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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. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
lead
habitat destruction
captive breeding
open space
2. Sex - weight - and health issues
pollution
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
endangered species
clear-cutting
3. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
nodules
automobile
scavenger
global warming
4. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
niche
urbanization
fishery
carcinogens
5. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
automobile
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
high levels of biodiversity
keystone species
6. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
overfishing
selective cutting
ecosystem diversity
food web
7. Contamination of land - water - or air
rural area
biological hazards
overfishing
pollution
8. An organism that can make its own food
species
clear-cutting
producer
economic value of forests
9. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
habitat fragment
biomagnification
insects
wildlife corridor
10. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
scavenger
emerging disease
risk assessment
captive breeding programs
11. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
poaching
biodiversity
extirpation
scavenger
12. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
secondary succession
name examples of land cover
food chain
13. Deals with biological hazards
epidemiology
niche
fire suppression
automobile
14. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
endangered
biome
environmental science
15. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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16. Can result in a decrease of property damage
global warming
fire suppression
mapping biodiversity hotspots
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
17. Chemicals that cause cancer
prescribed fires
food chain
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
carcinogens
18. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
infants
warming temperatures
prescribed fires
global warming
19. The loss of a natural habitat
habitat destruction
resource management
biomagnification
food web
20. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
resource
secondary succession
prescribed burns
endangered
21. Leaving a population
emigration
carnivore
ecosystem diversity
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
22. The practice of protecting the environment
conservation
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
endangered
ecotourism
23. Building up not out
insects
extirpation
resource
A principal of smart growth
24. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
toxicant
immigration
teratogens
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
25. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
captive breeding programs
environmental science
competition
wildlife corridor
26. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
noise polution
decomposer
biomagnification
extirpation
27. By increasing the need for people to drive
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
A principal of smart growth
habitat preservation
habitat fragment
28. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
consumer
abiotic factor
mapping biodiversity hotspots
habitat destruction
29. Organism that carries pathogens
niche
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
sustainable cities can
vector
30. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
clear-cutting
nitrogen fixation
warming temperatures
ecology
31. Are carefully controlled
species diversity
biological hazards
parasitism
prescribed burns
32. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
niche
Smokey the Bear's message
name examples of land cover
renewable sources
33. Using public transportation
species
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
global warming
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
34. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
parasitism
prey
exotic species
carcinogens
35. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
conservation
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
omnivore
teratogens
36. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
herbivore
greenhouse gases
immigration
teratogens
37. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
open space
producer
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
biome
38. Burning fossil fuels
herbivore
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
urban area
39. Fires that are set by humans
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
captive breeding programs
prescribed fires
resource
40. Moving into a population
global warming
risk
habitat fragment
immigration
41. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
deforestation
emerging disease
high levels of biodiversity
clear-cutting
42. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
consumer
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
competition
resource
43. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
urban area
emerging disease
symbiosis
herbivore
44. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
high levels of biodiversity
ecotourism
global warming
overfishing
45. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
niche
endangered
genetic diversity
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
46. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
habitat preservation
symbiosis
scavenger
urban area
47. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
decomposer
infants
carbon footprint
48. Amount of land each person uses
conservation
high levels of biodiversity
rural area
per capita land consumption
49. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
species
scavenger
extirpation
urban area
50. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
fire suppression
name examples of land cover
selective cutting