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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
A principal of smart growth
genetic diversity
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
captive breeding programs
2. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
prescribed fires
debt-for-nature swap
open space
carbon footprint
3. A consumer that eats only animals
carnivore
fire suppression
population
risk
4. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
competition
prey
carbon footprint
urban area
5. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
nitrogen fixation
prescribed burns
resource management
biome
6. Contamination of land - water - or air
endangered species
pollution
per capita land consumption
renewable resource
7. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
biomagnification
overfishing
warming temperatures
emigration
8. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
carcinogens
rural area
emigration
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
9. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
resource management
food web
captive breeding
primary succession
10. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
economic value of forests
uncentered commercial strip development
primary succession
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
11. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
environmental science
niche
clear-cutting
secondary succession
12. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
uncentered commercial strip development
extinction
decomposer
13. By increasing the need for people to drive
producer
predator
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
keystone species
14. Can result in a decrease of property damage
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
fire suppression
resource management
economic value of forests
15. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
lead
niche
nonrenewable resource
biological hazards
16. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
adaptation
latitudinal gradient
extinction
habitat preservation
17. Moving into a population
conservation
carnivore
immigration
selective cutting
18. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
mutualism
parasitism
teratogens
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
19. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
mutualism
commensalism
scavenger
Smokey the Bear's message
20. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
species diversity
infants
food chain
captive breeding
21. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
sustainable yield
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
fishery
exotic species
22. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
latitudinal gradient
sustainable cities can
biomagnification
decomposer
23. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
resource management
fishery
habitat fragment
biodiversity
24. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
habitat
symbiosis
adaptation
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
25. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
resource management
species
abiotic factor
scavenger
26. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
abiotic factor
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
carcinogens
prescribed fires
27. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
biomagnification
per capita land consumption
debt-for-nature swap
habitat preservation
28. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
deforestation
latitudinal gradient
resource
carrying capacity
29. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
overfishing
habitat preservation
adaptation
ecotourism
30. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
secondary succession
keystone species
biomagnification
greenhouse gases
31. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
infants
adaptation
renewable resource
urbanization
32. Making direct measurements
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
global warming
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
population
33. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
infants
prescribed fires
habitat preservation
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
34. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
omnivore
latitudinal gradient
keystone species
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
35. Pollution from a factory near your school
habitat preservation
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
conservation
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
36. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
wildlife corridor
population
debt-for-nature swap
ecology
37. The loss of a natural habitat
species diversity
global warming
habitat destruction
carrying capacity
38. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
name examples of land cover
biomagnification
risk assessment
nodules
39. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
automobile
vector
A principal of smart growth
renewable sources
40. Burning fossil fuels
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
biomagnification
habitat fragment
41. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
primary succession
name examples of land cover
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
omnivore
42. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
consumer
prescribed burns
renewable sources
resource
43. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
biome
products derived from the natural environment
overfishing
immigration
44. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
ecology
sustainable cities can
food chain
uncentered commercial strip development
45. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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46. A living part of an organism's habitat
biome
overfishing
secondary succession
biotic factor
47. The largest population that an area can support
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
name examples of land cover
symbiosis
carrying capacity
48. Species that are carried to a new location by people
wildlife corridor
exotic species
decomposer
clear-cutting
49. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
omnivore
keystone species
prescribed fires
high levels of biodiversity
50. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
pathogen
prescribed burns
deforestation
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF