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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. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
risk
extirpation
carbon footprint
sustainable yield
2. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
urban area
resource management
lead
toxicant
3. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
parasitism
extirpation
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
endangered species
4. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
A principal of smart growth
global warming
sustainable yield
debt-for-nature swap
5. Has the highest amount of species diversity
insects
secondary succession
species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
6. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
fishery
urban area
epidemiology
global warming
7. A consumer that eats only plants
consumer
threatened
name examples of land cover
herbivore
8. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
habitat destruction
consumer
emigration
9. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
biomagnification
wildlife corridor
scavenger
endangered species
10. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
greenhouse gases
biome
warming temperatures
abiotic factor
11. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
renewable sources
toxicant
emigration
urbanization
12. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
products derived from the natural environment
poaching
primary succession
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
13. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
noise polution
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
selective cutting
risk
14. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
competition
products derived from the natural environment
A principal of smart growth
species
15. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
carrying capacity
uncentered commercial strip development
name examples of infrastructure
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
16. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
food chain
mapping biodiversity hotspots
secondary succession
nodules
17. Provide wood
conservation
economic value of forests
extirpation
captive breeding
18. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
habitat fragmentation
nonrenewable resource
carnivore
19. Habitat change and fragmentation
captive breeding
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
fishery
sustainable yield
20. Are carefully controlled
latitudinal gradient
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
prescribed burns
urbanization
21. Causes a cooling effect
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22. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
uncentered commercial strip development
insects
teratogens
23. Pollution from a factory near your school
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
food web
threatened
risk assessment
24. 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
population
rural area
25. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
debt-for-nature swap
biome
name examples of land cover
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
26. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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27. All the members of one species in a particular area
herbivore
Smokey the Bear's message
population
prescribed burns
28. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
noise polution
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
ecotourism
carbon footprint
29. Rising sea level
noise polution
scavenger
consumer
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
30. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
rural area
environmental science
risk assessment
epidemiology
31. An organism that can make its own food
greenhouse gases
products derived from the natural environment
producer
keystone species
32. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
urbanization
secondary succession
name examples of infrastructure
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
33. Organism that carries pathogens
vector
renewable sources
risk
scavenger
34. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
ecology
deforestation
high levels of biodiversity
food chain
35. Amount of land each person uses
per capita land consumption
carrying capacity
urbanization
nodules
36. 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
prey
immigration
per capita land consumption
37. Contamination of land - water - or air
consumer
pollution
epidemiology
habitat fragment
38. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
products derived from the natural environment
biome
deforestation
A principal of smart growth
39. Burning fossil fuels
economic value of forests
pathogen
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
carcinogens
40. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
competition
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
abiotic factor
41. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
clear-cutting
threatened
adaptation
food chain
42. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
fishery
commensalism
deforestation
endangered
43. Sex - weight - and health issues
greenhouse gases
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
teratogens
latitudinal gradient
44. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
habitat fragment
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
prescribed fires
carcinogens
45. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
adaptation
economic value of forests
overfishing
carnivore
46. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
habitat fragmentation
poaching
prescribed burns
biological hazards
47. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
competition
biological hazards
biomagnification
ecosystem diversity
48. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
habitat
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
infants
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
49. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
renewable resource
extinction
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
rural area
50. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
pathogen
habitat preservation
environmental science
A principal of smart growth