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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 most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
toxicant
ecotourism
environmental science
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
2. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
captive breeding
species diversity
biotic factor
predator
3. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
extirpation
prey
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
overfishing
4. By increasing the need for people to drive
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
sustainable cities can
scavenger
greenhouse gases
5. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
risk
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
6. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
deforestation
risk assessment
pollution
genetic diversity
7. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
endangered
prescribed burns
overfishing
fire suppression
8. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
fishery
resource
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
abiotic factor
9. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
biomagnification
food web
resource management
urban area
10. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
deforestation
clear-cutting
omnivore
habitat fragmentation
11. Contamination of land - water - or air
carrying capacity
sustainable yield
pollution
primary succession
12. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
noise polution
prescribed fires
adaptation
global warming
13. 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
emerging disease
sustainable cities can
per capita land consumption
nonrenewable resource
14. The number of different species in an area
habitat fragmentation
biodiversity
A principal of smart growth
adaptation
15. The highest level of biodiversity
ecosystem diversity
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
carcinogens
sustainable yield
16. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
biological hazards
noise polution
Smokey the Bear's message
abiotic factor
17. Provide wood
biodiversity
economic value of forests
commensalism
keystone species
18. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
nonrenewable resource
resource management
symbiosis
high levels of biodiversity
19. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
exotic species
species diversity
extirpation
mapping biodiversity hotspots
20. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
open space
adaptation
warming temperatures
genetic diversity
21. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
prey
name examples of land cover
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
species diversity
22. Pollution from a factory near your school
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
vector
name examples of infrastructure
abiotic factor
23. A species that is at risk of extinction
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
environmental science
endangered species
producer
24. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
carbon footprint
insects
Smokey the Bear's message
clear-cutting
25. The largest population that an area can support
extinction
biodiversity
producer
carrying capacity
26. Help improve the standard of living for residents
risk
biodiversity
insects
sustainable cities can
27. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
biomagnification
habitat preservation
nonrenewable resource
28. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
environmental science
adaptation
mapping biodiversity hotspots
29. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
captive breeding programs
wildlife corridor
nitrogen fixation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
30. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
name examples of infrastructure
resource management
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
31. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
biodiversity
sustainable yield
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
latitudinal gradient
32. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
secondary succession
greenhouse gases
competition
toxicant
33. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
competition
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
producer
habitat fragment
34. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
warming temperatures
risk assessment
A principal of smart growth
nitrogen fixation
35. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
prescribed fires
population
competition
ecosystem diversity
36. Burning fossil fuels
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
renewable resource
risk assessment
toxicant
37. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
carrying capacity
ecotourism
infants
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
38. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
latitudinal gradient
niche
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
poaching
39. The loss of a natural habitat
captive breeding
clear-cutting
primary succession
habitat destruction
40. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
rural area
ecotourism
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
clear-cutting
41. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
exotic species
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
extinction
prescribed fires
42. Leaving a population
emigration
captive breeding programs
competition
consumer
43. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
resource
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
debt-for-nature swap
resource management
44. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
carcinogens
parasitism
habitat preservation
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
45. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
environmental science
ecosystem diversity
pathogen
carcinogens
46. Rising sea level
exotic species
rural area
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
wildlife corridor
47. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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48. Causes a cooling effect
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49. A consumer that eats only plants
predator
open space
resource management
herbivore
50. Are carefully controlled
primary succession
greenhouse gases
prescribed burns
insects