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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. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
producer
primary succession
infants
decomposer
2. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
primary succession
mutualism
clear-cutting
per capita land consumption
3. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
urban area
automobile
biome
consumer
4. By increasing the need for people to drive
selective cutting
niche
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
pollution
5. Rising sea level
biome
species
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
exotic species
6. Provide wood
carrying capacity
biodiversity
economic value of forests
renewable resource
7. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
fishery
sustainable yield
A principal of smart growth
species
8. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
debt-for-nature swap
mapping biodiversity hotspots
symbiosis
genetic diversity
9. Causes a cooling effect
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10. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
population
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
greenhouse gases
11. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
urbanization
endangered
ecosystem diversity
12. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
resource management
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
vector
rural area
13. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
nodules
omnivore
biomagnification
fire suppression
14. Habitat change and fragmentation
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
conservation
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
endangered species
15. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
carbon footprint
resource management
extirpation
16. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
per capita land consumption
resource
decomposer
name examples of infrastructure
17. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
fire suppression
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
secondary succession
mutualism
18. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
deforestation
name examples of infrastructure
pollution
ecology
19. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
competition
teratogens
renewable sources
adaptation
20. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
food chain
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
niche
parasitism
21. An organism that can make its own food
biotic factor
producer
competition
A principal of smart growth
22. Fires that are set by humans
prescribed fires
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
renewable resource
uncentered commercial strip development
23. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
environmental science
A principal of smart growth
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
prescribed fires
24. A consumer that eats only plants
ecology
habitat fragment
economic value of forests
herbivore
25. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
abiotic factor
genetic diversity
teratogens
rural area
26. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
species diversity
herbivore
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
epidemiology
27. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
prey
extinction
biological hazards
parasitism
28. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
carcinogens
genetic diversity
nitrogen fixation
lead
29. Can result in a decrease of property damage
poaching
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
fire suppression
endangered species
30. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
pollution
resource
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
teratogens
31. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
urbanization
fire suppression
biome
32. Species that are carried to a new location by people
exotic species
habitat fragment
biological hazards
nodules
33. A species that could become endangered in the near future
producer
threatened
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
automobile
34. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
deforestation
A principal of smart growth
parasitism
pathogen
35. A species that is at risk of extinction
prey
teratogens
endangered species
sustainable yield
36. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
habitat destruction
automobile
biological hazards
A principal of smart growth
37. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
biological hazards
commensalism
threatened
niche
38. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
clear-cutting
prey
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
carcinogens
39. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
biomagnification
exotic species
automobile
poaching
40. A consumer that eats only animals
carnivore
latitudinal gradient
name examples of infrastructure
threatened
41. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
predator
A principal of smart growth
nitrogen fixation
producer
42. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
habitat
uncentered commercial strip development
keystone species
biome
43. Burning fossil fuels
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
ecosystem diversity
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
A principal of smart growth
44. Amount of land each person uses
per capita land consumption
primary succession
name examples of infrastructure
exotic species
45. Contamination of land - water - or air
exotic species
deforestation
pollution
selective cutting
46. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
carrying capacity
toxicant
habitat destruction
food web
47. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
fishery
species
consumer
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
48. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
economic value of forests
habitat
renewable resource
lead
49. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
sustainable yield
threatened
mutualism
carcinogens
50. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
niche
infants
habitat fragmentation
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards