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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. Building up not out
A principal of smart growth
carnivore
carbon footprint
Smokey the Bear's message
2. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
renewable resource
commensalism
resource management
habitat fragment
3. By increasing the need for people to drive
per capita land consumption
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
Smokey the Bear's message
biological hazards
4. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
fire suppression
immigration
noise polution
biotic factor
5. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
debt-for-nature swap
overfishing
food chain
renewable resource
6. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
teratogens
nonrenewable resource
food chain
mutualism
7. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
greenhouse gases
latitudinal gradient
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
emigration
8. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
epidemiology
sustainable cities can
adaptation
nodules
9. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
automobile
carcinogens
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
extirpation
10. Sex - weight - and health issues
economic value of forests
fishery
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
11. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
food web
scavenger
uncentered commercial strip development
extinction
12. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
name examples of infrastructure
open space
pathogen
population
13. Shift of population from countryside to cities
urbanization
exotic species
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
economic value of forests
14. A living part of an organism's habitat
toxicant
products derived from the natural environment
species
biotic factor
15. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
mapping biodiversity hotspots
omnivore
risk
teratogens
16. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
insects
risk assessment
biomagnification
17. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
rural area
vector
selective cutting
primary succession
18. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
uncentered commercial strip development
carnivore
scavenger
wildlife corridor
19. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
lead
exotic species
teratogens
clear-cutting
20. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
scavenger
deforestation
captive breeding programs
symbiosis
21. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
toxicant
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
resource
global warming
22. Habitat change and fragmentation
pathogen
commensalism
open space
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
23. Are carefully controlled
carcinogens
prescribed burns
open space
warming temperatures
24. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
urban area
wildlife corridor
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
teratogens
25. Has the highest amount of species diversity
biological hazards
high levels of biodiversity
endangered
insects
26. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
economic value of forests
resource
urbanization
ecotourism
27. All the members of one species in a particular area
population
symbiosis
carbon footprint
genetic diversity
28. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
toxicant
biome
threatened
habitat fragment
29. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
overfishing
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
captive breeding
urbanization
30. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
prescribed fires
deforestation
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
extinction
31. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
A principal of smart growth
emigration
abiotic factor
resource
32. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
genetic diversity
selective cutting
immigration
abiotic factor
33. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
products derived from the natural environment
selective cutting
emerging disease
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
34. Watering crops
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35. The largest population that an area can support
carrying capacity
automobile
abiotic factor
keystone species
36. Amount of land each person uses
per capita land consumption
keystone species
deforestation
resource management
37. Pollution from a factory near your school
captive breeding programs
decomposer
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
38. The practice of protecting the environment
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
open space
conservation
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
39. Fires that are set by humans
fire suppression
risk assessment
prescribed fires
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
40. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
ecosystem diversity
population
urban area
name examples of land cover
41. Leaving a population
prescribed fires
biodiversity
emigration
overfishing
42. Can result in a decrease of property damage
poaching
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
fire suppression
food chain
43. The highest level of biodiversity
ecosystem diversity
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
genetic diversity
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
44. Organism that carries pathogens
nitrogen fixation
vector
noise polution
poaching
45. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
epidemiology
Smokey the Bear's message
nitrogen fixation
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
46. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
food chain
overfishing
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
epidemiology
47. Using public transportation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
automobile
species
48. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
consumer
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
toxicant
49. Burning fossil fuels
per capita land consumption
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
resource management
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
50. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
competition
conservation
A principal of smart growth
carbon footprint