodiversity
Predator
Scavenger
12. Measure of quantity of food produced on a given area of land with limited inputs of energy and resources
Habitat
Ecological footprint
Supply and demand
Efficiency
13. A chart with bars
Depleted
Bar graph
Diet
Sustainability
14. Struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
Succession
Prey
Competition
Dependent variable
15. Anything in the environment that is used by people
Natural resource
Ecology
Sustainability
Nonrecyclable
16. A relationship that involves one organism living on or inside another organism and harming it
Climate
Parasitism
Host
Biodegradable
17. Something that does not completely break down into the soil
Parasite
Environmental Science
Predation
Non-biodegradable
18. A consumer that eats only animals
Succession
Carnivore
Nonrenewable resource
Biodiversity
19. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of them
Agriculture Revolution
Abiotic factor
Symbiosis
Tragedy of the commons
20. The first species to populate the area
Mass extinctions
Depleted
Pioneer species
Agriculture Revolution
21. A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
Ecological footprint
Fossil fuel
Scavenger
Immigration
22. Resources supplied by nature
Mass extinctions
human error
Producer
Natural Resource
23. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
Extinction
Nonrecyclable
Parasite
Keystone species
24. All the different populations that live together in an area
Growth rate
Carrying capacity
Nonrenewable resource
Community
25. Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
Developed countries
Risk assessment
Threatened species
Climate
26. A study that compares the costs and benefits to society of providing a public good
Competition
Cost benefit analysis
Bar graph
Evaporation
27. In an experiment - the group of participants that recieves the manipulation
Biodiversity
Experimental Groups
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Fossil fuel
28. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
Biodegradable
Abiotic factor
Scavenger
Biotic factor
29. Organism that does the killing
Independent variable
Predator
Habitat
Column Graph
30. The process by which molecules of liquid absorb energy and change to gas
Food chain
Developing countries
Grains
Evaporation
31. A grid that displays the data plotted in a chart.
Data table
Immigration
Secondary succession
Climate
32. A living part of an organism's habitat
Fossil fuel
Geothermal energy
Parasite
Biotic factor
33. The typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time
Climate
Experimental Groups
Decomposer
Supply and demand
34. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Nitrogen fixation
Temperature
Consumer
Supply and demand
35. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
Experimental error
Population
Extinction
Pollution
36. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms exist
Secondary succession
Ecosystem
Experimental Groups
Mutualism
37. The practice of reducing energy use
Biodegradable
Predator
Symbiosis
Energy conservation
38. A material that cannot be recycled or reused
Nonrecyclable
Pie graph
Species
Biodegradable
39. Evaluation of the short-term and long-term risks associated with a particular activity or hazard
Grains
Risk assessment
Water cycle
Extinction
40. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
Endangered species
Evaporation
Non-biodegradable
Carrying capacity
41. A species that could become endangered in the near future
Decomposer
Predator
Community
Threatened species
42. The variable that you manipulate
Experimental error
Mutualism
Independent variable
Evaporation
43. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment.
Control Group
Subsistence farmers
Global warming
Major food nutrients
44. An organism that can make it's own food
Nonrecyclable
Natural Resource
Producer
Pie graph
45. The theory that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will raise Earth's average temperature
Emigration
Poaching
Global warming
Risk assessment
46. The process of cutting down only some trees in area
Selective cutting
Climate
Mutualism
Bar graph
47. A graph that uses dots to compare rate of change over time
Pioneer species
Scatter graph
Depleted
Ecosystem
48. The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time
Column Graph
Non-biodegradable
Succession
Supply and demand
49. The number of different species in a given area
Biodiversity
Water cycle
Greenhouse effect
Natural resource
50. The time when human begins first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
Agriculture Revolution
human error
Industrial Revolution
Control Group
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