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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
keystone species
carnivore
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
2. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
consumer
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
commensalism
3. Species that are carried to a new location by people
carbon footprint
toxicant
exotic species
food chain
4. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
sustainable yield
resource
symbiosis
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
5. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
urbanization
extirpation
sustainable cities can
deforestation
6. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
symbiosis
environmental science
name examples of infrastructure
carcinogens
7. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
greenhouse gases
risk
pathogen
automobile
8. Provide wood
open space
biome
species
economic value of forests
9. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
10. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
extinction
endangered species
economic value of forests
epidemiology
11. Watering crops
12. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
primary succession
debt-for-nature swap
threatened
keystone species
13. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
deforestation
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
endangered
mapping biodiversity hotspots
14. The number of different species in an area
emigration
biodiversity
noise polution
omnivore
15. Shift of population from countryside to cities
herbivore
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
lead
urbanization
16. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
sustainable yield
adaptation
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
decomposer
17. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
extinction
open space
nitrogen fixation
18. Can result in a decrease of property damage
fire suppression
latitudinal gradient
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
19. All the members of one species in a particular area
endangered
habitat fragment
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
population
20. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
scavenger
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
wildlife corridor
immigration
21. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
mapping biodiversity hotspots
clear-cutting
habitat
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
22. Moving into a population
immigration
A principal of smart growth
scavenger
renewable resource
23. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
niche
abiotic factor
prescribed burns
greenhouse gases
24. A species that could become endangered in the near future
abiotic factor
threatened
warming temperatures
predator
25. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
emerging disease
producer
noise polution
keystone species
26. A consumer that eats only animals
toxicant
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
carnivore
nodules
27. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
name examples of infrastructure
extinction
renewable resource
species diversity
28. A consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
omnivore
pathogen
29. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
emerging disease
threatened
captive breeding
genetic diversity
30. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
habitat preservation
keystone species
ecosystem diversity
conservation
31. Making direct measurements
urban area
producer
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
automobile
32. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
selective cutting
latitudinal gradient
prescribed fires
endangered
33. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
prescribed burns
products derived from the natural environment
nodules
wildlife corridor
34. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
carcinogens
food web
species
lead
35. Sex - weight - and health issues
ecosystem diversity
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
nonrenewable resource
symbiosis
36. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
nonrenewable resource
sustainable cities can
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
37. An organism that can make its own food
greenhouse gases
adaptation
producer
deforestation
38. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
abiotic factor
herbivore
omnivore
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
39. Pollution from a factory near your school
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
lead
open space
scavenger
40. Contamination of land - water - or air
products derived from the natural environment
endangered
decomposer
pollution
41. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
risk assessment
immigration
Smokey the Bear's message
uncentered commercial strip development
42. Leaving a population
overfishing
emigration
rural area
habitat preservation
43. Building up not out
A principal of smart growth
environmental science
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
noise polution
44. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
secondary succession
predator
omnivore
endangered species
45. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
habitat
consumer
carbon footprint
Smokey the Bear's message
46. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
captive breeding
teratogens
population
consumer
47. Are carefully controlled
per capita land consumption
prescribed burns
high levels of biodiversity
sustainable cities can
48. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
renewable resource
sustainable yield
niche
ecotourism
49. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
extinction
ecosystem diversity
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
biological hazards
50. Deals with biological hazards
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
name examples of land cover
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
epidemiology