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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Sex - weight - and health issues
threatened
name examples of land cover
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
uncentered commercial strip development
2. Burning fossil fuels
sustainable yield
economic value of forests
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
greenhouse gases
3. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
adaptation
per capita land consumption
producer
name examples of land cover
4. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
endangered species
clear-cutting
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
adaptation
5. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
vector
teratogens
species
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
6. Using public transportation
resource management
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
carbon footprint
carnivore
7. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
mutualism
deforestation
population
8. A species that could become endangered in the near future
threatened
clear-cutting
carbon footprint
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
9. Habitat change and fragmentation
renewable sources
threatened
extinction
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
10. Species that are carried to a new location by people
ecotourism
exotic species
infants
symbiosis
11. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
food web
mapping biodiversity hotspots
sustainable cities can
food chain
12. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
warming temperatures
adaptation
mutualism
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
13. Are carefully controlled
deforestation
carbon footprint
population
prescribed burns
14. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
urban area
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
extirpation
secondary succession
15. The loss of a natural habitat
habitat destruction
biotic factor
abiotic factor
warming temperatures
16. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
habitat fragment
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
prey
per capita land consumption
17. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
keystone species
predator
carbon footprint
biotic factor
18. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
name examples of infrastructure
biome
predator
omnivore
19. The number of different species in an area
clear-cutting
biodiversity
emigration
name examples of infrastructure
20. The largest population that an area can support
prey
infants
products derived from the natural environment
carrying capacity
21. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
food web
urbanization
per capita land consumption
endangered
22. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
insects
captive breeding
clear-cutting
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
23. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
herbivore
insects
prescribed burns
infants
24. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
scavenger
uncentered commercial strip development
toxicant
25. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
high levels of biodiversity
rural area
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
endangered species
26. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
renewable resource
risk assessment
adaptation
niche
27. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
insects
keystone species
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
28. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
name examples of land cover
competition
resource management
selective cutting
29. Rising sea level
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
conservation
captive breeding programs
30. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
carnivore
fishery
noise polution
biomagnification
31. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
overfishing
niche
emerging disease
rural area
32. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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33. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
biome
debt-for-nature swap
risk
emerging disease
34. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
renewable resource
competition
extirpation
commensalism
35. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
warming temperatures
population
renewable sources
mutualism
36. Has the highest amount of species diversity
omnivore
insects
commensalism
urban area
37. Contamination of land - water - or air
captive breeding programs
pollution
keystone species
carnivore
38. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
carnivore
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
selective cutting
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
39. Making direct measurements
per capita land consumption
ecosystem diversity
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
nitrogen fixation
40. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
open space
nitrogen fixation
poaching
parasitism
41. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
urban area
habitat preservation
endangered
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
42. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
emigration
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
parasitism
captive breeding programs
43. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
carnivore
predator
resource
44. The practice of protecting the environment
mutualism
conservation
renewable resource
teratogens
45. Can result in a decrease of property damage
fire suppression
species
habitat destruction
ecotourism
46. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
biomagnification
biome
niche
name examples of infrastructure
47. Help improve the standard of living for residents
scavenger
sustainable cities can
herbivore
ecosystem diversity
48. Amount of land each person uses
decomposer
prescribed burns
noise polution
per capita land consumption
49. Leaving a population
prescribed burns
emigration
parasitism
biotic factor
50. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
risk
lead
open space
renewable resource