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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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1. Watering crops
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2. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
species diversity
sustainable cities can
endangered species
poaching
3. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
sustainable cities can
species diversity
insects
open space
4. A consumer that eats only plants
food web
herbivore
endangered species
adaptation
5. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
uncentered commercial strip development
pathogen
exotic species
lead
6. All the members of one species in a particular area
name examples of land cover
population
pollution
omnivore
7. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
epidemiology
products derived from the natural environment
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
clear-cutting
8. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
omnivore
mapping biodiversity hotspots
insects
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
9. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
name examples of infrastructure
carnivore
wildlife corridor
global warming
10. Habitat change and fragmentation
urban area
biotic factor
parasitism
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
11. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
epidemiology
endangered
sustainable yield
carcinogens
12. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
consumer
extinction
noise polution
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
13. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
name examples of infrastructure
niche
captive breeding
14. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
warming temperatures
prey
global warming
ecotourism
15. The number of different species in an area
biodiversity
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
resource
16. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
ecotourism
extirpation
A principal of smart growth
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
17. Burning fossil fuels
warming temperatures
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
niche
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
18. A consumer that eats only animals
producer
biological hazards
herbivore
carnivore
19. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
mutualism
infants
adaptation
20. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
secondary succession
renewable sources
ecosystem diversity
population
21. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
overfishing
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
endangered species
habitat fragmentation
22. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
latitudinal gradient
consumer
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
abiotic factor
23. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
clear-cutting
carnivore
mutualism
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
24. Using public transportation
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
habitat preservation
emigration
25. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
economic value of forests
habitat fragment
risk
teratogens
26. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
consumer
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
adaptation
biodiversity
27. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
renewable sources
lead
biological hazards
endangered species
28. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
consumer
food chain
pathogen
automobile
29. Moving into a population
immigration
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
species diversity
biomagnification
30. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
decomposer
primary succession
noise polution
automobile
31. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
epidemiology
decomposer
carbon footprint
biological hazards
32. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
teratogens
pollution
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
omnivore
33. A species that is at risk of extinction
deforestation
species
endangered species
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
34. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
emerging disease
noise polution
species
fishery
35. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
noise polution
warming temperatures
biological hazards
biomagnification
36. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
vector
nonrenewable resource
renewable resource
noise polution
37. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
nodules
carnivore
prescribed fires
species
38. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
latitudinal gradient
risk
carrying capacity
greenhouse gases
39. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
primary succession
nitrogen fixation
high levels of biodiversity
biodiversity
40. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
ecotourism
epidemiology
population
41. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
fishery
biomagnification
prescribed fires
exotic species
42. Has the highest amount of species diversity
captive breeding programs
insects
overfishing
poaching
43. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
threatened
abiotic factor
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
prescribed fires
44. An organism that can make its own food
biological hazards
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
omnivore
producer
45. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
genetic diversity
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
keystone species
latitudinal gradient
46. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
clear-cutting
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
primary succession
47. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
captive breeding
high levels of biodiversity
fishery
consumer
48. Are carefully controlled
commensalism
fire suppression
prescribed burns
food chain
49. Shift of population from countryside to cities
urbanization
habitat preservation
high levels of biodiversity
epidemiology
50. A disease that has appeared in the human population for the first time or that has existed for a while but is increasing rapidly and spreading around the world
emerging disease
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
urban area
A principal of smart growth
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