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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. 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
resource
endangered species
species
2. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
ecotourism
infants
keystone species
ecosystem diversity
3. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
food web
extirpation
extinction
4. An organism that can make its own food
endangered species
producer
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
symbiosis
5. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
resource management
environmental science
Smokey the Bear's message
ecology
6. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
nodules
prescribed fires
prescribed burns
food chain
7. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
fishery
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
resource
nitrogen fixation
8. The practice of protecting the environment
conservation
global warming
deforestation
environmental science
9. Has the highest amount of species diversity
teratogens
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
insects
per capita land consumption
10. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
abiotic factor
per capita land consumption
warming temperatures
biological hazards
11. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
habitat fragment
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
habitat fragmentation
nodules
12. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
deforestation
population
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
resource
13. By increasing the need for people to drive
species
renewable resource
name examples of land cover
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
14. Amount of land each person uses
endangered
per capita land consumption
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
immigration
15. The highest level of biodiversity
ecosystem diversity
competition
food web
conservation
16. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
automobile
food chain
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
pathogen
17. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
resource management
poaching
food web
sustainable yield
18. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
selective cutting
biomagnification
threatened
rural area
19. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
urbanization
resource
renewable sources
biome
20. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
insects
scavenger
nitrogen fixation
21. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
renewable resource
fishery
abiotic factor
name examples of infrastructure
22. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
toxicant
rural area
ecology
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
23. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
secondary succession
symbiosis
herbivore
24. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
prescribed burns
fishery
urban area
25. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
habitat fragment
competition
symbiosis
biotic factor
26. A species that could become endangered in the near future
threatened
carrying capacity
exotic species
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
27. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
debt-for-nature swap
noise polution
niche
fire suppression
28. Are carefully controlled
warming temperatures
prescribed burns
genetic diversity
habitat fragment
29. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
overfishing
captive breeding programs
renewable sources
emigration
30. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
symbiosis
niche
carbon footprint
name examples of infrastructure
31. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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32. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
risk
competition
selective cutting
commensalism
33. The loss of a natural habitat
habitat destruction
urbanization
fire suppression
biomagnification
34. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
carrying capacity
prescribed fires
prey
emigration
35. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
captive breeding programs
ecology
primary succession
renewable sources
36. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
global warming
population
economic value of forests
nonrenewable resource
37. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
economic value of forests
niche
risk
endangered
38. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
latitudinal gradient
products derived from the natural environment
biomagnification
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
39. Building up not out
A principal of smart growth
exotic species
extirpation
commensalism
40. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
renewable sources
abiotic factor
insects
41. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
consumer
habitat destruction
commensalism
clear-cutting
42. Sex - weight - and health issues
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
mutualism
high levels of biodiversity
rural area
43. Watering crops
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44. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
open space
endangered species
parasitism
environmental science
45. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
latitudinal gradient
wildlife corridor
immigration
predator
46. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
urbanization
decomposer
commensalism
47. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
epidemiology
conservation
extinction
nonrenewable resource
48. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
name examples of infrastructure
carnivore
abiotic factor
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
49. A living part of an organism's habitat
renewable resource
immigration
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
biotic factor
50. Leaving a population
commensalism
risk
emigration
omnivore