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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. Help improve the standard of living for residents
conservation
captive breeding programs
sustainable cities can
economic value of forests
2. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
nitrogen fixation
carcinogens
captive breeding
food chain
3. Moving into a population
prescribed fires
immigration
open space
prey
4. Chemicals that cause cancer
teratogens
endangered
carnivore
carcinogens
5. Amount of land each person uses
abiotic factor
per capita land consumption
selective cutting
global warming
6. Habitat change and fragmentation
pathogen
conservation
vector
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
7. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
captive breeding programs
habitat preservation
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
8. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
adaptation
abiotic factor
environmental science
9. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
name examples of infrastructure
biomagnification
carrying capacity
10. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
habitat fragmentation
fishery
captive breeding
ecotourism
11. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
habitat preservation
carrying capacity
competition
automobile
12. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
deforestation
habitat destruction
uncentered commercial strip development
wildlife corridor
13. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
name examples of infrastructure
nonrenewable resource
ecology
species diversity
14. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
risk assessment
extirpation
ecology
15. Are carefully controlled
emerging disease
economic value of forests
food chain
prescribed burns
16. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
ecology
threatened
abiotic factor
infants
17. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
latitudinal gradient
secondary succession
immigration
emerging disease
18. Can result in a decrease of property damage
genetic diversity
fire suppression
risk assessment
fishery
19. Building up not out
A principal of smart growth
risk assessment
economic value of forests
resource management
20. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
keystone species
lead
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
clear-cutting
21. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
competition
population
nodules
A principal of smart growth
22. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
exotic species
nodules
scavenger
renewable resource
23. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
fishery
open space
food web
sustainable cities can
24. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
habitat preservation
ecotourism
fishery
uncentered commercial strip development
25. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
immigration
uncentered commercial strip development
rural area
warming temperatures
26. All the members of one species in a particular area
overfishing
selective cutting
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
population
27. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
food web
Smokey the Bear's message
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
urbanization
28. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
secondary succession
lead
habitat destruction
noise polution
29. Leaving a population
emigration
carrying capacity
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
carnivore
30. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
predator
habitat
carrying capacity
overfishing
31. A consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
symbiosis
primary succession
emerging disease
32. Watering crops
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33. Sex - weight - and health issues
decomposer
vector
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
per capita land consumption
34. Has the highest amount of species diversity
ecotourism
habitat
insects
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
35. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
resource management
rural area
noise polution
Smokey the Bear's message
36. Contamination of land - water - or air
latitudinal gradient
pollution
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
wildlife corridor
37. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
sustainable yield
high levels of biodiversity
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
global warming
38. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
prescribed fires
omnivore
extinction
selective cutting
39. Causes a cooling effect
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40. Provide wood
nonrenewable resource
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
captive breeding programs
economic value of forests
41. The practice of protecting the environment
renewable resource
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
name examples of land cover
conservation
42. The loss of a natural habitat
high levels of biodiversity
keystone species
automobile
habitat destruction
43. A disease that has appeared in the human population for the first time or that has existed for a while but is increasing rapidly and spreading around the world
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
emerging disease
resource management
global warming
44. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
biological hazards
habitat
resource management
urbanization
45. The largest population that an area can support
A principal of smart growth
name examples of infrastructure
greenhouse gases
carrying capacity
46. Shift of population from countryside to cities
urbanization
species diversity
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
uncentered commercial strip development
47. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
biome
name examples of land cover
lead
48. Species that are carried to a new location by people
symbiosis
exotic species
overfishing
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
49. The highest level of biodiversity
fishery
latitudinal gradient
ecosystem diversity
captive breeding
50. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
infants
clear-cutting
nonrenewable resource
secondary succession