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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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1. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
parasitism
prey
resource
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
2. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
ecotourism
abiotic factor
immigration
fire suppression
3. Building up not out
deforestation
immigration
A principal of smart growth
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
4. Moving into a population
nonrenewable resource
immigration
carnivore
high levels of biodiversity
5. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
name examples of infrastructure
sustainable yield
competition
commensalism
6. Can result in a decrease of property damage
fire suppression
carbon footprint
urban area
infants
7. The number of different species in an area
open space
pathogen
symbiosis
biodiversity
8. 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
clear-cutting
ecosystem diversity
emerging disease
per capita land consumption
9. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
competition
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
biological hazards
food web
10. Contamination of land - water - or air
producer
poaching
pollution
herbivore
11. Amount of land each person uses
per capita land consumption
A principal of smart growth
consumer
resource
12. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
nodules
nonrenewable resource
producer
endangered species
13. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
predator
producer
population
14. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
habitat destruction
open space
habitat
debt-for-nature swap
15. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
genetic diversity
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
epidemiology
resource management
16. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
teratogens
nitrogen fixation
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
commensalism
17. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
overfishing
clear-cutting
sustainable cities can
automobile
18. Pollution from a factory near your school
ecotourism
overfishing
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
population
19. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
captive breeding
name examples of land cover
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
endangered species
20. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
noise polution
secondary succession
overfishing
species
21. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
niche
poaching
renewable sources
mapping biodiversity hotspots
22. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
carbon footprint
consumer
emigration
sustainable yield
23. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
environmental science
herbivore
clear-cutting
urban area
24. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
infants
biomagnification
predator
food web
25. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
habitat fragment
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
fishery
ecosystem diversity
26. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
immigration
ecosystem diversity
name examples of infrastructure
debt-for-nature swap
27. Making direct measurements
threatened
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
uncentered commercial strip development
adaptation
28. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
per capita land consumption
nodules
uncentered commercial strip development
name examples of land cover
29. All the members of one species in a particular area
population
competition
automobile
risk assessment
30. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
biome
immigration
symbiosis
poaching
31. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
economic value of forests
threatened
renewable resource
resource
32. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
clear-cutting
herbivore
biological hazards
extirpation
33. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
scavenger
open space
abiotic factor
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
34. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
adaptation
biological hazards
open space
clear-cutting
35. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
high levels of biodiversity
vector
competition
overfishing
36. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
risk assessment
scavenger
mapping biodiversity hotspots
extinction
37. A species that is at risk of extinction
fishery
endangered species
noise polution
habitat destruction
38. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
habitat destruction
abiotic factor
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
mutualism
39. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
teratogens
wildlife corridor
competition
high levels of biodiversity
40. Leaving a population
prescribed burns
emigration
carcinogens
adaptation
41. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
global warming
carrying capacity
predator
carbon footprint
42. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
endangered
sustainable yield
noise polution
emerging disease
43. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
prescribed burns
habitat fragmentation
mutualism
nitrogen fixation
44. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
nonrenewable resource
pathogen
nitrogen fixation
secondary succession
45. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
global warming
Smokey the Bear's message
parasitism
automobile
46. Has the highest amount of species diversity
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
insects
wildlife corridor
producer
47. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
conservation
toxicant
prescribed fires
habitat
48. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
endangered species
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
species diversity
rural area
49. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
species diversity
ecotourism
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
risk assessment
50. Deals with biological hazards
epidemiology
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
scavenger
wildlife corridor
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