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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. Shift of population from countryside to cities
habitat destruction
latitudinal gradient
urbanization
habitat fragment
2. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
secondary succession
endangered
nodules
mapping biodiversity hotspots
3. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
automobile
greenhouse gases
pathogen
ecology
4. The largest population that an area can support
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
carrying capacity
captive breeding programs
noise polution
5. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
captive breeding
6. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
noise polution
emigration
immigration
biomagnification
7. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
high levels of biodiversity
clear-cutting
urbanization
debt-for-nature swap
8. A species that could become endangered in the near future
carbon footprint
sustainable yield
threatened
A principal of smart growth
9. Chemicals that cause cancer
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
global warming
carcinogens
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
10. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
food web
symbiosis
habitat fragmentation
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
11. Making direct measurements
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
secondary succession
fishery
pollution
12. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
open space
ecosystem diversity
immigration
13. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
deforestation
carbon footprint
vector
herbivore
14. Contamination of land - water - or air
consumer
extinction
pollution
resource
15. The highest level of biodiversity
ecosystem diversity
mapping biodiversity hotspots
per capita land consumption
species
16. 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
keystone species
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
parasitism
17. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
mapping biodiversity hotspots
global warming
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
prey
18. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
nitrogen fixation
name examples of infrastructure
species
wildlife corridor
19. Fires that are set by humans
wildlife corridor
nodules
resource
prescribed fires
20. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
risk assessment
teratogens
renewable sources
nodules
21. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
extirpation
omnivore
name examples of infrastructure
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
22. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
endangered
secondary succession
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
captive breeding programs
23. An organism that can make its own food
producer
carnivore
primary succession
habitat preservation
24. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
urban area
niche
resource management
25. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
niche
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
uncentered commercial strip development
extirpation
26. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
prey
endangered species
biological hazards
nodules
27. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
endangered
food web
primary succession
adaptation
28. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
economic value of forests
secondary succession
consumer
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
29. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
resource
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
keystone species
mapping biodiversity hotspots
30. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
environmental science
vector
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
genetic diversity
31. Causes a cooling effect
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32. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
renewable sources
conservation
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
symbiosis
33. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
infants
debt-for-nature swap
biomagnification
selective cutting
34. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
debt-for-nature swap
ecotourism
habitat preservation
keystone species
35. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
prescribed burns
products derived from the natural environment
emerging disease
36. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
emerging disease
extinction
sustainable cities can
habitat fragment
37. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
ecology
mutualism
vector
economic value of forests
38. Has the highest amount of species diversity
insects
habitat destruction
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
extinction
39. Deals with biological hazards
debt-for-nature swap
prescribed fires
resource
epidemiology
40. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
clear-cutting
biotic factor
toxicant
biomagnification
41. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
ecosystem diversity
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
commensalism
pathogen
42. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
species diversity
economic value of forests
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
43. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
deforestation
adaptation
species diversity
noise polution
44. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
carnivore
risk
food web
biomagnification
45. Organism that carries pathogens
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
overfishing
symbiosis
vector
46. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
carrying capacity
ecology
Smokey the Bear's message
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
47. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
pathogen
extirpation
toxicant
prescribed fires
48. Moving into a population
immigration
economic value of forests
infants
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
49. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
emigration
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
environmental science
50. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
immigration
habitat
vector
emigration