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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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1. Building up not out
economic value of forests
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
poaching
A principal of smart growth
2. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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3. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
endangered species
risk assessment
primary succession
carbon footprint
4. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
selective cutting
urban area
sustainable yield
emerging disease
5. Habitat change and fragmentation
greenhouse gases
teratogens
food chain
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
6. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
primary succession
teratogens
mutualism
competition
7. A species that is at risk of extinction
immigration
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
endangered species
pathogen
8. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
symbiosis
extinction
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
food web
9. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
renewable sources
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
biome
Smokey the Bear's message
10. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
keystone species
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
niche
products derived from the natural environment
11. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
wildlife corridor
ecotourism
endangered species
species diversity
12. The highest level of biodiversity
consumer
ecosystem diversity
conservation
mutualism
13. A consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
habitat preservation
environmental science
captive breeding programs
14. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
predator
urbanization
selective cutting
infants
15. A consumer that eats only animals
extirpation
carnivore
high levels of biodiversity
food web
16. The loss of a natural habitat
lead
biodiversity
predator
habitat destruction
17. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
high levels of biodiversity
ecology
consumer
mapping biodiversity hotspots
18. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
wildlife corridor
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
epidemiology
niche
19. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
vector
resource management
prey
economic value of forests
20. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
captive breeding
selective cutting
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
resource management
21. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
nonrenewable resource
prey
ecosystem diversity
biological hazards
22. The number of different species in an area
omnivore
scavenger
biodiversity
wildlife corridor
23. Pollution from a factory near your school
uncentered commercial strip development
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
urbanization
high levels of biodiversity
24. Deals with biological hazards
species
wildlife corridor
epidemiology
infants
25. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
Smokey the Bear's message
primary succession
economic value of forests
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
26. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
latitudinal gradient
wildlife corridor
extinction
uncentered commercial strip development
27. Sex - weight - and health issues
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
carrying capacity
carnivore
economic value of forests
28. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
carbon footprint
debt-for-nature swap
habitat preservation
nodules
29. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
nitrogen fixation
extirpation
competition
toxicant
30. Are carefully controlled
omnivore
sustainable cities can
scavenger
prescribed burns
31. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
carbon footprint
per capita land consumption
exotic species
pollution
32. A disease that has appeared in the human population for the first time or that has existed for a while but is increasing rapidly and spreading around the world
automobile
immigration
biomagnification
emerging disease
33. Causes a cooling effect
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34. A species that could become endangered in the near future
endangered species
renewable resource
threatened
infants
35. Species that are carried to a new location by people
habitat
secondary succession
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
exotic species
36. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
species diversity
teratogens
sustainable yield
abiotic factor
37. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
predator
immigration
nonrenewable resource
38. The practice of protecting the environment
food chain
conservation
selective cutting
global warming
39. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
habitat destruction
ecotourism
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
habitat
40. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
debt-for-nature swap
resource management
omnivore
exotic species
41. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
habitat fragment
environmental science
ecology
42. Has the highest amount of species diversity
predator
keystone species
insects
resource
43. Using public transportation
decomposer
insects
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
44. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
carnivore
environmental science
nitrogen fixation
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
45. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
captive breeding
carrying capacity
biotic factor
habitat fragment
46. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
competition
habitat preservation
biological hazards
vector
47. Help improve the standard of living for residents
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
sustainable cities can
scavenger
immigration
48. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
open space
conservation
overfishing
decomposer
49. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
rural area
symbiosis
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
food web
50. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
exotic species
prescribed burns
habitat fragmentation
economic value of forests
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