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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 example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
renewable resource
nodules
mapping biodiversity hotspots
species
2. Provide wood
economic value of forests
ecology
nitrogen fixation
immigration
3. Building up not out
prescribed fires
deforestation
epidemiology
A principal of smart growth
4. Has the highest amount of species diversity
genetic diversity
insects
pollution
predator
5. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
food web
herbivore
threatened
urbanization
6. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
wildlife corridor
products derived from the natural environment
prey
A principal of smart growth
7. Causes a cooling effect
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8. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
symbiosis
per capita land consumption
global warming
products derived from the natural environment
9. Moving into a population
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
urbanization
fishery
immigration
10. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
wildlife corridor
endangered species
food web
greenhouse gases
11. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
noise polution
renewable resource
name examples of infrastructure
fishery
12. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
open space
food chain
mapping biodiversity hotspots
13. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
noise polution
products derived from the natural environment
renewable sources
keystone species
14. A consumer that eats only plants
global warming
fishery
herbivore
open space
15. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
infants
urbanization
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
16. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
open space
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
extinction
per capita land consumption
17. The practice of protecting the environment
urbanization
risk
carbon footprint
conservation
18. Fires that are set by humans
prescribed fires
population
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
debt-for-nature swap
19. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
infants
threatened
automobile
warming temperatures
20. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
decomposer
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
vector
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
21. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
toxicant
symbiosis
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
keystone species
22. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
greenhouse gases
genetic diversity
biomagnification
captive breeding programs
23. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
parasitism
fire suppression
selective cutting
omnivore
24. Burning fossil fuels
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
environmental science
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
habitat fragment
25. Watering crops
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26. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
biome
poaching
renewable resource
prey
27. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
conservation
adaptation
nitrogen fixation
fire suppression
28. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
emigration
habitat
automobile
risk
29. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
lead
habitat destruction
adaptation
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
30. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
warming temperatures
producer
renewable resource
toxicant
31. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
prey
infants
carnivore
poaching
32. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
niche
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
resource
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
33. The highest level of biodiversity
carcinogens
teratogens
noise polution
ecosystem diversity
34. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
habitat preservation
herbivore
habitat destruction
name examples of infrastructure
35. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
niche
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
epidemiology
nitrogen fixation
36. Making direct measurements
pathogen
carnivore
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
prescribed fires
37. Leaving a population
emigration
name examples of land cover
primary succession
secondary succession
38. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
selective cutting
global warming
biological hazards
ecotourism
39. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
uncentered commercial strip development
economic value of forests
biome
40. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
habitat preservation
emerging disease
renewable sources
renewable resource
41. Can result in a decrease of property damage
prey
fire suppression
pathogen
producer
42. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
secondary succession
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
toxicant
commensalism
43. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
carcinogens
threatened
rural area
habitat preservation
44. Organism that carries pathogens
vector
carnivore
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
overfishing
45. Sex - weight - and health issues
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
resource management
carrying capacity
46. A species that could become endangered in the near future
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
Smokey the Bear's message
sustainable cities can
threatened
47. Pollution from a factory near your school
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
endangered species
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
48. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
habitat
habitat preservation
products derived from the natural environment
fishery
49. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
producer
primary succession
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
50. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
exotic species
pathogen
biomagnification
habitat fragment