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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 amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
high levels of biodiversity
carbon footprint
prescribed burns
threatened
2. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
food web
commensalism
prey
habitat fragmentation
3. Making direct measurements
urban area
captive breeding
primary succession
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
4. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
renewable resource
habitat fragmentation
per capita land consumption
competition
5. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
commensalism
Smokey the Bear's message
vector
abiotic factor
6. Pollution from a factory near your school
habitat destruction
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
urbanization
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
7. Are carefully controlled
greenhouse gases
pollution
emerging disease
prescribed burns
8. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
overfishing
habitat fragmentation
commensalism
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
9. All the members of one species in a particular area
renewable sources
lead
population
extinction
10. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
captive breeding programs
genetic diversity
keystone species
high levels of biodiversity
11. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
wildlife corridor
ecotourism
extirpation
urban area
12. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
niche
food web
species diversity
teratogens
13. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
primary succession
sustainable yield
prescribed burns
scavenger
14. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
renewable resource
captive breeding
ecosystem diversity
endangered
15. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
resource management
genetic diversity
food chain
infants
16. Contamination of land - water - or air
renewable resource
pollution
economic value of forests
pathogen
17. The largest population that an area can support
greenhouse gases
emigration
carrying capacity
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
18. Can result in a decrease of property damage
commensalism
warming temperatures
immigration
fire suppression
19. Organism that carries pathogens
vector
species
captive breeding programs
omnivore
20. Help improve the standard of living for residents
producer
name examples of land cover
sustainable cities can
risk assessment
21. An organism that can make its own food
herbivore
biological hazards
producer
threatened
22. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
prey
environmental science
resource management
deforestation
23. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
immigration
global warming
endangered
24. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
carnivore
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
environmental science
rural area
25. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
automobile
name examples of infrastructure
ecotourism
26. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
emigration
conservation
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
habitat preservation
27. Using public transportation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
scavenger
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
selective cutting
28. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
genetic diversity
biological hazards
high levels of biodiversity
29. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
renewable sources
nonrenewable resource
name examples of land cover
infants
30. Burning fossil fuels
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
prescribed fires
habitat preservation
food web
31. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
resource management
scavenger
economic value of forests
extinction
32. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
open space
fishery
omnivore
33. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
lead
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
endangered species
high levels of biodiversity
34. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
habitat fragmentation
predator
extirpation
lead
35. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
debt-for-nature swap
clear-cutting
prey
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
36. The loss of a natural habitat
habitat destruction
extinction
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
abiotic factor
37. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
population
high levels of biodiversity
omnivore
38. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
biome
fishery
symbiosis
adaptation
39. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
consumer
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
resource management
greenhouse gases
40. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
greenhouse gases
products derived from the natural environment
automobile
species diversity
41. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
exotic species
mapping biodiversity hotspots
ecotourism
A principal of smart growth
42. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
scavenger
clear-cutting
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
43. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
lead
rural area
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
44. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
ecology
resource
risk assessment
global warming
45. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
biomagnification
clear-cutting
per capita land consumption
mapping biodiversity hotspots
46. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
parasitism
pathogen
endangered species
niche
47. Shift of population from countryside to cities
threatened
ecotourism
high levels of biodiversity
urbanization
48. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
nitrogen fixation
warming temperatures
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
sustainable cities can
49. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
high levels of biodiversity
primary succession
deforestation
symbiosis
50. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
name examples of land cover
warming temperatures
herbivore
species