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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
producer
food web
wildlife corridor
food chain
2. Organism that carries pathogens
ecology
vector
competition
A principal of smart growth
3. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
biodiversity
renewable sources
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
biological hazards
4. An organism that can make its own food
producer
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
infants
5. Chemicals that cause cancer
emigration
carcinogens
niche
sustainable yield
6. The practice of protecting the environment
habitat fragment
producer
economic value of forests
conservation
7. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
risk assessment
scavenger
sustainable yield
abiotic factor
8. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
fishery
resource
latitudinal gradient
vector
9. Contamination of land - water - or air
noise polution
pollution
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
toxicant
10. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
high levels of biodiversity
Smokey the Bear's message
commensalism
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
11. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
emigration
species diversity
ecology
decomposer
12. A species that could become endangered in the near future
name examples of land cover
threatened
lead
carrying capacity
13. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
infants
consumer
A principal of smart growth
fishery
14. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
environmental science
population
renewable resource
adaptation
15. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
deforestation
mapping biodiversity hotspots
genetic diversity
mutualism
16. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
poaching
nonrenewable resource
nodules
consumer
17. Amount of land each person uses
mutualism
sustainable cities can
renewable resource
per capita land consumption
18. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
captive breeding
uncentered commercial strip development
noise polution
products derived from the natural environment
19. Causes a cooling effect
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20. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
biological hazards
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
high levels of biodiversity
21. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
biotic factor
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
food web
biomagnification
22. Can result in a decrease of property damage
economic value of forests
species diversity
fire suppression
latitudinal gradient
23. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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24. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
debt-for-nature swap
habitat fragmentation
sustainable yield
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
25. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
secondary succession
name examples of infrastructure
pathogen
captive breeding
26. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
abiotic factor
toxicant
scavenger
environmental science
27. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
fishery
ecology
captive breeding programs
vector
28. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
food chain
food web
clear-cutting
prey
29. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
food web
competition
keystone species
risk
30. Making direct measurements
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
rural area
emerging disease
conservation
31. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
latitudinal gradient
conservation
prey
32. Fires that are set by humans
abiotic factor
nodules
urbanization
prescribed fires
33. Habitat change and fragmentation
immigration
herbivore
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
emigration
34. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
lead
endangered
global warming
species diversity
35. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
extinction
food chain
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
36. Leaving a population
emigration
nodules
automobile
biome
37. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
prey
risk
high levels of biodiversity
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
38. Are carefully controlled
prescribed burns
biodiversity
urbanization
biomagnification
39. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
abiotic factor
nodules
per capita land consumption
prescribed burns
40. The largest population that an area can support
habitat fragmentation
risk
carrying capacity
mutualism
41. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
carbon footprint
mapping biodiversity hotspots
poaching
herbivore
42. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
symbiosis
parasitism
resource
conservation
43. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
extirpation
adaptation
greenhouse gases
nodules
44. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
risk
prey
commensalism
secondary succession
45. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
consumer
renewable resource
open space
46. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
scavenger
habitat
carrying capacity
nonrenewable resource
47. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
mapping biodiversity hotspots
adaptation
habitat fragmentation
teratogens
48. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
prescribed fires
carbon footprint
species diversity
habitat preservation
49. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
renewable resource
economic value of forests
omnivore
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
50. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
latitudinal gradient
ecosystem diversity
clear-cutting
parasitism
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