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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 amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
products derived from the natural environment
food web
carbon footprint
consumer
2. Can result in a decrease of property damage
nitrogen fixation
biodiversity
fire suppression
urbanization
3. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
species
resource
species diversity
urbanization
4. Are carefully controlled
Smokey the Bear's message
habitat fragment
abiotic factor
prescribed burns
5. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
emigration
warming temperatures
pathogen
teratogens
6. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
emigration
carrying capacity
urbanization
debt-for-nature swap
7. By increasing the need for people to drive
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
captive breeding
pathogen
wildlife corridor
8. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
extinction
predator
ecosystem diversity
habitat
9. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
captive breeding
economic value of forests
consumer
10. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
pathogen
habitat fragment
wildlife corridor
scavenger
11. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
food chain
habitat fragment
food web
nitrogen fixation
12. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
mapping biodiversity hotspots
ecotourism
wildlife corridor
open space
13. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
carrying capacity
sustainable cities can
niche
14. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
economic value of forests
automobile
name examples of land cover
genetic diversity
15. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
emerging disease
sustainable yield
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
ecosystem diversity
16. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
urban area
population
habitat fragment
Smokey the Bear's message
17. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
risk
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
biome
primary succession
18. Habitat change and fragmentation
resource
food web
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
population
19. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
scavenger
vector
latitudinal gradient
automobile
20. Help improve the standard of living for residents
urbanization
epidemiology
symbiosis
sustainable cities can
21. An organism that can make its own food
producer
infants
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
herbivore
22. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
deforestation
conservation
mutualism
mapping biodiversity hotspots
23. Using public transportation
renewable resource
prescribed burns
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
ecology
24. Leaving a population
emigration
herbivore
genetic diversity
carbon footprint
25. Sex - weight - and health issues
urban area
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
nitrogen fixation
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
26. Species that are carried to a new location by people
exotic species
parasitism
herbivore
biome
27. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
primary succession
fishery
omnivore
28. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
prescribed burns
habitat
insects
urbanization
29. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
urban area
primary succession
biomagnification
parasitism
30. Burning fossil fuels
food web
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
extirpation
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
31. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
lead
poaching
threatened
products derived from the natural environment
32. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
ecology
renewable resource
products derived from the natural environment
species
33. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
species diversity
biological hazards
greenhouse gases
34. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
fishery
global warming
deforestation
biotic factor
35. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
prescribed burns
warming temperatures
clear-cutting
ecology
36. Making direct measurements
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
biotic factor
captive breeding
latitudinal gradient
37. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
urban area
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
herbivore
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
38. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
sustainable yield
automobile
global warming
immigration
39. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
deforestation
conservation
carnivore
carbon footprint
40. Provide wood
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
economic value of forests
ecology
endangered
41. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
name examples of infrastructure
consumer
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
carbon footprint
42. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
biological hazards
habitat fragment
environmental science
economic value of forests
43. Causes a cooling effect
44. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
pathogen
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
genetic diversity
epidemiology
45. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
predator
warming temperatures
pathogen
primary succession
46. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
prey
risk
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
47. The highest level of biodiversity
mutualism
ecosystem diversity
ecotourism
fishery
48. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
scavenger
fire suppression
keystone species
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
49. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
risk assessment
habitat preservation
emerging disease
50. Deals with biological hazards
high levels of biodiversity
epidemiology
producer
emerging disease