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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
parasitism
carnivore
wildlife corridor
risk assessment
2. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
omnivore
carbon footprint
risk assessment
renewable sources
3. Deals with biological hazards
renewable sources
toxicant
global warming
epidemiology
4. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
automobile
clear-cutting
habitat fragmentation
keystone species
5. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
habitat fragmentation
clear-cutting
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
consumer
6. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
open space
global warming
deforestation
7. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
uncentered commercial strip development
commensalism
toxicant
captive breeding
8. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
debt-for-nature swap
pathogen
per capita land consumption
producer
9. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
urban area
endangered
lead
nonrenewable resource
10. Chemicals that cause cancer
carcinogens
selective cutting
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
population
11. The practice of protecting the environment
conservation
insects
ecotourism
habitat fragment
12. Building up not out
population
mapping biodiversity hotspots
A principal of smart growth
lead
13. Can result in a decrease of property damage
threatened
fire suppression
warming temperatures
scavenger
14. All the members of one species in a particular area
population
symbiosis
infants
products derived from the natural environment
15. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
teratogens
food chain
endangered species
mapping biodiversity hotspots
16. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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17. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
urbanization
latitudinal gradient
urban area
commensalism
18. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
species
decomposer
sustainable yield
infants
19. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
species
high levels of biodiversity
endangered
20. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
vector
emerging disease
Smokey the Bear's message
21. Are carefully controlled
renewable resource
ecology
global warming
prescribed burns
22. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
abiotic factor
biological hazards
urban area
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
23. Causes a cooling effect
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24. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
conservation
competition
habitat fragment
adaptation
25. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
resource management
selective cutting
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
species diversity
26. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
risk
secondary succession
omnivore
27. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
uncentered commercial strip development
high levels of biodiversity
habitat preservation
fire suppression
28. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
pathogen
biotic factor
predator
keystone species
29. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
global warming
primary succession
warming temperatures
omnivore
30. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
endangered species
teratogens
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
emigration
31. Organism that carries pathogens
symbiosis
vector
nonrenewable resource
habitat destruction
32. 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
toxicant
sustainable cities can
consumer
33. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
nodules
vector
scavenger
selective cutting
34. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
biome
resource management
habitat destruction
ecology
35. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
scavenger
niche
extirpation
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
36. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
open space
vector
habitat fragmentation
niche
37. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
A principal of smart growth
risk assessment
niche
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
38. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
endangered
consumer
biomagnification
prescribed fires
39. A species that could become endangered in the near future
decomposer
captive breeding programs
threatened
nonrenewable resource
40. A species that is at risk of extinction
biomagnification
carrying capacity
poaching
endangered species
41. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
carbon footprint
overfishing
clear-cutting
42. Using public transportation
captive breeding
noise polution
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
urban area
43. Shift of population from countryside to cities
urbanization
vector
predator
omnivore
44. A consumer that eats only animals
open space
biodiversity
ecotourism
carnivore
45. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
primary succession
extinction
nonrenewable resource
conservation
46. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
biotic factor
scavenger
risk assessment
immigration
47. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
risk
commensalism
prescribed fires
habitat
48. Rising sea level
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
open space
49. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
pathogen
decomposer
nitrogen fixation
nonrenewable resource
50. Moving into a population
deforestation
immigration
environmental science
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving