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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. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
predator
captive breeding programs
global warming
carbon footprint
2. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
secondary succession
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
habitat preservation
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
3. Burning fossil fuels
food web
renewable resource
producer
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
4. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
genetic diversity
open space
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
captive breeding programs
5. Fires that are set by humans
prescribed fires
Smokey the Bear's message
consumer
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
6. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
clear-cutting
omnivore
genetic diversity
carcinogens
7. Using public transportation
scavenger
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
biotic factor
emerging disease
8. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
genetic diversity
ecosystem diversity
insects
latitudinal gradient
9. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
herbivore
biological hazards
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
habitat destruction
10. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
carcinogens
biodiversity
emerging disease
pathogen
11. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
extinction
insects
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
prey
12. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
species diversity
ecology
fishery
13. Species that are carried to a new location by people
infants
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
exotic species
renewable resource
14. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
noise polution
carnivore
selective cutting
nodules
15. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
teratogens
resource management
exotic species
greenhouse gases
16. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
per capita land consumption
resource management
consumer
selective cutting
17. Shift of population from countryside to cities
resource management
urbanization
conservation
habitat
18. A living part of an organism's habitat
urbanization
biotic factor
high levels of biodiversity
mutualism
19. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
decomposer
fire suppression
food web
greenhouse gases
20. Building up not out
pathogen
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
emigration
A principal of smart growth
21. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
debt-for-nature swap
risk assessment
commensalism
sustainable yield
22. The highest level of biodiversity
captive breeding
greenhouse gases
ecosystem diversity
epidemiology
23. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
deforestation
uncentered commercial strip development
poaching
carrying capacity
24. Causes a cooling effect
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25. Habitat change and fragmentation
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
captive breeding programs
threatened
risk assessment
26. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
population
primary succession
environmental science
endangered
27. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
sustainable yield
noise polution
name examples of land cover
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
28. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
captive breeding programs
biotic factor
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
fishery
29. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
warming temperatures
vector
primary succession
endangered
30. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
biological hazards
nonrenewable resource
name examples of infrastructure
habitat fragmentation
31. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
sustainable yield
ecosystem diversity
decomposer
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
32. The number of different species in an area
captive breeding programs
toxicant
exotic species
biodiversity
33. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
immigration
habitat fragment
endangered species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
34. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
risk
sustainable yield
35. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
extirpation
vector
conservation
species diversity
36. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
carcinogens
lead
niche
biomagnification
37. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
mutualism
debt-for-nature swap
vector
ecotourism
38. The loss of a natural habitat
uncentered commercial strip development
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
economic value of forests
habitat destruction
39. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
noise polution
population
predator
prescribed fires
40. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
abiotic factor
nonrenewable resource
parasitism
mapping biodiversity hotspots
41. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
carbon footprint
noise polution
scavenger
warming temperatures
42. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
biomagnification
environmental science
pollution
ecology
43. Making direct measurements
uncentered commercial strip development
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
A principal of smart growth
food web
44. A species that could become endangered in the near future
emigration
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
resource management
threatened
45. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
poaching
risk
endangered
food chain
46. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
pollution
latitudinal gradient
habitat fragmentation
renewable resource
47. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
habitat preservation
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
mutualism
48. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
decomposer
predator
species
biological hazards
49. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
uncentered commercial strip development
infants
species
resource
50. By increasing the need for people to drive
overfishing
clear-cutting
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
extinction