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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 number of different species in an area
genetic diversity
ecotourism
biodiversity
habitat fragment
2. Building up not out
emigration
pollution
A principal of smart growth
insects
3. Causes a cooling effect
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4. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
scavenger
extinction
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
species diversity
5. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
nonrenewable resource
competition
resource
population
6. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
endangered
biome
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
teratogens
7. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
niche
endangered species
herbivore
pathogen
8. The highest level of biodiversity
overfishing
wildlife corridor
habitat fragmentation
ecosystem diversity
9. By increasing the need for people to drive
abiotic factor
emigration
infants
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
10. Watering crops
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11. Rising sea level
niche
biodiversity
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
teratogens
12. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
exotic species
endangered
carbon footprint
captive breeding
13. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
secondary succession
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
adaptation
resource management
14. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
carbon footprint
risk assessment
habitat destruction
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
15. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
lead
environmental science
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
ecology
16. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
prescribed fires
habitat
captive breeding programs
mapping biodiversity hotspots
17. All the members of one species in a particular area
immigration
population
ecology
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
18. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
emerging disease
latitudinal gradient
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
food chain
19. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
scavenger
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
keystone species
20. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
lead
captive breeding
emerging disease
renewable resource
21. A species that could become endangered in the near future
infants
threatened
fishery
environmental science
22. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
omnivore
global warming
nonrenewable resource
consumer
23. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
exotic species
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
habitat preservation
carnivore
24. Chemicals that cause cancer
carcinogens
nonrenewable resource
A principal of smart growth
name examples of land cover
25. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
toxicant
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
prescribed fires
products derived from the natural environment
26. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
noise polution
endangered
automobile
food chain
27. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
ecotourism
global warming
extinction
28. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
ecotourism
rural area
open space
fishery
29. Provide wood
prescribed burns
nodules
high levels of biodiversity
economic value of forests
30. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
habitat fragment
teratogens
nodules
deforestation
31. Leaving a population
emigration
overfishing
population
captive breeding
32. Can result in a decrease of property damage
fire suppression
food web
primary succession
epidemiology
33. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
mapping biodiversity hotspots
endangered
habitat fragmentation
global warming
34. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
high levels of biodiversity
habitat preservation
greenhouse gases
food web
35. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
uncentered commercial strip development
captive breeding programs
warming temperatures
high levels of biodiversity
36. A consumer that eats only plants
adaptation
debt-for-nature swap
extinction
herbivore
37. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
predator
name examples of infrastructure
habitat preservation
conservation
38. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
captive breeding
prescribed burns
products derived from the natural environment
abiotic factor
39. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
predator
teratogens
habitat
producer
40. Fires that are set by humans
omnivore
prey
latitudinal gradient
prescribed fires
41. Moving into a population
threatened
extinction
immigration
habitat
42. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
prey
nodules
food chain
wildlife corridor
43. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
epidemiology
mapping biodiversity hotspots
overfishing
greenhouse gases
44. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
open space
pathogen
niche
competition
45. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
habitat
urbanization
greenhouse gases
prey
46. Help improve the standard of living for residents
food web
sustainable cities can
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
habitat fragment
47. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
emerging disease
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
urbanization
48. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
commensalism
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
consumer
latitudinal gradient
49. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
nitrogen fixation
ecosystem diversity
Smokey the Bear's message
carrying capacity
50. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
name examples of land cover
primary succession
parasitism
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled