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DSST Environmental Sciences Vocab
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1. Type of graph most often used for categorical data
Mass extinctions
Threatened species
Column Graph
Temperature
2. The process by which a gas changes to a liquid
Climate
Immigration
Condensation
Mass extinctions
3. The theory that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will raise Earth's average temperature
Global warming
Adaptations
Parasitism
Decomposer
4. Any form of water that falls to the Earth's surface
Precipitation
Independent variable
Natural selection
Yield
5. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
Malnutrition
Biodegradable
Green revolution
Omnivore
6. The number of different species in an area
Groundwater
Biodegradable
Energy conservation
Biodiversity
7. The process by which molecules of liquid absorb energy and change to gas
Depleted
Risk assessment
Precipitation
Evaporation
8. Liphids - proteins - and carbohydrates
Dependent variable
Major food nutrients
Subsistence farmers
Biodiversity
9. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms exist
Secondary succession
Succession
Biodegradable
Carrying capacity
10. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
Estuary
Limiting factor
Primary succession
Developed countries
11. All the different populations that live together in an area
Community
Ecological footprint
Predation
Symbiosis
12. The rate of which a plant grows at
Carrying capacity
Groundwater
Agriculture
Growth rate
13. Flaw in design of procedure
Scavenger
Experimental error
Column Graph
Nonrecyclable
14. A graph that highlights segments of a circle to show simple distribution patterns
Pie graph
Endangered species
Control Group
Parasite
15. The study of how living and nonliving things interact
Temperature
Pollution
Fossil fuel
Ecology
16. Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
Natural Resource
Yield
Developed countries
Limiting factor
17. Countries with less productive economies and a lower quality of life
Decomposer
Condensation
Industrial Revolution
Developing countries
18. People who survive by searching for wild plants and animals; always move in small groups
Endangered species
Agriculture Revolution
Hunters and Gatherers
Keystone species
19. The trapping of heat near Earth's surface by certain gases (carbon dioxide - water vapor and other gases) in the atmosphere
Greenhouse effect
Green revolution
Pioneer species
Poaching
20. All the members of one species in a particular area
Population
Agriculture
Food chain
Sustainability
21. A relationship in which both species benefit
Producer
Mutualism
Control Group
Estuary
22. Rice - corn - potatos - wheat - soy beans
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Yield
Recyclable
Growth rate
23. The amount of food production in a given area
Yield
Climate
Precipitation
Experimental error
24. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
Food chain
Grains
Poaching
Endangered species
25. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
Line graph
Biotic factor
Yield
Greenhouse effect
26. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
Commensalism
Worlds 5 Main Foods
Scavenger
Agriculture Revolution
27. A species that could become endangered in the near future
Threatened species
Decomposer
Groundwater
Consumer
28. The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
Recyclable
Estuary
Risk assessment
Diet
29. A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
Ecological footprint
Ecology
Food web
Water cycle
30. In an experiment - the group of participants that recieves the manipulation
Green revolution
Agriculture Revolution
Energy conservation
Experimental Groups
31. The practice of reducing energy use
Threatened species
Developing countries
Energy conservation
Temperature
32. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
Climate
Extinction
Poaching
Condensation
33. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
Food chain
Natural selection
Growth rate
Herbivore
34. An organism that can make it's own food
Producer
Climate
Column Graph
Decomposer
35. The issue where humans don't take care of the Earth.
Environmental issue
Predation
Diet
Malnutrition
36. The movement or organisms from one place to another
Dispersal
Famine
Subsistence farmers
Supply and demand
37. A living part of an organism's habitat
Supply and demand
Nonrenewable resource
Biotic factor
Diet
38. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
Threatened species
Recyclable
Biome
Food chain
39. Possible to use again
Water cycle
Recyclable
Subsistence farmers
Nitrogen fixation
40. The process in which the changes that make organisms better suited to their environments develop
Evaporation
Diet
Renewable resource
Natural selection
41. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of them
Biodegradable
Decomposer
Major food nutrients
Symbiosis
42. Farmers who raise food and animals mainly to feed their own families
Food web
Developed countries
Ecosystem
Subsistence farmers
43. Something that breaks down into soil
Biodegradable
Mutualism
Nonrenewable resource
Green revolution
44. Evaluation of the short-term and long-term risks associated with a particular activity or hazard
Risk assessment
Keystone species
Succession
Condensation
45. A higer demand of that limited product the the price goes up
Industrial Revolution
Herbivore
Community
Supply and demand
46. The organism that the parasite lives in or on
Supply and demand
Host
Efficiency
Scavenger
47. Something that does not completely break down into the soil
Climate
Non-biodegradable
Diet
Parasitism
48. Beginning of urban cities - switch from man power to fossil fuels - machinery and factories are prevalent
Mass extinctions
Nonrenewable resource
Industrial Revolution
Extinction
49. A resource that is able to be reused - or can be replenished quickly
Bar graph
Species
Parasite
Renewable resource
50. The number of different species in a given area
Depleted
Biodiversity
Niche
Estuary
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