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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The largest population that an area can support
carrying capacity
sustainable yield
species
high levels of biodiversity
2. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
producer
teratogens
mapping biodiversity hotspots
sustainable cities can
3. Causes a cooling effect
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4. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
omnivore
biome
predator
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
5. Moving into a population
immigration
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
primary succession
prey
6. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
endangered
insects
mutualism
teratogens
7. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
omnivore
carbon footprint
risk
fishery
8. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
name examples of land cover
emigration
latitudinal gradient
9. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
noise polution
rural area
ecotourism
poaching
10. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
latitudinal gradient
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
uncentered commercial strip development
nitrogen fixation
11. An organism that can make its own food
fire suppression
producer
latitudinal gradient
resource management
12. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
threatened
emerging disease
secondary succession
13. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
symbiosis
emigration
species
environmental science
14. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
nonrenewable resource
endangered species
prescribed fires
food chain
15. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
habitat fragment
parasitism
abiotic factor
warming temperatures
16. Building up not out
name examples of infrastructure
noise polution
biomagnification
A principal of smart growth
17. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
habitat fragment
Smokey the Bear's message
rural area
name examples of land cover
18. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
deforestation
nonrenewable resource
consumer
19. Shift of population from countryside to cities
urbanization
clear-cutting
exotic species
conservation
20. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
overfishing
population
food chain
nodules
21. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
endangered species
selective cutting
competition
ecology
22. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
captive breeding
teratogens
herbivore
keystone species
23. Rising sea level
global warming
pollution
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
population
24. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
wildlife corridor
resource management
fire suppression
economic value of forests
25. Leaving a population
emigration
prescribed fires
clear-cutting
biomagnification
26. Organism that carries pathogens
debt-for-nature swap
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
vector
carbon footprint
27. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
commensalism
prey
name examples of infrastructure
name examples of land cover
28. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
biomagnification
biome
prescribed fires
habitat fragmentation
29. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
extinction
nonrenewable resource
mutualism
ecology
30. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
economic value of forests
resource
warming temperatures
food chain
31. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
species diversity
fishery
habitat preservation
biological hazards
32. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
name examples of infrastructure
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
decomposer
habitat
33. Are carefully controlled
Smokey the Bear's message
prescribed burns
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
habitat
34. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
competition
population
automobile
emerging disease
35. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
infants
nonrenewable resource
insects
habitat preservation
36. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
insects
overfishing
renewable sources
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
37. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
latitudinal gradient
endangered
vector
noise polution
38. 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
emerging disease
habitat fragmentation
prescribed fires
products derived from the natural environment
39. The practice of protecting the environment
risk assessment
habitat
conservation
food web
40. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
immigration
wildlife corridor
fishery
adaptation
41. A living part of an organism's habitat
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
extinction
lead
biotic factor
42. Deals with biological hazards
open space
epidemiology
herbivore
genetic diversity
43. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
epidemiology
food chain
ecology
risk assessment
44. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
mutualism
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
biome
prescribed burns
45. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
infants
greenhouse gases
per capita land consumption
insects
46. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
risk assessment
competition
food web
deforestation
47. Burning fossil fuels
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
producer
automobile
resource management
48. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
parasitism
food chain
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
abiotic factor
49. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
resource
endangered
vector
prescribed burns
50. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
prey
renewable resource
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
uncentered commercial strip development
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