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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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1. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
extinction
ecology
genetic diversity
2. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
food web
competition
wildlife corridor
species diversity
3. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
prescribed burns
herbivore
population
environmental science
4. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
risk assessment
warming temperatures
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
high levels of biodiversity
5. Deals with biological hazards
rural area
toxicant
sustainable cities can
epidemiology
6. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
decomposer
food web
fishery
renewable resource
7. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
carbon footprint
clear-cutting
biome
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
8. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
conservation
rural area
ecotourism
scavenger
9. All the members of one species in a particular area
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
population
biological hazards
epidemiology
10. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
wildlife corridor
threatened
symbiosis
competition
11. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
primary succession
toxicant
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
predator
12. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
carnivore
prescribed fires
greenhouse gases
prey
13. A species that could become endangered in the near future
threatened
food web
teratogens
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
14. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
A principal of smart growth
risk assessment
genetic diversity
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
15. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
emerging disease
rural area
niche
herbivore
16. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
rural area
habitat preservation
nitrogen fixation
ecosystem diversity
17. Causes a cooling effect
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18. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
endangered
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
carnivore
sustainable yield
19. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
renewable resource
products derived from the natural environment
captive breeding
species
20. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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21. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
nitrogen fixation
resource management
environmental science
mutualism
22. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
herbivore
keystone species
species diversity
noise polution
23. Provide wood
economic value of forests
products derived from the natural environment
renewable resource
carcinogens
24. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
adaptation
nitrogen fixation
resource management
25. Can result in a decrease of property damage
pollution
name examples of land cover
fire suppression
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
26. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
carcinogens
commensalism
biological hazards
decomposer
27. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
conservation
carcinogens
fire suppression
selective cutting
28. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
ecotourism
teratogens
mutualism
carcinogens
29. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
species diversity
economic value of forests
name examples of land cover
habitat fragmentation
30. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
resource management
lead
deforestation
overfishing
31. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
pathogen
extinction
per capita land consumption
carnivore
32. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
abiotic factor
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
ecology
producer
33. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
nodules
keystone species
sustainable yield
economic value of forests
34. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
automobile
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
biomagnification
lead
35. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
pathogen
greenhouse gases
primary succession
ecotourism
36. Chemicals that cause cancer
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
carcinogens
lead
niche
37. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
biotic factor
captive breeding programs
consumer
decomposer
38. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
mutualism
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
food web
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
39. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
endangered
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
species
latitudinal gradient
40. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
captive breeding programs
fishery
predator
automobile
41. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
insects
pathogen
warming temperatures
competition
42. Building up not out
toxicant
carbon footprint
A principal of smart growth
biological hazards
43. Rising sea level
abiotic factor
adaptation
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
high levels of biodiversity
44. Habitat change and fragmentation
decomposer
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
endangered species
mutualism
45. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
parasitism
rural area
vector
omnivore
46. Sex - weight - and health issues
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
resource
sustainable yield
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
47. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
abiotic factor
resource management
biotic factor
secondary succession
48. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
species diversity
fishery
fire suppression
49. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
mutualism
rural area
open space
renewable sources
50. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
greenhouse gases
genetic diversity
pollution
urban area
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