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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. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
species
renewable sources
nodules
deforestation
2. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
resource
global warming
carbon footprint
greenhouse gases
3. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
risk assessment
producer
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
epidemiology
4. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
carcinogens
ecosystem diversity
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
habitat fragmentation
5. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
parasitism
producer
resource management
carbon footprint
6. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
risk assessment
abiotic factor
habitat fragment
decomposer
7. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
pollution
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
niche
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
8. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
consumer
biodiversity
immigration
teratogens
9. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
open space
nitrogen fixation
prescribed fires
ecotourism
10. The largest population that an area can support
captive breeding programs
economic value of forests
prey
carrying capacity
11. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
per capita land consumption
herbivore
clear-cutting
urban area
12. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
wildlife corridor
biome
biodiversity
habitat preservation
13. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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14. Moving into a population
ecosystem diversity
immigration
high levels of biodiversity
captive breeding programs
15. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
carnivore
risk
fishery
herbivore
16. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
name examples of land cover
insects
products derived from the natural environment
warming temperatures
17. Can result in a decrease of property damage
nodules
extinction
fire suppression
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
18. Building up not out
A principal of smart growth
infants
commensalism
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
19. Leaving a population
emigration
competition
name examples of land cover
food chain
20. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
genetic diversity
biome
biological hazards
endangered
21. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
decomposer
risk assessment
renewable sources
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
22. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
epidemiology
pollution
poaching
overfishing
23. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
risk assessment
mutualism
conservation
latitudinal gradient
24. Shift of population from countryside to cities
sustainable yield
producer
urbanization
carnivore
25. Help improve the standard of living for residents
wildlife corridor
toxicant
sustainable cities can
habitat destruction
26. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
biotic factor
wildlife corridor
conservation
decomposer
27. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
habitat fragment
habitat preservation
rural area
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
28. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
consumer
biomagnification
global warming
commensalism
29. Species that are carried to a new location by people
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
habitat preservation
exotic species
conservation
30. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
producer
deforestation
economic value of forests
extinction
31. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
name examples of land cover
mutualism
captive breeding
32. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
clear-cutting
prescribed burns
threatened
ecotourism
33. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
sustainable cities can
abiotic factor
food chain
warming temperatures
34. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
greenhouse gases
scavenger
vector
pathogen
35. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
food chain
biotic factor
carrying capacity
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
36. A consumer that eats only animals
carnivore
environmental science
ecotourism
habitat fragment
37. Are carefully controlled
resource
infants
commensalism
prescribed burns
38. A species that could become endangered in the near future
biodiversity
economic value of forests
threatened
A principal of smart growth
39. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
Smokey the Bear's message
high levels of biodiversity
carcinogens
parasitism
40. A consumer that eats only plants
resource management
herbivore
genetic diversity
omnivore
41. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
primary succession
risk
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
carcinogens
42. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
renewable resource
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
sustainable yield
toxicant
43. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
insects
fire suppression
population
44. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
extirpation
omnivore
economic value of forests
habitat
45. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
global warming
species
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
renewable resource
46. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
biomagnification
urban area
sustainable yield
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
47. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
resource management
habitat
habitat destruction
greenhouse gases
48. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
captive breeding
prey
population
warming temperatures
49. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
symbiosis
resource management
adaptation
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
50. Causes a cooling effect
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