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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. Provide wood
economic value of forests
niche
habitat fragmentation
teratogens
2. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
biomagnification
biological hazards
population
captive breeding
3. Building up not out
risk
extirpation
per capita land consumption
A principal of smart growth
4. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
noise polution
pollution
nodules
5. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
wildlife corridor
nitrogen fixation
debt-for-nature swap
risk assessment
6. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
prescribed fires
urban area
herbivore
primary succession
7. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
economic value of forests
exotic species
risk assessment
8. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
global warming
habitat fragmentation
nitrogen fixation
vector
9. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
toxicant
renewable sources
herbivore
abiotic factor
10. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
emigration
name examples of land cover
latitudinal gradient
biodiversity
11. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
economic value of forests
habitat
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
consumer
12. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
mapping biodiversity hotspots
rural area
renewable resource
herbivore
13. Using public transportation
epidemiology
food chain
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
biomagnification
14. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
captive breeding programs
emigration
biological hazards
biotic factor
15. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
prey
renewable sources
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
nodules
16. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
niche
deforestation
prey
17. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
poaching
warming temperatures
fishery
food web
18. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
conservation
latitudinal gradient
extinction
mutualism
19. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
scavenger
carrying capacity
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
species diversity
20. 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
epidemiology
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
emerging disease
lead
21. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
warming temperatures
mutualism
symbiosis
carcinogens
22. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
commensalism
resource
wildlife corridor
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
23. The number of different species in an area
biotic factor
prescribed fires
clear-cutting
biodiversity
24. Habitat change and fragmentation
ecology
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
consumer
Smokey the Bear's message
25. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
open space
high levels of biodiversity
insects
latitudinal gradient
26. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
nitrogen fixation
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
biotic factor
sustainable yield
27. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
carrying capacity
biotic factor
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
28. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
clear-cutting
emigration
species
risk assessment
29. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
food chain
endangered
producer
products derived from the natural environment
30. Causes a cooling effect
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31. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
habitat fragment
prescribed burns
population
extirpation
32. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
infants
name examples of infrastructure
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
33. The loss of a natural habitat
herbivore
food web
habitat destruction
pollution
34. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
rural area
carbon footprint
abiotic factor
name examples of infrastructure
35. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
food chain
fishery
biome
predator
36. Pollution from a factory near your school
competition
resource
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
infants
37. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
urbanization
conservation
greenhouse gases
deforestation
38. Has the highest amount of species diversity
urbanization
sustainable yield
insects
secondary succession
39. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
sustainable cities can
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
food chain
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
40. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
overfishing
genetic diversity
selective cutting
global warming
41. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
prescribed burns
nitrogen fixation
urbanization
competition
42. Contamination of land - water - or air
extirpation
nitrogen fixation
name examples of infrastructure
pollution
43. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
threatened
sustainable cities can
environmental science
ecology
44. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
renewable resource
abiotic factor
captive breeding programs
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
45. Chemicals that cause cancer
habitat fragment
deforestation
carcinogens
ecosystem diversity
46. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
prescribed fires
risk
environmental science
teratogens
47. Organism that carries pathogens
exotic species
fire suppression
vector
genetic diversity
48. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
name examples of land cover
habitat preservation
habitat fragment
food web
49. An organism that can make its own food
selective cutting
wildlife corridor
name examples of infrastructure
producer
50. Species that are carried to a new location by people
decomposer
exotic species
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
ecotourism