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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. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
infants
rural area
producer
poaching
2. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
habitat fragment
urban area
teratogens
renewable resource
3. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
selective cutting
uncentered commercial strip development
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
captive breeding
4. Has the highest amount of species diversity
insects
habitat fragment
sustainable yield
competition
5. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
risk assessment
clear-cutting
mutualism
extinction
6. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
warming temperatures
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
greenhouse gases
7. Moving into a population
immigration
endangered
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
resource management
8. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
ecotourism
carbon footprint
urban area
adaptation
9. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
population
food chain
deforestation
nonrenewable resource
10. The largest population that an area can support
carrying capacity
secondary succession
conservation
prey
11. All the members of one species in a particular area
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
scavenger
epidemiology
population
12. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
prescribed burns
risk assessment
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
biome
13. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
selective cutting
endangered species
habitat preservation
clear-cutting
14. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
poaching
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
decomposer
renewable sources
15. Rising sea level
biological hazards
deforestation
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
pollution
16. An organism that can make its own food
producer
parasitism
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
17. A species that is at risk of extinction
keystone species
endangered species
prescribed fires
ecosystem diversity
18. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
captive breeding programs
wildlife corridor
omnivore
endangered
19. Deals with biological hazards
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
epidemiology
habitat
competition
20. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
high levels of biodiversity
lead
genetic diversity
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
21. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
debt-for-nature swap
secondary succession
producer
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
22. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
mutualism
risk
competition
captive breeding
23. Using public transportation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
fishery
economic value of forests
prescribed burns
24. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
producer
ecology
nodules
urban area
25. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
environmental science
global warming
emerging disease
mapping biodiversity hotspots
26. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
omnivore
pollution
sustainable cities can
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
27. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
Smokey the Bear's message
abiotic factor
biome
emigration
28. A species that could become endangered in the near future
biomagnification
conservation
risk assessment
threatened
29. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
commensalism
resource
parasitism
environmental science
30. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
primary succession
species diversity
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
prescribed fires
31. Watering crops
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32. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
habitat fragmentation
species diversity
extinction
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
33. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
nitrogen fixation
symbiosis
high levels of biodiversity
debt-for-nature swap
34. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
resource management
open space
carbon footprint
35. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
resource
species diversity
endangered
biomagnification
36. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
products derived from the natural environment
prey
predator
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
37. Species that are carried to a new location by people
habitat
exotic species
habitat fragment
resource
38. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
parasitism
global warming
competition
mapping biodiversity hotspots
39. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
global warming
debt-for-nature swap
threatened
greenhouse gases
40. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
risk
adaptation
captive breeding
resource
41. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
omnivore
herbivore
endangered
pathogen
42. Pollution from a factory near your school
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
biomagnification
pathogen
latitudinal gradient
43. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
fire suppression
fishery
carrying capacity
captive breeding programs
44. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
toxicant
wildlife corridor
exotic species
food web
45. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
endangered species
parasitism
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
uncentered commercial strip development
46. Making direct measurements
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
teratogens
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
commensalism
47. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
pathogen
scavenger
habitat preservation
name examples of infrastructure
48. Habitat change and fragmentation
rural area
warming temperatures
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
prey
49. A consumer that eats only animals
immigration
conservation
carnivore
parasitism
50. The number of different species in an area
abiotic factor
overfishing
biodiversity
sustainable yield