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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. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
consumer
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
biodiversity
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
2. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
prescribed fires
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
warming temperatures
products derived from the natural environment
3. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
emerging disease
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
name examples of land cover
habitat
4. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
sustainable yield
high levels of biodiversity
consumer
noise polution
5. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
risk assessment
urban area
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
6. Contamination of land - water - or air
genetic diversity
ecosystem diversity
latitudinal gradient
pollution
7. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
abiotic factor
ecology
species
food chain
8. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
nitrogen fixation
clear-cutting
overfishing
uncentered commercial strip development
9. Can result in a decrease of property damage
sustainable yield
sustainable cities can
fire suppression
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
10. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
food web
carcinogens
extirpation
wildlife corridor
11. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
global warming
fishery
prescribed fires
captive breeding programs
12. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
Smokey the Bear's message
uncentered commercial strip development
name examples of infrastructure
extirpation
13. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
pollution
omnivore
extinction
resource management
14. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
ecology
captive breeding
habitat fragmentation
15. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
warming temperatures
vector
poaching
mutualism
16. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
extirpation
ecotourism
pollution
nitrogen fixation
17. Using public transportation
carrying capacity
herbivore
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
pathogen
18. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
poaching
urban area
A principal of smart growth
epidemiology
19. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
sustainable yield
pathogen
sustainable cities can
poaching
20. Shift of population from countryside to cities
commensalism
prescribed fires
urbanization
greenhouse gases
21. 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
fishery
rural area
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
22. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
high levels of biodiversity
primary succession
food web
clear-cutting
23. The highest level of biodiversity
consumer
commensalism
ecology
ecosystem diversity
24. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
clear-cutting
biomagnification
nodules
habitat
25. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
resource
secondary succession
predator
26. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
biome
resource management
captive breeding
A principal of smart growth
27. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
predator
decomposer
secondary succession
economic value of forests
28. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
renewable resource
carbon footprint
deforestation
clear-cutting
29. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
overfishing
scavenger
population
commensalism
30. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
pathogen
teratogens
high levels of biodiversity
prescribed burns
31. Species that are carried to a new location by people
symbiosis
latitudinal gradient
habitat fragmentation
exotic species
32. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
food web
automobile
sustainable yield
33. Are carefully controlled
prescribed burns
toxicant
ecology
extirpation
34. All the members of one species in a particular area
pollution
environmental science
population
per capita land consumption
35. Fires that are set by humans
toxicant
economic value of forests
prescribed fires
food web
36. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
fishery
population
insects
urbanization
37. A species that is at risk of extinction
sustainable yield
decomposer
risk
endangered species
38. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
ecology
habitat fragmentation
emigration
deforestation
39. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
selective cutting
parasitism
endangered
uncentered commercial strip development
40. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
pathogen
omnivore
adaptation
environmental science
41. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
extinction
risk
ecology
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
42. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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43. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
species diversity
name examples of land cover
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
nodules
44. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
habitat fragment
consumer
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
products derived from the natural environment
45. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
habitat fragmentation
nodules
urban area
nonrenewable resource
46. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
fishery
biome
emerging disease
products derived from the natural environment
47. Habitat change and fragmentation
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
carcinogens
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
habitat fragmentation
48. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
niche
selective cutting
teratogens
decomposer
49. Making direct measurements
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
urbanization
overfishing
A principal of smart growth
50. A consumer that eats only plants
decomposer
herbivore
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
immigration