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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 highest level of biodiversity
ecosystem diversity
epidemiology
abiotic factor
nonrenewable resource
2. A consumer that eats only animals
nodules
carnivore
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
noise polution
3. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
renewable sources
name examples of land cover
risk assessment
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
4. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
herbivore
parasitism
mutualism
fire suppression
5. The loss of a natural habitat
sustainable cities can
habitat destruction
emerging disease
lead
6. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
predator
teratogens
consumer
global warming
7. A species that is at risk of extinction
overfishing
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
endangered species
exotic species
8. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
environmental science
exotic species
habitat fragment
renewable resource
9. Sex - weight - and health issues
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
population
immigration
clear-cutting
10. Fires that are set by humans
conservation
nonrenewable resource
prescribed fires
parasitism
11. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
open space
carnivore
deforestation
carrying capacity
12. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
environmental science
captive breeding
biological hazards
prescribed burns
13. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
ecology
prey
deforestation
per capita land consumption
14. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
open space
rural area
biodiversity
adaptation
15. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
urban area
habitat fragmentation
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
threatened
16. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
global warming
niche
genetic diversity
automobile
17. Using public transportation
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
per capita land consumption
adaptation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
18. Moving into a population
immigration
commensalism
high levels of biodiversity
symbiosis
19. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
noise polution
competition
A principal of smart growth
biomagnification
20. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
commensalism
prescribed fires
scavenger
toxicant
21. Species that are carried to a new location by people
warming temperatures
environmental science
carnivore
exotic species
22. All the members of one species in a particular area
genetic diversity
population
deforestation
warming temperatures
23. Causes a cooling effect
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24. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
open space
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
niche
nodules
25. Rising sea level
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
food web
prescribed burns
26. Watering crops
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27. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
global warming
predator
resource management
habitat
28. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
commensalism
risk assessment
consumer
biome
29. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
epidemiology
prescribed burns
economic value of forests
rural area
30. Leaving a population
environmental science
emigration
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
prescribed burns
31. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
noise polution
ecology
debt-for-nature swap
secondary succession
32. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
nitrogen fixation
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
herbivore
habitat fragment
33. Burning fossil fuels
endangered species
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
deforestation
Smokey the Bear's message
34. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
economic value of forests
carcinogens
latitudinal gradient
biome
35. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
uncentered commercial strip development
primary succession
prescribed burns
36. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
producer
global warming
endangered
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
37. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
mutualism
parasitism
species
species diversity
38. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
overfishing
species diversity
resource management
symbiosis
39. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
resource management
sustainable cities can
habitat preservation
primary succession
40. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
habitat
warming temperatures
emigration
per capita land consumption
41. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
primary succession
overfishing
prescribed fires
captive breeding programs
42. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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43. Building up not out
carcinogens
A principal of smart growth
vector
environmental science
44. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
prey
products derived from the natural environment
biodiversity
fire suppression
45. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
economic value of forests
latitudinal gradient
habitat fragment
uncentered commercial strip development
46. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
omnivore
prey
carbon footprint
high levels of biodiversity
47. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
clear-cutting
scavenger
toxicant
48. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
risk
symbiosis
urban area
secondary succession
49. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
nitrogen fixation
resource
latitudinal gradient
prescribed fires
50. The largest population that an area can support
carrying capacity
epidemiology
mutualism
prescribed fires