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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. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
primary succession
uncentered commercial strip development
lead
extirpation
2. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
captive breeding programs
food chain
habitat fragment
secondary succession
3. Organism that carries pathogens
producer
vector
urban area
emerging disease
4. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
habitat
niche
infants
biological hazards
5. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
extinction
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
habitat fragmentation
nonrenewable resource
6. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
secondary succession
renewable resource
epidemiology
teratogens
7. Can result in a decrease of property damage
biodiversity
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
fire suppression
greenhouse gases
8. Causes a cooling effect
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9. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
immigration
commensalism
mapping biodiversity hotspots
resource management
10. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
producer
biomagnification
urbanization
primary succession
11. By increasing the need for people to drive
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
poaching
clear-cutting
pathogen
12. Amount of land each person uses
pathogen
habitat fragmentation
per capita land consumption
threatened
13. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
sustainable yield
immigration
endangered
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
14. The number of different species in an area
biodiversity
ecotourism
selective cutting
secondary succession
15. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
urban area
producer
risk
niche
16. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
infants
economic value of forests
species
renewable sources
17. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
deforestation
rural area
biodiversity
environmental science
18. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
secondary succession
herbivore
lead
species
19. A species that could become endangered in the near future
clear-cutting
threatened
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
ecology
20. Species that are carried to a new location by people
biodiversity
carcinogens
exotic species
ecosystem diversity
21. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
species
renewable sources
prescribed fires
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
22. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
symbiosis
risk assessment
urban area
infants
23. Fires that are set by humans
genetic diversity
commensalism
prescribed fires
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
24. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
adaptation
carbon footprint
secondary succession
predator
25. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
resource management
biodiversity
insects
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
26. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
ecotourism
endangered
population
fire suppression
27. A living part of an organism's habitat
biotic factor
biome
exotic species
pollution
28. Shift of population from countryside to cities
herbivore
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
captive breeding
urbanization
29. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
extirpation
producer
30. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
food web
name examples of infrastructure
prey
captive breeding
31. Pollution from a factory near your school
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
habitat destruction
vector
32. Burning fossil fuels
habitat fragment
epidemiology
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
extirpation
33. Leaving a population
emigration
rural area
lead
products derived from the natural environment
34. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
pollution
species diversity
products derived from the natural environment
biological hazards
35. Rising sea level
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
overfishing
sustainable cities can
36. Using public transportation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
sustainable cities can
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
37. A consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
food chain
ecosystem diversity
sustainable yield
38. An organism that can make its own food
endangered species
producer
herbivore
clear-cutting
39. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
toxicant
immigration
urbanization
global warming
40. Contamination of land - water - or air
pollution
herbivore
competition
parasitism
41. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
lead
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
overfishing
latitudinal gradient
42. Deals with biological hazards
epidemiology
resource
automobile
urbanization
43. Sex - weight - and health issues
biodiversity
biotic factor
herbivore
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
44. Building up not out
competition
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
A principal of smart growth
45. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
biological hazards
endangered
omnivore
open space
46. Moving into a population
pathogen
immigration
decomposer
global warming
47. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
captive breeding
predator
genetic diversity
debt-for-nature swap
48. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
overfishing
warming temperatures
epidemiology
habitat fragmentation
49. Has the highest amount of species diversity
vector
urban area
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
insects
50. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
secondary succession
urban area
emerging disease
toxicant