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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
species diversity
keystone species
A principal of smart growth
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
2. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
risk assessment
conservation
biological hazards
habitat
3. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
high levels of biodiversity
warming temperatures
parasitism
4. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
poaching
teratogens
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
sustainable cities can
5. A species that is at risk of extinction
habitat fragmentation
primary succession
endangered species
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
6. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
prescribed fires
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
products derived from the natural environment
renewable sources
7. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
endangered species
pathogen
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
species
8. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
risk assessment
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
insects
resource management
9. Has the highest amount of species diversity
habitat preservation
economic value of forests
insects
noise polution
10. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
renewable resource
overfishing
biological hazards
habitat fragment
11. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
carbon footprint
pathogen
carnivore
risk
12. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
food chain
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
poaching
uncentered commercial strip development
13. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
high levels of biodiversity
commensalism
resource
ecology
14. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
risk
per capita land consumption
decomposer
uncentered commercial strip development
15. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
per capita land consumption
habitat destruction
nitrogen fixation
exotic species
16. Help improve the standard of living for residents
urban area
sustainable cities can
captive breeding
carnivore
17. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
consumer
prescribed burns
habitat
habitat fragment
18. Using public transportation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
ecology
epidemiology
threatened
19. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
captive breeding
debt-for-nature swap
species diversity
scavenger
20. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
extinction
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
biomagnification
prey
21. The loss of a natural habitat
habitat destruction
nonrenewable resource
deforestation
rural area
22. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
global warming
biome
biodiversity
conservation
23. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
species
noise polution
environmental science
ecosystem diversity
24. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
name examples of infrastructure
resource
25. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
deforestation
greenhouse gases
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
selective cutting
26. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
deforestation
predator
pollution
biomagnification
27. Are carefully controlled
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
ecotourism
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
prescribed burns
28. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
ecology
high levels of biodiversity
environmental science
29. Leaving a population
mutualism
species
keystone species
emigration
30. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
prescribed burns
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
keystone species
31. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
rural area
species diversity
exotic species
32. Pollution from a factory near your school
immigration
insects
selective cutting
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
33. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
habitat fragment
risk assessment
34. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
per capita land consumption
mutualism
primary succession
scavenger
35. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
selective cutting
habitat preservation
overfishing
36. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
nodules
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
noise polution
ecology
37. Watering crops
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38. Fires that are set by humans
prescribed fires
parasitism
infants
poaching
39. By increasing the need for people to drive
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
biomagnification
A principal of smart growth
niche
40. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
ecotourism
debt-for-nature swap
greenhouse gases
biome
41. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
infants
omnivore
consumer
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
42. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
biological hazards
competition
name examples of infrastructure
43. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
Smokey the Bear's message
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
fishery
habitat destruction
44. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
omnivore
pollution
ecotourism
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
45. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
prescribed burns
nodules
emerging disease
habitat fragmentation
46. Rising sea level
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
symbiosis
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
renewable sources
47. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
biodiversity
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
prey
competition
48. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
urban area
environmental science
carnivore
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
49. A species that could become endangered in the near future
endangered
threatened
habitat fragment
name examples of land cover
50. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
extinction
population
captive breeding
pollution