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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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1. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
captive breeding programs
habitat fragment
urbanization
2. Chemicals that cause cancer
greenhouse gases
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
carcinogens
genetic diversity
3. Species that are carried to a new location by people
exotic species
Smokey the Bear's message
greenhouse gases
food chain
4. Rising sea level
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
primary succession
rural area
resource management
5. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
ecotourism
prescribed fires
fire suppression
nodules
6. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
scavenger
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
biome
automobile
7. The loss of a natural habitat
ecosystem diversity
adaptation
habitat destruction
Smokey the Bear's message
8. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
species diversity
economic value of forests
habitat preservation
wildlife corridor
9. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
automobile
exotic species
resource management
captive breeding
10. The largest population that an area can support
carrying capacity
open space
fishery
commensalism
11. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
renewable resource
infants
habitat preservation
adaptation
12. The highest level of biodiversity
ecosystem diversity
name examples of land cover
prescribed burns
per capita land consumption
13. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
genetic diversity
high levels of biodiversity
keystone species
14. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
open space
clear-cutting
ecology
resource
15. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
high levels of biodiversity
herbivore
warming temperatures
pollution
16. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
epidemiology
noise polution
consumer
renewable resource
17. An organism that can make its own food
producer
scavenger
commensalism
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
18. Causes a cooling effect
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19. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
pollution
epidemiology
primary succession
20. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
clear-cutting
secondary succession
urban area
biotic factor
21. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
biological hazards
habitat
nodules
decomposer
22. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
habitat destruction
threatened
resource
23. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
uncentered commercial strip development
nodules
niche
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
24. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
vector
resource
sustainable yield
automobile
25. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
noise polution
uncentered commercial strip development
conservation
infants
26. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
habitat fragment
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
environmental science
carcinogens
27. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
prey
keystone species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
toxicant
28. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
species diversity
sustainable yield
prey
conservation
29. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
Smokey the Bear's message
global warming
threatened
risk assessment
30. Fires that are set by humans
scavenger
prescribed fires
A principal of smart growth
habitat destruction
31. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
predator
overfishing
conservation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
32. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
carbon footprint
overfishing
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
carcinogens
33. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
conservation
symbiosis
deforestation
toxicant
34. Organism that carries pathogens
vector
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
conservation
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
35. By increasing the need for people to drive
lead
high levels of biodiversity
producer
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
36. A consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
name examples of land cover
renewable sources
noise polution
37. Using public transportation
endangered
mutualism
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
38. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
primary succession
insects
biome
wildlife corridor
39. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
A principal of smart growth
latitudinal gradient
vector
mapping biodiversity hotspots
40. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
exotic species
epidemiology
renewable resource
41. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
ecology
genetic diversity
ecotourism
mapping biodiversity hotspots
42. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
competition
Smokey the Bear's message
43. All the members of one species in a particular area
rural area
population
nitrogen fixation
overfishing
44. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
uncentered commercial strip development
automobile
biomagnification
open space
45. Deals with biological hazards
warming temperatures
global warming
epidemiology
competition
46. Habitat change and fragmentation
habitat preservation
fire suppression
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
herbivore
47. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
predator
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
environmental science
lead
48. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
herbivore
extinction
latitudinal gradient
symbiosis
49. Can result in a decrease of property damage
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
prescribed burns
sustainable cities can
fire suppression
50. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
carrying capacity
symbiosis
predator
extirpation
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