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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
urbanization
open space
omnivore
conservation
2. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
poaching
latitudinal gradient
emigration
mutualism
3. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
risk assessment
carrying capacity
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
4. Leaving a population
name examples of land cover
emigration
nodules
commensalism
5. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
ecotourism
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
epidemiology
species diversity
6. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
abiotic factor
nitrogen fixation
ecology
emigration
7. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
mutualism
environmental science
consumer
8. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
sustainable cities can
biological hazards
debt-for-nature swap
biome
9. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
carrying capacity
immigration
extinction
warming temperatures
10. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
niche
carrying capacity
consumer
ecotourism
11. By increasing the need for people to drive
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
habitat destruction
competition
12. 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
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
emerging disease
primary succession
biotic factor
13. Making direct measurements
commensalism
infants
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
per capita land consumption
14. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
automobile
pollution
ecotourism
predator
15. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
nonrenewable resource
decomposer
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
16. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
infants
symbiosis
carnivore
genetic diversity
17. Help improve the standard of living for residents
pathogen
ecology
sustainable cities can
urbanization
18. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
herbivore
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
fishery
commensalism
19. A species that could become endangered in the near future
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
biological hazards
threatened
prey
20. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
debt-for-nature swap
infants
abiotic factor
21. Burning fossil fuels
genetic diversity
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
urban area
endangered species
22. Pollution from a factory near your school
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
sustainable yield
ecotourism
teratogens
23. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
ecosystem diversity
deforestation
biomagnification
conservation
24. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
high levels of biodiversity
biotic factor
primary succession
nodules
25. All the members of one species in a particular area
population
renewable resource
producer
nitrogen fixation
26. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
species
open space
resource
epidemiology
27. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
fire suppression
captive breeding programs
nonrenewable resource
extinction
28. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
species
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
habitat destruction
habitat fragmentation
29. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
infants
risk assessment
nodules
scavenger
30. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
mapping biodiversity hotspots
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
overfishing
predator
31. Organism that carries pathogens
vector
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
sustainable cities can
32. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
population
A principal of smart growth
habitat fragment
biotic factor
33. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
renewable resource
habitat destruction
symbiosis
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
34. The practice of protecting the environment
deforestation
resource management
conservation
fire suppression
35. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
nodules
prey
clear-cutting
consumer
36. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
habitat fragment
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
prey
carnivore
37. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
carcinogens
rural area
insects
epidemiology
38. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
prey
nitrogen fixation
habitat preservation
carcinogens
39. A consumer that eats only plants
debt-for-nature swap
biomagnification
herbivore
symbiosis
40. A consumer that eats only animals
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
carnivore
species diversity
renewable resource
41. Moving into a population
lead
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
latitudinal gradient
immigration
42. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
parasitism
nonrenewable resource
abiotic factor
decomposer
43. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
high levels of biodiversity
environmental science
carrying capacity
genetic diversity
44. Deals with biological hazards
food chain
per capita land consumption
epidemiology
pathogen
45. A species that is at risk of extinction
herbivore
products derived from the natural environment
high levels of biodiversity
endangered species
46. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
clear-cutting
renewable sources
name examples of infrastructure
parasitism
47. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
parasitism
threatened
carcinogens
debt-for-nature swap
48. Watering crops
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49. Using public transportation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
risk
species
endangered
50. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
wildlife corridor
decomposer
economic value of forests
urban area