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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
economic value of forests
extirpation
fire suppression
threatened
2. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
commensalism
symbiosis
nitrogen fixation
carnivore
3. Fires that are set by humans
sustainable cities can
prescribed fires
herbivore
resource
4. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
insects
extirpation
high levels of biodiversity
5. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
toxicant
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
economic value of forests
6. Pollution from a factory near your school
renewable resource
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
consumer
A principal of smart growth
7. The loss of a natural habitat
rural area
global warming
habitat destruction
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
8. A consumer that eats only plants
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
debt-for-nature swap
warming temperatures
herbivore
9. Chemicals that cause cancer
habitat preservation
per capita land consumption
fishery
carcinogens
10. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
carbon footprint
fire suppression
biodiversity
symbiosis
11. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
species diversity
biome
environmental science
ecosystem diversity
12. Has the highest amount of species diversity
insects
products derived from the natural environment
teratogens
pathogen
13. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
urban area
prescribed burns
genetic diversity
habitat preservation
14. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
greenhouse gases
immigration
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
parasitism
15. 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
scavenger
warming temperatures
endangered
16. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
infants
prey
mutualism
biotic factor
17. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
nonrenewable resource
threatened
herbivore
greenhouse gases
18. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
prescribed fires
latitudinal gradient
greenhouse gases
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
19. The largest population that an area can support
carrying capacity
deforestation
symbiosis
wildlife corridor
20. Watering crops
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21. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
adaptation
primary succession
products derived from the natural environment
symbiosis
22. Amount of land each person uses
nitrogen fixation
per capita land consumption
biological hazards
global warming
23. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
threatened
rural area
niche
adaptation
24. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
clear-cutting
conservation
sustainable yield
renewable resource
25. All the members of one species in a particular area
commensalism
ecosystem diversity
toxicant
population
26. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
scavenger
urbanization
extinction
prey
27. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
conservation
food web
competition
rural area
28. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
resource
threatened
environmental science
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
29. Sex - weight - and health issues
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
latitudinal gradient
insects
habitat fragmentation
30. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
threatened
risk
captive breeding
biome
31. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
noise polution
keystone species
extinction
Smokey the Bear's message
32. Organism that carries pathogens
Smokey the Bear's message
vector
nonrenewable resource
captive breeding
33. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
symbiosis
automobile
endangered species
risk assessment
34. Can result in a decrease of property damage
secondary succession
extinction
species
fire suppression
35. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
food web
primary succession
resource
36. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
biotic factor
infants
resource management
decomposer
37. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
carnivore
habitat
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
ecology
38. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
biological hazards
species diversity
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
extirpation
39. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
ecotourism
resource
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
species
40. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
debt-for-nature swap
food chain
41. Burning fossil fuels
prescribed fires
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
species diversity
renewable resource
42. The number of different species in an area
epidemiology
biodiversity
wildlife corridor
prey
43. Species that are carried to a new location by people
Smokey the Bear's message
infants
exotic species
biome
44. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
mapping biodiversity hotspots
uncentered commercial strip development
competition
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
45. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
urban area
population
parasitism
resource
46. Causes a cooling effect
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47. Help improve the standard of living for residents
sustainable yield
latitudinal gradient
primary succession
sustainable cities can
48. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
habitat fragment
mapping biodiversity hotspots
competition
open space
49. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
debt-for-nature swap
predator
prescribed burns
biotic factor
50. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
A principal of smart growth
species diversity
nonrenewable resource
genetic diversity