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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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1. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
renewable sources
emerging disease
poaching
prescribed burns
2. The highest level of biodiversity
ecosystem diversity
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
decomposer
vector
3. Leaving a population
emigration
abiotic factor
carnivore
economic value of forests
4. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
noise polution
infants
urbanization
wildlife corridor
5. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
habitat fragment
immigration
habitat
ecotourism
6. The largest population that an area can support
automobile
endangered species
carrying capacity
scavenger
7. By increasing the need for people to drive
A principal of smart growth
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
teratogens
automobile
8. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
symbiosis
risk assessment
resource management
mutualism
9. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
deforestation
habitat preservation
parasitism
debt-for-nature swap
10. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
prescribed burns
carcinogens
noise polution
biological hazards
11. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
nonrenewable resource
open space
risk
sustainable yield
12. A species that could become endangered in the near future
open space
ecology
resource management
threatened
13. Making direct measurements
wildlife corridor
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
products derived from the natural environment
ecosystem diversity
14. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
keystone species
nodules
resource
pollution
15. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
carcinogens
niche
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
ecosystem diversity
16. A consumer that eats only plants
adaptation
toxicant
herbivore
resource
17. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
rural area
automobile
resource management
prescribed burns
18. Building up not out
A principal of smart growth
greenhouse gases
rural area
teratogens
19. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
producer
primary succession
urban area
abiotic factor
20. A species that is at risk of extinction
habitat preservation
endangered species
exotic species
competition
21. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
adaptation
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
wildlife corridor
pathogen
22. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
sustainable yield
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
noise polution
resource
23. Watering crops
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24. Burning fossil fuels
captive breeding programs
deforestation
resource management
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
25. Species that are carried to a new location by people
pollution
emigration
commensalism
exotic species
26. Amount of land each person uses
exotic species
renewable sources
vector
per capita land consumption
27. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
A principal of smart growth
environmental science
scavenger
sustainable cities can
28. Shift of population from countryside to cities
urbanization
carbon footprint
consumer
habitat preservation
29. 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
vector
population
clear-cutting
emerging disease
30. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
biodiversity
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
extirpation
epidemiology
31. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
carrying capacity
deforestation
risk assessment
abiotic factor
32. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
commensalism
name examples of land cover
biomagnification
endangered
33. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
secondary succession
epidemiology
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
selective cutting
34. The number of different species in an area
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
biodiversity
conservation
renewable resource
35. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
resource management
emigration
niche
overfishing
36. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
prescribed burns
emerging disease
vector
habitat
37. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
biological hazards
population
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
deforestation
38. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
biodiversity
primary succession
pollution
keystone species
39. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
threatened
omnivore
sustainable yield
A principal of smart growth
40. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
name examples of infrastructure
consumer
wildlife corridor
high levels of biodiversity
41. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
emerging disease
extinction
secondary succession
scavenger
42. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
ecotourism
species
resource
biomagnification
43. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
latitudinal gradient
adaptation
habitat
food chain
44. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
warming temperatures
automobile
renewable sources
uncentered commercial strip development
45. A consumer that eats only animals
emigration
captive breeding
fire suppression
carnivore
46. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
species
risk
extinction
environmental science
47. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
prescribed burns
lead
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
decomposer
48. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
lead
toxicant
prescribed burns
A principal of smart growth
49. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
omnivore
carbon footprint
adaptation
threatened
50. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
automobile
clear-cutting
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
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