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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. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
nonrenewable resource
teratogens
nitrogen fixation
conservation
2. Rising sea level
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
emigration
per capita land consumption
toxicant
3. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
wildlife corridor
open space
food chain
species diversity
4. A consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
mutualism
selective cutting
carrying capacity
5. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
resource management
infants
toxicant
6. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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7. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
consumer
biodiversity
mapping biodiversity hotspots
products derived from the natural environment
8. Making direct measurements
uncentered commercial strip development
extinction
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
commensalism
9. An organism that can make its own food
nonrenewable resource
economic value of forests
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
producer
10. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
debt-for-nature swap
emigration
greenhouse gases
carrying capacity
11. Species that are carried to a new location by people
nodules
exotic species
parasitism
name examples of land cover
12. All the members of one species in a particular area
adaptation
carnivore
resource management
population
13. By increasing the need for people to drive
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
niche
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
A principal of smart growth
14. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
commensalism
habitat fragmentation
biome
risk
15. Amount of land each person uses
decomposer
per capita land consumption
mutualism
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
16. Chemicals that cause cancer
teratogens
secondary succession
fire suppression
carcinogens
17. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
habitat fragment
population
environmental science
prescribed fires
18. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
risk
food chain
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
habitat preservation
19. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
lead
keystone species
population
extirpation
20. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
niche
name examples of infrastructure
herbivore
resource management
21. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
species
prescribed burns
nonrenewable resource
latitudinal gradient
22. Contamination of land - water - or air
species diversity
habitat
pollution
name examples of land cover
23. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
per capita land consumption
ecology
greenhouse gases
resource
24. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
prescribed fires
rural area
wildlife corridor
decomposer
25. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
vector
name examples of infrastructure
keystone species
producer
26. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
exotic species
clear-cutting
population
greenhouse gases
27. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
clear-cutting
automobile
emerging disease
high levels of biodiversity
28. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
overfishing
abiotic factor
decomposer
29. Watering crops
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30. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
competition
habitat fragmentation
parasitism
sustainable cities can
31. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
genetic diversity
sustainable yield
exotic species
extinction
32. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
resource
per capita land consumption
fire suppression
mapping biodiversity hotspots
33. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
parasitism
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
per capita land consumption
biodiversity
34. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
symbiosis
endangered species
35. Has the highest amount of species diversity
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
resource
insects
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
36. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
ecotourism
biomagnification
decomposer
biological hazards
37. Help improve the standard of living for residents
per capita land consumption
uncentered commercial strip development
name examples of land cover
sustainable cities can
38. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
renewable resource
sustainable cities can
resource
carnivore
39. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
A principal of smart growth
overfishing
name examples of infrastructure
captive breeding
40. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
food web
mapping biodiversity hotspots
pathogen
41. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
keystone species
risk
lead
42. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
rural area
name examples of infrastructure
sustainable yield
urbanization
43. Are carefully controlled
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
prescribed burns
species diversity
selective cutting
44. A consumer that eats only animals
greenhouse gases
carnivore
products derived from the natural environment
habitat fragment
45. The loss of a natural habitat
mapping biodiversity hotspots
habitat destruction
scavenger
secondary succession
46. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
primary succession
renewable resource
products derived from the natural environment
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
47. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
overfishing
teratogens
greenhouse gases
fire suppression
48. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
abiotic factor
uncentered commercial strip development
vector
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
49. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
deforestation
captive breeding
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
immigration
50. Moving into a population
threatened
immigration
niche
competition