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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. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
carbon footprint
abiotic factor
species diversity
global warming
2. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
greenhouse gases
A principal of smart growth
immigration
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
3. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
carbon footprint
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
keystone species
4. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
economic value of forests
carnivore
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
captive breeding programs
5. Burning fossil fuels
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
carcinogens
habitat fragmentation
6. Building up not out
habitat fragmentation
biodiversity
risk assessment
A principal of smart growth
7. Moving into a population
urbanization
immigration
habitat preservation
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
8. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
biological hazards
habitat preservation
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
habitat fragmentation
9. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
competition
global warming
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
mutualism
10. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
pathogen
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
biome
emigration
11. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
urban area
parasitism
captive breeding
scavenger
12. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
symbiosis
competition
habitat fragmentation
noise polution
13. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
renewable resource
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
decomposer
nodules
14. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
urbanization
commensalism
prescribed burns
nitrogen fixation
15. Provide wood
captive breeding
renewable sources
prescribed fires
economic value of forests
16. Rising sea level
omnivore
commensalism
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
food web
17. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
insects
biomagnification
wildlife corridor
renewable sources
18. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
population
risk assessment
urban area
resource management
19. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
extinction
abiotic factor
pathogen
risk assessment
20. An organism that can make its own food
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
parasitism
renewable resource
producer
21. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
emerging disease
urbanization
abiotic factor
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
22. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
ecology
environmental science
carbon footprint
genetic diversity
23. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
biotic factor
debt-for-nature swap
population
extinction
24. Deals with biological hazards
epidemiology
sustainable yield
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
25. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
poaching
per capita land consumption
latitudinal gradient
selective cutting
26. Using public transportation
global warming
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
greenhouse gases
risk
27. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
prescribed burns
species
name examples of land cover
consumer
28. Are carefully controlled
endangered species
prescribed burns
scavenger
commensalism
29. The practice of protecting the environment
sustainable cities can
conservation
rural area
prey
30. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
vector
extirpation
fishery
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
31. Can result in a decrease of property damage
prescribed fires
fire suppression
noise polution
deforestation
32. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
food web
high levels of biodiversity
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
33. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
carrying capacity
emerging disease
food web
commensalism
34. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
nonrenewable resource
products derived from the natural environment
biome
fishery
35. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
resource management
parasitism
A principal of smart growth
infants
36. Species that are carried to a new location by people
A principal of smart growth
exotic species
species
decomposer
37. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
automobile
commensalism
debt-for-nature swap
extinction
38. The largest population that an area can support
ecosystem diversity
carrying capacity
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
biotic factor
39. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
nodules
emerging disease
prey
biological hazards
40. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
debt-for-nature swap
selective cutting
poaching
ecology
41. Contamination of land - water - or air
exotic species
pollution
teratogens
debt-for-nature swap
42. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
overfishing
symbiosis
genetic diversity
name examples of infrastructure
43. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
clear-cutting
teratogens
uncentered commercial strip development
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
44. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
biotic factor
habitat fragment
lead
population
45. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
wildlife corridor
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
ecosystem diversity
46. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
habitat
omnivore
pathogen
A principal of smart growth
47. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
predator
biome
species
population
48. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
endangered
predator
latitudinal gradient
parasitism
49. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
immigration
global warming
sustainable yield
risk assessment
50. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
endangered
habitat preservation
renewable sources
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