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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Using public transportation
urbanization
prescribed fires
biome
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
2. Provide wood
urbanization
economic value of forests
fire suppression
poaching
3. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
genetic diversity
omnivore
consumer
urbanization
4. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
mutualism
parasitism
ecosystem diversity
5. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
extirpation
clear-cutting
name examples of infrastructure
biome
6. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
competition
teratogens
nodules
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
7. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
resource
teratogens
biological hazards
immigration
8. A species that could become endangered in the near future
nodules
threatened
species
habitat
9. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
renewable resource
selective cutting
vector
10. Are carefully controlled
emigration
food chain
prescribed burns
habitat fragment
11. Shift of population from countryside to cities
keystone species
urbanization
carnivore
sustainable yield
12. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
mapping biodiversity hotspots
resource
debt-for-nature swap
clear-cutting
13. The largest population that an area can support
threatened
epidemiology
carrying capacity
products derived from the natural environment
14. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
wildlife corridor
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
symbiosis
endangered species
15. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
debt-for-nature swap
conservation
biomagnification
fishery
16. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
biodiversity
species
habitat fragmentation
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
17. A species that is at risk of extinction
nonrenewable resource
endangered species
omnivore
Smokey the Bear's message
18. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
habitat fragmentation
uncentered commercial strip development
symbiosis
decomposer
19. Contamination of land - water - or air
selective cutting
toxicant
pollution
vector
20. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
products derived from the natural environment
omnivore
economic value of forests
latitudinal gradient
21. The practice of protecting the environment
conservation
biological hazards
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
emigration
22. Has the highest amount of species diversity
sustainable yield
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
food chain
insects
23. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
producer
predator
high levels of biodiversity
habitat
24. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
conservation
debt-for-nature swap
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
captive breeding
25. Chemicals that cause cancer
risk
products derived from the natural environment
producer
carcinogens
26. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
abiotic factor
risk
name examples of infrastructure
nodules
27. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
nonrenewable resource
pathogen
warming temperatures
conservation
28. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
carcinogens
biological hazards
risk
threatened
29. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
name examples of land cover
biological hazards
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
clear-cutting
30. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
name examples of infrastructure
extinction
primary succession
rural area
31. Making direct measurements
ecotourism
prescribed fires
economic value of forests
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
32. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
wildlife corridor
urbanization
warming temperatures
symbiosis
33. Leaving a population
urbanization
biomagnification
habitat destruction
emigration
34. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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35. Rising sea level
noise polution
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
extinction
36. The loss of a natural habitat
immigration
habitat destruction
ecology
environmental science
37. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
ecotourism
omnivore
consumer
38. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
ecosystem diversity
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
immigration
infants
39. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
biological hazards
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
biomagnification
latitudinal gradient
40. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
prescribed fires
consumer
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
omnivore
41. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
selective cutting
abiotic factor
nonrenewable resource
rural area
42. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
ecology
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
resource
automobile
43. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
risk
biodiversity
commensalism
biome
44. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
food web
uncentered commercial strip development
prescribed fires
habitat preservation
45. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
Smokey the Bear's message
extirpation
habitat fragment
lead
46. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
carbon footprint
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
producer
sustainable yield
47. All the members of one species in a particular area
commensalism
lead
debt-for-nature swap
population
48. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
noise polution
ecology
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
49. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
carbon footprint
products derived from the natural environment
overfishing
renewable resource
50. Watering crops
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