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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
adaptation
noise polution
prescribed burns
risk
2. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
A principal of smart growth
food web
automobile
prey
3. A consumer that eats only plants
pollution
risk
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
herbivore
4. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
food chain
threatened
niche
name examples of land cover
5. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
greenhouse gases
food chain
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
risk
6. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
omnivore
pathogen
debt-for-nature swap
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
7. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
biomagnification
habitat fragment
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
global warming
8. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
secondary succession
genetic diversity
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
9. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
renewable resource
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
biological hazards
rural area
10. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
mapping biodiversity hotspots
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
habitat
risk
11. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
parasitism
primary succession
genetic diversity
name examples of infrastructure
12. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
per capita land consumption
vector
species diversity
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
13. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
scavenger
parasitism
food web
14. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
toxicant
poaching
conservation
renewable resource
15. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
greenhouse gases
name examples of land cover
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
habitat preservation
16. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
extirpation
nonrenewable resource
nodules
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
17. Pollution from a factory near your school
insects
clear-cutting
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
fishery
18. Causes a cooling effect
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19. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
biomagnification
ecotourism
threatened
high levels of biodiversity
20. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
carcinogens
biome
pollution
name examples of land cover
21. Building up not out
habitat fragment
biodiversity
lead
A principal of smart growth
22. A living part of an organism's habitat
renewable sources
threatened
biotic factor
biomagnification
23. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
economic value of forests
captive breeding
lead
environmental science
24. Amount of land each person uses
fire suppression
automobile
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
per capita land consumption
25. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
nitrogen fixation
exotic species
urbanization
26. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
carbon footprint
pollution
mapping biodiversity hotspots
risk assessment
27. All the members of one species in a particular area
ecology
warming temperatures
rural area
population
28. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
parasitism
Smokey the Bear's message
wildlife corridor
scavenger
29. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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30. Has the highest amount of species diversity
carrying capacity
overfishing
insects
rural area
31. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
noise polution
economic value of forests
automobile
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
32. A species that could become endangered in the near future
commensalism
extirpation
producer
threatened
33. Shift of population from countryside to cities
open space
population
urbanization
primary succession
34. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
risk assessment
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
prescribed fires
ecology
35. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
species
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
name examples of land cover
habitat preservation
36. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
niche
decomposer
resource
producer
37. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
threatened
captive breeding
poaching
carbon footprint
38. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
extirpation
consumer
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
products derived from the natural environment
39. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
genetic diversity
keystone species
exotic species
conservation
40. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
ecology
risk assessment
consumer
poaching
41. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
habitat preservation
extinction
predator
42. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
fishery
captive breeding programs
warming temperatures
economic value of forests
43. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
omnivore
sustainable yield
exotic species
renewable sources
44. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
captive breeding programs
selective cutting
infants
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
45. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
uncentered commercial strip development
decomposer
renewable sources
name examples of land cover
46. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
poaching
abiotic factor
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
47. Organism that carries pathogens
clear-cutting
vector
captive breeding programs
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
48. Burning fossil fuels
automobile
captive breeding programs
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
endangered species
49. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
infants
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
risk
carcinogens
50. Using public transportation
noise polution
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
ecosystem diversity