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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. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
debt-for-nature swap
captive breeding programs
rural area
A principal of smart growth
2. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
vector
primary succession
urbanization
economic value of forests
3. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
keystone species
captive breeding programs
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
endangered
4. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
consumer
nitrogen fixation
conservation
competition
5. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
biotic factor
nonrenewable resource
decomposer
species diversity
6. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
habitat
Smokey the Bear's message
mapping biodiversity hotspots
captive breeding programs
7. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
insects
mutualism
food chain
8. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
species diversity
infants
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
9. Rising sea level
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
global warming
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
carnivore
10. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
resource management
nodules
omnivore
wildlife corridor
11. Can result in a decrease of property damage
mapping biodiversity hotspots
greenhouse gases
fire suppression
epidemiology
12. Building up not out
risk assessment
open space
A principal of smart growth
habitat preservation
13. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
risk
extirpation
mapping biodiversity hotspots
uncentered commercial strip development
14. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
risk assessment
renewable resource
parasitism
15. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
habitat fragmentation
species
wildlife corridor
fire suppression
16. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
food chain
biological hazards
per capita land consumption
habitat preservation
17. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
competition
automobile
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
mutualism
18. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
sustainable yield
conservation
risk
rural area
19. Sex - weight - and health issues
extinction
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
niche
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
20. The largest population that an area can support
carrying capacity
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
products derived from the natural environment
food web
21. A living part of an organism's habitat
biome
habitat fragment
biotic factor
poaching
22. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
biological hazards
omnivore
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
23. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
parasitism
herbivore
ecology
carbon footprint
24. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
resource
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
ecotourism
threatened
25. A species that is at risk of extinction
Smokey the Bear's message
habitat
endangered species
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
26. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
carcinogens
selective cutting
prescribed fires
decomposer
27. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
predator
biodiversity
infants
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
28. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
A principal of smart growth
biome
ecosystem diversity
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
29. Has the highest amount of species diversity
captive breeding programs
ecotourism
ecology
insects
30. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
risk assessment
omnivore
extinction
poaching
31. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
risk
niche
nodules
emigration
32. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
symbiosis
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
poaching
33. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
name examples of land cover
population
nodules
uncentered commercial strip development
34. Help improve the standard of living for residents
habitat fragmentation
sustainable cities can
herbivore
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
35. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
habitat fragment
prescribed fires
emigration
36. Causes a cooling effect
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37. The highest level of biodiversity
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
ecosystem diversity
extirpation
Smokey the Bear's message
38. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
greenhouse gases
habitat destruction
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
latitudinal gradient
39. Chemicals that cause cancer
mutualism
predator
carcinogens
biomagnification
40. An organism that can make its own food
rural area
producer
global warming
nodules
41. The loss of a natural habitat
automobile
habitat destruction
nodules
genetic diversity
42. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
habitat fragmentation
risk
warming temperatures
omnivore
43. Are carefully controlled
primary succession
resource
prescribed burns
decomposer
44. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
teratogens
extinction
consumer
conservation
45. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
resource
sustainable yield
name examples of land cover
nitrogen fixation
46. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
extinction
insects
food web
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
47. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
scavenger
toxicant
selective cutting
prescribed fires
48. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
economic value of forests
carrying capacity
renewable sources
scavenger
49. Deals with biological hazards
renewable sources
species diversity
epidemiology
prescribed burns
50. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
endangered
teratogens
name examples of infrastructure
Smokey the Bear's message