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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. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
sustainable yield
resource
risk assessment
teratogens
2. Can result in a decrease of property damage
emerging disease
deforestation
fire suppression
urbanization
3. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
pollution
vector
symbiosis
keystone species
4. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
risk
prey
debt-for-nature swap
mapping biodiversity hotspots
5. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
habitat preservation
immigration
risk assessment
lead
6. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
nodules
captive breeding programs
predator
ecotourism
7. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
competition
niche
renewable resource
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
8. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
uncentered commercial strip development
lead
carcinogens
consumer
9. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
keystone species
teratogens
per capita land consumption
overfishing
10. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
economic value of forests
food chain
threatened
high levels of biodiversity
11. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
species
deforestation
nodules
infants
12. A living part of an organism's habitat
sustainable yield
mapping biodiversity hotspots
biotic factor
fire suppression
13. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
consumer
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
14. Help improve the standard of living for residents
sustainable cities can
prey
parasitism
teratogens
15. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
rural area
open space
scavenger
economic value of forests
16. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
immigration
endangered species
captive breeding
environmental science
17. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
economic value of forests
fishery
uncentered commercial strip development
open space
18. Causes a cooling effect
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19. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
producer
threatened
risk assessment
nodules
20. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
extirpation
ecotourism
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
21. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
captive breeding
infants
carrying capacity
ecology
22. All the members of one species in a particular area
name examples of land cover
population
resource
Smokey the Bear's message
23. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
clear-cutting
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
carnivore
products derived from the natural environment
24. Amount of land each person uses
habitat
vector
herbivore
per capita land consumption
25. Are carefully controlled
name examples of infrastructure
habitat fragmentation
vector
prescribed burns
26. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
mutualism
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
commensalism
uncentered commercial strip development
27. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
economic value of forests
secondary succession
scavenger
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
28. Organism that carries pathogens
risk assessment
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
vector
nitrogen fixation
29. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
adaptation
nonrenewable resource
carcinogens
sustainable yield
30. Leaving a population
carcinogens
urbanization
emigration
vector
31. An organism that can make its own food
epidemiology
producer
infants
emigration
32. Provide wood
decomposer
keystone species
economic value of forests
Smokey the Bear's message
33. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
carbon footprint
infants
endangered
immigration
34. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
warming temperatures
ecology
genetic diversity
ecotourism
35. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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36. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
biomagnification
poaching
endangered species
global warming
37. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
habitat fragmentation
per capita land consumption
urbanization
risk assessment
38. Building up not out
nitrogen fixation
rural area
A principal of smart growth
exotic species
39. Making direct measurements
adaptation
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
prescribed fires
40. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
genetic diversity
species diversity
41. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
products derived from the natural environment
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
economic value of forests
wildlife corridor
42. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
producer
primary succession
habitat
biome
43. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
rural area
abiotic factor
deforestation
latitudinal gradient
44. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
exotic species
per capita land consumption
resource management
biomagnification
45. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
urbanization
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
consumer
parasitism
46. Deals with biological hazards
fishery
biomagnification
epidemiology
products derived from the natural environment
47. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
scavenger
habitat fragmentation
fire suppression
food chain
48. A consumer that eats only plants
endangered species
carcinogens
herbivore
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
49. A consumer that eats only animals
commensalism
carnivore
carcinogens
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
50. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
threatened
ecology
carcinogens