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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. Are carefully controlled
prescribed burns
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
adaptation
2. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
prescribed burns
emigration
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
biological hazards
3. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
renewable resource
infants
urbanization
carbon footprint
4. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
habitat fragmentation
fire suppression
species diversity
toxicant
5. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
renewable resource
food chain
nitrogen fixation
sustainable cities can
6. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
competition
commensalism
captive breeding programs
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
7. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
automobile
uncentered commercial strip development
species diversity
environmental science
8. Leaving a population
carnivore
niche
mapping biodiversity hotspots
emigration
9. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
niche
warming temperatures
noise polution
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
10. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
genetic diversity
risk
A principal of smart growth
warming temperatures
11. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
wildlife corridor
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
environmental science
vector
12. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
toxicant
primary succession
competition
genetic diversity
13. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
secondary succession
habitat fragment
exotic species
14. Rising sea level
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
economic value of forests
environmental science
prey
15. Amount of land each person uses
sustainable cities can
infants
per capita land consumption
primary succession
16. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
noise polution
fishery
habitat
extinction
17. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
omnivore
products derived from the natural environment
vector
consumer
18. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
noise polution
population
exotic species
risk assessment
19. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
fishery
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
high levels of biodiversity
captive breeding
20. Can result in a decrease of property damage
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
parasitism
fire suppression
infants
21. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
rural area
vector
fire suppression
global warming
22. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
renewable sources
uncentered commercial strip development
latitudinal gradient
producer
23. Organism that carries pathogens
vector
commensalism
wildlife corridor
species diversity
24. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
immigration
conservation
biome
pathogen
25. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
overfishing
open space
risk
insects
26. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
predator
biomagnification
carnivore
food web
27. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
environmental science
greenhouse gases
carnivore
deforestation
28. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
selective cutting
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
species
sustainable yield
29. Contamination of land - water - or air
pollution
biome
uncentered commercial strip development
debt-for-nature swap
30. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
emerging disease
scavenger
latitudinal gradient
name examples of land cover
31. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
species diversity
biomagnification
prescribed fires
Smokey the Bear's message
32. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
endangered
rural area
overfishing
high levels of biodiversity
33. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
global warming
habitat fragment
extinction
urban area
34. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
35. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
automobile
niche
adaptation
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
36. The loss of a natural habitat
captive breeding
scavenger
habitat destruction
nonrenewable resource
37. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
food web
commensalism
toxicant
nonrenewable resource
38. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
sustainable cities can
captive breeding
extirpation
omnivore
39. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
high levels of biodiversity
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
prey
40. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
habitat destruction
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
ecotourism
carnivore
41. Chemicals that cause cancer
carnivore
urban area
carcinogens
prescribed burns
42. A living part of an organism's habitat
scavenger
biotic factor
nodules
open space
43. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
risk
captive breeding
carnivore
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
44. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
lead
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
renewable sources
vector
45. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
nitrogen fixation
biodiversity
name examples of infrastructure
species
46. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
biome
A principal of smart growth
Smokey the Bear's message
endangered
47. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
genetic diversity
debt-for-nature swap
toxicant
nodules
48. A species that is at risk of extinction
niche
species diversity
ecology
endangered species
49. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
omnivore
noise polution
habitat preservation
per capita land consumption
50. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
lead
resource
risk assessment
rural area