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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 consumer that eats only plants
captive breeding
food chain
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
herbivore
2. Species that are carried to a new location by people
conservation
genetic diversity
habitat fragmentation
exotic species
3. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
exotic species
symbiosis
epidemiology
nodules
4. Using public transportation
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
predator
decomposer
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
5. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
wildlife corridor
emerging disease
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
Smokey the Bear's message
6. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
infants
uncentered commercial strip development
immigration
threatened
7. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
pathogen
adaptation
endangered species
risk
8. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
carbon footprint
ecotourism
resource management
predator
9. Leaving a population
emerging disease
omnivore
captive breeding programs
emigration
10. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
primary succession
name examples of land cover
extirpation
keystone species
11. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
greenhouse gases
habitat destruction
risk assessment
fishery
12. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
Smokey the Bear's message
teratogens
ecology
captive breeding
13. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
decomposer
species
resource
competition
14. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
greenhouse gases
species diversity
captive breeding
secondary succession
15. Habitat change and fragmentation
extinction
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
population
infants
16. The highest level of biodiversity
abiotic factor
latitudinal gradient
ecosystem diversity
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
17. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
endangered species
clear-cutting
abiotic factor
symbiosis
18. Causes a cooling effect
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19. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
captive breeding programs
overfishing
environmental science
debt-for-nature swap
20. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
nitrogen fixation
genetic diversity
A principal of smart growth
sustainable yield
21. Moving into a population
carbon footprint
uncentered commercial strip development
immigration
risk
22. Shift of population from countryside to cities
species diversity
automobile
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
urbanization
23. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
mapping biodiversity hotspots
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
renewable resource
genetic diversity
24. All the members of one species in a particular area
biomagnification
name examples of land cover
infants
population
25. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
infants
nitrogen fixation
primary succession
name examples of land cover
26. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
threatened
mapping biodiversity hotspots
nitrogen fixation
niche
27. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
prey
automobile
nitrogen fixation
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
28. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
omnivore
global warming
extinction
food web
29. Sex - weight - and health issues
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
producer
products derived from the natural environment
poaching
30. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
pathogen
habitat fragmentation
extirpation
decomposer
31. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
habitat fragment
environmental science
prescribed burns
latitudinal gradient
32. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
biomagnification
habitat
nodules
habitat preservation
33. Contamination of land - water - or air
pollution
scavenger
renewable sources
producer
34. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
habitat fragment
producer
captive breeding programs
automobile
35. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
immigration
biome
economic value of forests
toxicant
36. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
carrying capacity
sustainable yield
herbivore
renewable sources
37. Can result in a decrease of property damage
fire suppression
lead
habitat preservation
carcinogens
38. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
food chain
risk
carrying capacity
keystone species
39. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
species
keystone species
fire suppression
40. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
Smokey the Bear's message
urbanization
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
clear-cutting
41. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
uncentered commercial strip development
emerging disease
rural area
risk
42. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
sustainable cities can
habitat fragment
noise polution
omnivore
43. Rising sea level
prey
decomposer
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
44. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
omnivore
captive breeding programs
primary succession
environmental science
45. Provide wood
economic value of forests
deforestation
keystone species
greenhouse gases
46. The number of different species in an area
urban area
biodiversity
overfishing
biotic factor
47. The loss of a natural habitat
rural area
resource
habitat destruction
prey
48. Deals with biological hazards
deforestation
habitat preservation
epidemiology
rural area
49. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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50. By increasing the need for people to drive
biomagnification
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
teratogens
biotic factor