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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. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
ecology
commensalism
species
economic value of forests
2. Species that are carried to a new location by people
exotic species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
resource
ecotourism
3. All the members of one species in a particular area
secondary succession
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
biotic factor
population
4. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
scavenger
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
global warming
predator
5. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
prescribed fires
parasitism
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
6. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
scavenger
niche
warming temperatures
adaptation
7. The practice of protecting the environment
insects
conservation
pathogen
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
8. Fires that are set by humans
habitat fragment
prescribed fires
adaptation
symbiosis
9. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
emerging disease
insects
teratogens
resource management
10. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
carbon footprint
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
debt-for-nature swap
high levels of biodiversity
11. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
species diversity
carbon footprint
mapping biodiversity hotspots
commensalism
12. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
open space
lead
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
13. Has the highest amount of species diversity
insects
name examples of infrastructure
emigration
mutualism
14. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
products derived from the natural environment
genetic diversity
prescribed burns
mapping biodiversity hotspots
15. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
selective cutting
endangered species
prescribed fires
niche
16. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
carrying capacity
risk
17. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
mutualism
wildlife corridor
exotic species
biomagnification
18. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
competition
rural area
epidemiology
parasitism
19. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
wildlife corridor
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
overfishing
carbon footprint
20. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
pathogen
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
ecology
epidemiology
21. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
carnivore
prescribed burns
A principal of smart growth
food chain
22. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
per capita land consumption
sustainable cities can
latitudinal gradient
extinction
23. A species that is at risk of extinction
sustainable cities can
emigration
captive breeding programs
endangered species
24. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
commensalism
exotic species
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
risk
25. Building up not out
exotic species
consumer
herbivore
A principal of smart growth
26. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
mapping biodiversity hotspots
carnivore
clear-cutting
captive breeding programs
27. Moving into a population
immigration
conservation
high levels of biodiversity
captive breeding
28. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
deforestation
urban area
vector
teratogens
29. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
nodules
captive breeding programs
renewable resource
automobile
30. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
name examples of infrastructure
fishery
per capita land consumption
biotic factor
31. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
wildlife corridor
teratogens
species diversity
32. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
captive breeding programs
primary succession
niche
high levels of biodiversity
33. An organism that can make its own food
producer
competition
teratogens
wildlife corridor
34. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
ecology
name examples of land cover
infants
sustainable yield
35. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
commensalism
renewable sources
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
sustainable cities can
36. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
species diversity
carcinogens
greenhouse gases
abiotic factor
37. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
abiotic factor
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
infants
vector
38. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
toxicant
overfishing
open space
epidemiology
39. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
predator
food chain
biological hazards
greenhouse gases
40. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
carbon footprint
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
extirpation
predator
41. Pollution from a factory near your school
carcinogens
keystone species
ecology
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
42. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
habitat fragment
symbiosis
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
economic value of forests
43. The number of different species in an area
poaching
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
biodiversity
immigration
44. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
renewable resource
automobile
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
captive breeding
45. Using public transportation
scavenger
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
captive breeding programs
omnivore
46. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
herbivore
prey
Smokey the Bear's message
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
47. Sex - weight - and health issues
greenhouse gases
food web
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
omnivore
48. A species that could become endangered in the near future
threatened
extinction
habitat fragmentation
global warming
49. Shift of population from countryside to cities
decomposer
nitrogen fixation
wildlife corridor
urbanization
50. Watering crops
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