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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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1. Habitat change and fragmentation
latitudinal gradient
immigration
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
economic value of forests
2. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
global warming
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
prey
debt-for-nature swap
3. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
predator
endangered species
pollution
urbanization
4. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
habitat preservation
captive breeding programs
ecology
endangered
5. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
debt-for-nature swap
omnivore
predator
name examples of infrastructure
6. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
keystone species
nitrogen fixation
7. Making direct measurements
extinction
insects
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
omnivore
8. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
niche
abiotic factor
environmental science
nitrogen fixation
9. Watering crops
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10. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
debt-for-nature swap
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
extinction
11. The loss of a natural habitat
teratogens
captive breeding programs
habitat destruction
carrying capacity
12. Building up not out
prescribed burns
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
A principal of smart growth
immigration
13. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
pollution
prescribed fires
decomposer
renewable sources
14. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
fishery
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
habitat destruction
selective cutting
15. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
resource
name examples of infrastructure
teratogens
keystone species
16. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
symbiosis
carnivore
commensalism
resource
17. A species that is at risk of extinction
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
captive breeding
consumer
endangered species
18. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
carrying capacity
fishery
species diversity
habitat fragment
19. A consumer that eats only plants
rural area
fire suppression
herbivore
per capita land consumption
20. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
species diversity
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
carbon footprint
21. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
keystone species
risk
clear-cutting
biotic factor
22. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
threatened
population
nonrenewable resource
urban area
23. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
habitat fragment
conservation
species
pathogen
24. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
prescribed burns
species
decomposer
mutualism
25. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
name examples of infrastructure
scavenger
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
economic value of forests
26. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
primary succession
insects
secondary succession
consumer
27. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
species diversity
rural area
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
greenhouse gases
28. The highest level of biodiversity
adaptation
insects
ecosystem diversity
urban area
29. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
biomagnification
herbivore
captive breeding
prescribed fires
30. The largest population that an area can support
warming temperatures
symbiosis
habitat fragment
carrying capacity
31. Fires that are set by humans
prescribed fires
extinction
risk
infants
32. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
warming temperatures
products derived from the natural environment
endangered
sustainable yield
33. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
environmental science
prey
species diversity
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
34. 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
exotic species
emerging disease
keystone species
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
35. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
niche
habitat
prey
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
36. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
symbiosis
species
nonrenewable resource
consumer
37. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
risk assessment
symbiosis
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
38. The practice of protecting the environment
conservation
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
habitat fragmentation
threatened
39. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
habitat fragmentation
open space
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
keystone species
40. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
wildlife corridor
biodiversity
biome
fire suppression
41. Species that are carried to a new location by people
exotic species
noise polution
overfishing
vector
42. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
biomagnification
latitudinal gradient
renewable resource
uncentered commercial strip development
43. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
toxicant
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
emigration
44. Has the highest amount of species diversity
endangered species
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
insects
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
45. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
economic value of forests
habitat preservation
emigration
warming temperatures
46. Moving into a population
per capita land consumption
immigration
secondary succession
urbanization
47. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
competition
biomagnification
species
48. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
niche
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
competition
economic value of forests
49. Burning fossil fuels
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
herbivore
prescribed burns
vector
50. An organism that can make its own food
producer
poaching
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
exotic species
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