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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
nitrogen fixation
mutualism
greenhouse gases
habitat fragment
2. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
species diversity
greenhouse gases
parasitism
immigration
3. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
habitat preservation
pathogen
captive breeding programs
poaching
4. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
predator
open space
name examples of infrastructure
prescribed burns
5. Pollution from a factory near your school
threatened
food web
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
epidemiology
6. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
rural area
exotic species
name examples of land cover
species
7. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
emigration
deforestation
carbon footprint
mapping biodiversity hotspots
8. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
biomagnification
overfishing
symbiosis
consumer
9. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
infants
latitudinal gradient
primary succession
10. All the members of one species in a particular area
carrying capacity
keystone species
emerging disease
population
11. Amount of land each person uses
nitrogen fixation
per capita land consumption
vector
habitat fragment
12. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
adaptation
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
resource
species
13. Help improve the standard of living for residents
teratogens
sustainable cities can
extirpation
infants
14. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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15. Has the highest amount of species diversity
clear-cutting
species
insects
selective cutting
16. A species that could become endangered in the near future
emigration
threatened
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
prescribed fires
17. 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
emerging disease
keystone species
conservation
A principal of smart growth
18. A consumer that eats only animals
population
symbiosis
carnivore
ecotourism
19. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
ecology
extirpation
competition
infants
20. Moving into a population
immigration
decomposer
vector
biomagnification
21. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
infants
toxicant
overfishing
adaptation
22. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
ecology
consumer
carnivore
greenhouse gases
23. Are carefully controlled
predator
carbon footprint
habitat
prescribed burns
24. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
extinction
name examples of infrastructure
population
noise polution
25. The number of different species in an area
greenhouse gases
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
biodiversity
26. The practice of protecting the environment
lead
high levels of biodiversity
conservation
uncentered commercial strip development
27. Organism that carries pathogens
greenhouse gases
extinction
vector
parasitism
28. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
deforestation
fire suppression
renewable sources
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
29. Leaving a population
extinction
habitat fragment
habitat destruction
emigration
30. Fires that are set by humans
predator
overfishing
clear-cutting
prescribed fires
31. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
nodules
habitat destruction
decomposer
pathogen
32. The largest population that an area can support
carrying capacity
pathogen
warming temperatures
environmental science
33. Causes a cooling effect
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34. Chemicals that cause cancer
rural area
wildlife corridor
Smokey the Bear's message
carcinogens
35. Burning fossil fuels
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
epidemiology
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
36. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
fire suppression
resource management
greenhouse gases
sustainable cities can
37. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
deforestation
uncentered commercial strip development
habitat
38. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
uncentered commercial strip development
genetic diversity
global warming
automobile
39. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
overfishing
toxicant
habitat preservation
40. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
pollution
habitat fragment
wildlife corridor
fire suppression
41. Habitat change and fragmentation
per capita land consumption
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
population
symbiosis
42. Making direct measurements
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
risk assessment
high levels of biodiversity
species diversity
43. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
habitat fragment
primary succession
habitat
44. Watering crops
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45. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
warming temperatures
parasitism
habitat fragmentation
predator
46. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
renewable sources
population
herbivore
global warming
47. Building up not out
A principal of smart growth
secondary succession
warming temperatures
immigration
48. Contamination of land - water - or air
pollution
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
carcinogens
biotic factor
49. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
secondary succession
clear-cutting
endangered species
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
50. Rising sea level
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
teratogens
habitat fragmentation
nonrenewable resource
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