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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. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
biome
endangered species
sustainable yield
ecology
2. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
abiotic factor
endangered species
biomagnification
greenhouse gases
3. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
name examples of infrastructure
uncentered commercial strip development
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
rural area
4. The highest level of biodiversity
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
ecosystem diversity
debt-for-nature swap
biotic factor
5. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
habitat preservation
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
biotic factor
prescribed fires
6. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
biome
products derived from the natural environment
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
automobile
7. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
ecology
wildlife corridor
risk assessment
8. Help improve the standard of living for residents
nitrogen fixation
prey
sustainable cities can
resource management
9. Leaving a population
emigration
decomposer
habitat
urban area
10. The number of different species in an area
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
biodiversity
keystone species
prescribed burns
11. An organism that can make its own food
genetic diversity
producer
carbon footprint
emigration
12. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
threatened
habitat preservation
food web
economic value of forests
13. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
endangered species
fishery
population
pathogen
14. A consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
open space
habitat destruction
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
15. All the members of one species in a particular area
parasitism
abiotic factor
population
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
16. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
food web
insects
urbanization
urban area
17. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
competition
decomposer
sustainable cities can
lead
18. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
sustainable yield
fishery
clear-cutting
habitat destruction
19. The loss of a natural habitat
open space
producer
sustainable cities can
habitat destruction
20. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
habitat destruction
niche
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
21. By increasing the need for people to drive
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
habitat
ecosystem diversity
22. A disease that has appeared in the human population for the first time or that has existed for a while but is increasing rapidly and spreading around the world
sustainable cities can
emerging disease
commensalism
carrying capacity
23. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
open space
habitat destruction
biodiversity
primary succession
24. Provide wood
decomposer
captive breeding
selective cutting
economic value of forests
25. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
renewable resource
habitat destruction
global warming
mutualism
26. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
food chain
nonrenewable resource
conservation
selective cutting
27. A living part of an organism's habitat
infants
decomposer
deforestation
biotic factor
28. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
selective cutting
economic value of forests
carnivore
sustainable yield
29. Building up not out
teratogens
economic value of forests
A principal of smart growth
prey
30. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
nonrenewable resource
rural area
biomagnification
renewable resource
31. Using public transportation
threatened
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
uncentered commercial strip development
sustainable yield
32. Are carefully controlled
rural area
prescribed burns
habitat destruction
poaching
33. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
habitat
adaptation
infants
emerging disease
34. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
risk assessment
warming temperatures
deforestation
habitat fragment
35. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
species diversity
abiotic factor
warming temperatures
rural area
36. Deals with biological hazards
parasitism
epidemiology
wildlife corridor
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
37. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
prey
resource
poaching
38. Causes a cooling effect
39. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
adaptation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
nodules
habitat fragment
40. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
products derived from the natural environment
habitat destruction
primary succession
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
41. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
captive breeding programs
habitat preservation
42. Chemicals that cause cancer
name examples of infrastructure
wildlife corridor
carcinogens
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
43. A consumer that eats only animals
conservation
carnivore
high levels of biodiversity
global warming
44. Species that are carried to a new location by people
captive breeding
exotic species
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
global warming
45. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
endangered species
resource management
decomposer
wildlife corridor
46. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
threatened
exotic species
habitat fragmentation
immigration
47. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
habitat preservation
endangered
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
herbivore
48. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
abiotic factor
biotic factor
food web
habitat fragment
49. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
commensalism
secondary succession
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
name examples of infrastructure
50. The practice of protecting the environment
omnivore
noise polution
conservation
herbivore