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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Sex - weight - and health issues
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
producer
herbivore
rural area
2. By increasing the need for people to drive
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
omnivore
debt-for-nature swap
urban area
3. Causes a cooling effect
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4. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
high levels of biodiversity
renewable resource
carnivore
noise polution
5. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
food chain
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
vector
resource
6. Chemicals that cause cancer
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
renewable sources
carcinogens
latitudinal gradient
7. The largest population that an area can support
genetic diversity
global warming
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
carrying capacity
8. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
habitat destruction
prescribed fires
fishery
9. Pollution from a factory near your school
greenhouse gases
name examples of land cover
secondary succession
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
10. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
deforestation
fishery
fire suppression
resource management
11. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
carbon footprint
products derived from the natural environment
primary succession
debt-for-nature swap
12. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
uncentered commercial strip development
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
extinction
poaching
13. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
exotic species
nodules
urbanization
commensalism
14. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
habitat fragmentation
consumer
latitudinal gradient
extirpation
15. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
habitat fragmentation
lead
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
16. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
biological hazards
keystone species
vector
risk
17. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
competition
poaching
sustainable cities can
carrying capacity
18. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
A principal of smart growth
infants
per capita land consumption
commensalism
19. Contamination of land - water - or air
renewable resource
habitat fragment
Smokey the Bear's message
pollution
20. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
Smokey the Bear's message
prescribed fires
name examples of land cover
resource management
21. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
immigration
warming temperatures
consumer
wildlife corridor
22. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
predator
ecotourism
vector
environmental science
23. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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24. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
warming temperatures
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
habitat fragment
emigration
25. Amount of land each person uses
carnivore
biome
risk assessment
per capita land consumption
26. A species that could become endangered in the near future
insects
deforestation
keystone species
threatened
27. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
pollution
endangered species
primary succession
niche
28. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
pollution
decomposer
emigration
biomagnification
29. The number of different species in an area
biodiversity
name examples of infrastructure
extirpation
nonrenewable resource
30. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
endangered
automobile
fishery
food web
31. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
urban area
toxicant
mapping biodiversity hotspots
ecotourism
32. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
biological hazards
threatened
urban area
sustainable yield
33. The highest level of biodiversity
ecosystem diversity
predator
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
A principal of smart growth
34. Can result in a decrease of property damage
urbanization
fire suppression
infants
competition
35. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
mutualism
renewable resource
noise polution
teratogens
36. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
genetic diversity
biological hazards
herbivore
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
37. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
debt-for-nature swap
nitrogen fixation
fishery
prey
38. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
omnivore
habitat fragment
commensalism
greenhouse gases
39. A species that is at risk of extinction
habitat fragmentation
risk assessment
environmental science
endangered species
40. Species that are carried to a new location by people
economic value of forests
latitudinal gradient
exotic species
urban area
41. Moving into a population
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
latitudinal gradient
immigration
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
42. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
renewable sources
ecology
abiotic factor
commensalism
43. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
biodiversity
food chain
lead
captive breeding programs
44. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
rural area
warming temperatures
predator
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
45. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
decomposer
exotic species
abiotic factor
keystone species
46. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
insects
keystone species
clear-cutting
commensalism
47. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
fishery
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
rural area
noise polution
48. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
omnivore
fishery
secondary succession
endangered species
49. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
immigration
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
overfishing
50. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
noise polution
ecotourism
endangered
biomagnification