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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 study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
open space
insects
ecosystem diversity
environmental science
2. A species that could become endangered in the near future
wildlife corridor
mapping biodiversity hotspots
threatened
population
3. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
immigration
warming temperatures
teratogens
4. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
habitat fragment
pollution
products derived from the natural environment
toxicant
5. Building up not out
urban area
uncentered commercial strip development
biotic factor
A principal of smart growth
6. A consumer that eats only animals
carnivore
pathogen
warming temperatures
urban area
7. Using public transportation
fire suppression
warming temperatures
products derived from the natural environment
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
8. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
automobile
primary succession
high levels of biodiversity
habitat preservation
9. By increasing the need for people to drive
renewable sources
symbiosis
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
prey
10. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
habitat destruction
mutualism
sustainable yield
keystone species
11. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
keystone species
deforestation
parasitism
immigration
12. The largest population that an area can support
omnivore
carrying capacity
uncentered commercial strip development
decomposer
13. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
prescribed fires
habitat fragment
secondary succession
risk assessment
14. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
overfishing
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
abiotic factor
infants
15. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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16. Can result in a decrease of property damage
fire suppression
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
resource
species diversity
17. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
clear-cutting
fire suppression
biomagnification
risk
18. The highest level of biodiversity
decomposer
pathogen
ecology
ecosystem diversity
19. Watering crops
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20. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
carbon footprint
competition
herbivore
21. Species that are carried to a new location by people
selective cutting
exotic species
biomagnification
teratogens
22. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
endangered
competition
nitrogen fixation
high levels of biodiversity
23. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
high levels of biodiversity
warming temperatures
conservation
rural area
24. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
biotic factor
risk
species
fire suppression
25. Pollution from a factory near your school
latitudinal gradient
carrying capacity
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
captive breeding
26. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
niche
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
biome
open space
27. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
carrying capacity
rural area
open space
primary succession
28. The loss of a natural habitat
habitat destruction
toxicant
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
warming temperatures
29. Leaving a population
emigration
ecology
abiotic factor
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
30. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
carbon footprint
abiotic factor
habitat fragmentation
food chain
31. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
captive breeding programs
risk assessment
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
biome
32. Fires that are set by humans
prey
prescribed fires
global warming
vector
33. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
habitat destruction
toxicant
teratogens
34. A living part of an organism's habitat
infants
biotic factor
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
products derived from the natural environment
35. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
threatened
abiotic factor
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
automobile
36. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
infants
predator
habitat fragment
prescribed burns
37. Amount of land each person uses
per capita land consumption
risk assessment
symbiosis
threatened
38. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
habitat fragment
mapping biodiversity hotspots
captive breeding
biome
39. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
ecosystem diversity
vector
sustainable yield
economic value of forests
40. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
genetic diversity
resource management
prescribed burns
habitat fragment
41. Making direct measurements
pollution
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
renewable resource
food chain
42. Are carefully controlled
name examples of land cover
overfishing
prescribed burns
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
43. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
producer
mutualism
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
clear-cutting
44. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
secondary succession
global warming
nitrogen fixation
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
45. All the members of one species in a particular area
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
population
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
warming temperatures
46. Has the highest amount of species diversity
toxicant
biodiversity
selective cutting
insects
47. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
captive breeding
habitat
keystone species
ecosystem diversity
48. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
extirpation
secondary succession
deforestation
automobile
49. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
exotic species
ecology
debt-for-nature swap
50. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
fire suppression
prescribed fires
population
habitat fragment