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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. Causes a cooling effect
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2. The highest level of biodiversity
immigration
lead
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
ecosystem diversity
3. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
carnivore
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
conservation
infants
4. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
parasitism
carnivore
A principal of smart growth
keystone species
5. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
producer
wildlife corridor
commensalism
conservation
6. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
debt-for-nature swap
global warming
exotic species
risk assessment
7. A consumer that eats only animals
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
population
risk assessment
carnivore
8. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
carrying capacity
ecology
open space
9. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
threatened
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
risk assessment
habitat fragment
10. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
open space
emigration
11. A living part of an organism's habitat
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
environmental science
biotic factor
abiotic factor
12. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
products derived from the natural environment
captive breeding programs
resource
name examples of infrastructure
13. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
endangered
adaptation
biomagnification
herbivore
14. An organism that can make its own food
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
parasitism
carbon footprint
producer
15. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
herbivore
genetic diversity
nodules
pathogen
16. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
ecology
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
extinction
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
17. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
immigration
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
clear-cutting
symbiosis
18. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
environmental science
economic value of forests
infants
19. Using public transportation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
keystone species
carrying capacity
predator
20. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
environmental science
habitat preservation
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
21. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
adaptation
scavenger
carrying capacity
food web
22. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
parasitism
clear-cutting
sustainable cities can
lead
23. Amount of land each person uses
extinction
renewable sources
name examples of infrastructure
per capita land consumption
24. Contamination of land - water - or air
pollution
automobile
nonrenewable resource
wildlife corridor
25. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
greenhouse gases
risk assessment
biodiversity
nodules
26. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
prey
primary succession
niche
noise polution
27. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
insects
niche
economic value of forests
rural area
28. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
exotic species
extinction
fishery
captive breeding programs
29. Deals with biological hazards
epidemiology
urban area
risk
economic value of forests
30. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
nitrogen fixation
prescribed fires
urban area
food chain
31. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
rural area
conservation
exotic species
extinction
32. A species that is at risk of extinction
endangered species
sustainable cities can
captive breeding
ecology
33. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
genetic diversity
nonrenewable resource
biodiversity
34. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
renewable sources
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
captive breeding programs
economic value of forests
35. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
Smokey the Bear's message
food chain
automobile
habitat fragmentation
36. The largest population that an area can support
niche
carrying capacity
captive breeding programs
per capita land consumption
37. Sex - weight - and health issues
symbiosis
endangered
emerging disease
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
38. Chemicals that cause cancer
fishery
environmental science
biotic factor
carcinogens
39. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
biomagnification
endangered species
genetic diversity
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
40. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
fishery
adaptation
debt-for-nature swap
warming temperatures
41. Moving into a population
secondary succession
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
immigration
pollution
42. Species that are carried to a new location by people
fishery
captive breeding
exotic species
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
43. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
poaching
consumer
producer
noise polution
44. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
biological hazards
endangered
ecotourism
producer
45. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
captive breeding
risk
species diversity
46. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
overfishing
biomagnification
scavenger
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
47. Building up not out
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
A principal of smart growth
emerging disease
48. A consumer that eats only plants
keystone species
herbivore
products derived from the natural environment
open space
49. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
products derived from the natural environment
deforestation
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
50. Help improve the standard of living for residents
debt-for-nature swap
sustainable cities can
lead
niche