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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. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
carcinogens
habitat fragment
extinction
noise polution
2. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
symbiosis
scavenger
name examples of infrastructure
extirpation
3. Building up not out
A principal of smart growth
prey
habitat destruction
resource
4. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
vector
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
high levels of biodiversity
carbon footprint
5. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
6. Chemicals that cause cancer
insects
carcinogens
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
greenhouse gases
7. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
decomposer
products derived from the natural environment
uncentered commercial strip development
rural area
8. Are carefully controlled
risk
habitat fragmentation
prescribed burns
commensalism
9. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
global warming
toxicant
habitat fragmentation
biomagnification
10. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
high levels of biodiversity
resource management
ecology
toxicant
11. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
sustainable yield
resource management
risk
rural area
12. A species that could become endangered in the near future
automobile
species diversity
threatened
scavenger
13. Pollution from a factory near your school
biotic factor
products derived from the natural environment
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
rural area
14. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
prescribed burns
global warming
population
environmental science
15. A consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
insects
teratogens
food web
16. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
environmental science
biotic factor
products derived from the natural environment
habitat
17. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
captive breeding
rural area
greenhouse gases
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
18. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
captive breeding programs
parasitism
selective cutting
emigration
19. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
warming temperatures
consumer
extirpation
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
20. Shift of population from countryside to cities
biological hazards
captive breeding programs
urbanization
mapping biodiversity hotspots
21. A consumer that eats only animals
extinction
carnivore
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
scavenger
22. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
urbanization
commensalism
threatened
biomagnification
23. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
toxicant
fishery
habitat preservation
24. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
habitat fragmentation
decomposer
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
25. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
abiotic factor
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
open space
conservation
26. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
keystone species
captive breeding programs
extirpation
resource management
27. Rising sea level
abiotic factor
name examples of infrastructure
nitrogen fixation
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
28. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
high levels of biodiversity
mutualism
parasitism
immigration
29. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
warming temperatures
overfishing
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
prescribed burns
30. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
commensalism
selective cutting
symbiosis
parasitism
31. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
ecology
poaching
symbiosis
per capita land consumption
32. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
wildlife corridor
prey
habitat fragment
33. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
Smokey the Bear's message
immigration
latitudinal gradient
high levels of biodiversity
34. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
insects
warming temperatures
pollution
extirpation
35. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
habitat destruction
carcinogens
debt-for-nature swap
risk assessment
36. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
conservation
global warming
urban area
toxicant
37. Amount of land each person uses
per capita land consumption
nodules
open space
ecology
38. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
captive breeding
ecotourism
noise polution
mutualism
39. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
habitat destruction
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
teratogens
captive breeding
40. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
overfishing
economic value of forests
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
infants
41. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
ecosystem diversity
exotic species
prescribed burns
abiotic factor
42. The practice of protecting the environment
extinction
conservation
species diversity
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
43. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
ecosystem diversity
species
rural area
open space
44. Has the highest amount of species diversity
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
biological hazards
poaching
insects
45. An organism that can make its own food
biomagnification
automobile
producer
adaptation
46. Can result in a decrease of property damage
fire suppression
resource
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
warming temperatures
47. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
renewable resource
rural area
insects
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
48. Watering crops
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49. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
mapping biodiversity hotspots
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
environmental science
50. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
habitat fragment
per capita land consumption
niche
carcinogens