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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 clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
deforestation
conservation
food web
2. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
food web
sustainable cities can
commensalism
automobile
3. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
teratogens
products derived from the natural environment
insects
competition
4. Leaving a population
biological hazards
emigration
urban area
pollution
5. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
herbivore
habitat preservation
debt-for-nature swap
urban area
6. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
threatened
insects
ecotourism
overfishing
7. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
biomagnification
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
clear-cutting
adaptation
8. Are carefully controlled
infants
prescribed burns
global warming
risk assessment
9. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
uncentered commercial strip development
greenhouse gases
parasitism
teratogens
10. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
commensalism
immigration
endangered species
11. A species that could become endangered in the near future
threatened
endangered species
nodules
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
12. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
immigration
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
resource management
sustainable yield
13. Using public transportation
consumer
name examples of infrastructure
renewable resource
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
14. The practice of protecting the environment
products derived from the natural environment
conservation
rural area
biodiversity
15. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
niche
epidemiology
habitat fragment
debt-for-nature swap
16. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
carcinogens
overfishing
economic value of forests
17. Making direct measurements
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
conservation
risk assessment
consumer
18. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
mapping biodiversity hotspots
exotic species
infants
food chain
19. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
resource management
carnivore
consumer
products derived from the natural environment
20. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
biome
extirpation
symbiosis
commensalism
21. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
infants
carcinogens
abiotic factor
greenhouse gases
22. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
deforestation
ecotourism
resource management
nodules
23. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
clear-cutting
products derived from the natural environment
teratogens
urban area
24. Pollution from a factory near your school
biodiversity
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
prescribed burns
25. 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
automobile
emerging disease
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
herbivore
26. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
debt-for-nature swap
open space
prescribed burns
food web
27. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
carnivore
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
prescribed burns
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
28. The largest population that an area can support
vector
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
sustainable yield
carrying capacity
29. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
biomagnification
extirpation
prescribed fires
uncentered commercial strip development
30. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
overfishing
warming temperatures
high levels of biodiversity
31. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
renewable resource
global warming
noise polution
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
32. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
consumer
name examples of infrastructure
nodules
open space
33. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
rural area
primary succession
parasitism
urbanization
34. Moving into a population
emerging disease
automobile
warming temperatures
immigration
35. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
food chain
captive breeding programs
parasitism
insects
36. Help improve the standard of living for residents
fire suppression
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
sustainable cities can
commensalism
37. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
poaching
carbon footprint
endangered
fishery
38. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
mapping biodiversity hotspots
pollution
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
niche
39. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
habitat fragmentation
parasitism
prey
emerging disease
40. Organism that carries pathogens
habitat preservation
exotic species
vector
infants
41. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
keystone species
mutualism
uncentered commercial strip development
ecology
42. The highest level of biodiversity
emerging disease
insects
ecosystem diversity
niche
43. Chemicals that cause cancer
Smokey the Bear's message
carcinogens
fishery
threatened
44. A consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
high levels of biodiversity
parasitism
epidemiology
45. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
toxicant
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
population
scavenger
46. Can result in a decrease of property damage
pollution
ecotourism
immigration
fire suppression
47. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
mapping biodiversity hotspots
habitat fragment
high levels of biodiversity
genetic diversity
48. By increasing the need for people to drive
species
parasitism
emigration
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
49. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
fire suppression
endangered
exotic species
lead
50. Building up not out
carrying capacity
vector
A principal of smart growth
habitat fragmentation