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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
automobile
species
genetic diversity
2. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
vector
name examples of infrastructure
parasitism
nonrenewable resource
3. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
extinction
species diversity
habitat preservation
noise polution
4. A living part of an organism's habitat
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
omnivore
biotic factor
herbivore
5. Causes a cooling effect
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6. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
name examples of land cover
infants
risk assessment
food chain
7. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
uncentered commercial strip development
wildlife corridor
risk
urbanization
8. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
pollution
abiotic factor
emerging disease
ecology
9. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
deforestation
biotic factor
mutualism
genetic diversity
10. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
scavenger
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
latitudinal gradient
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
11. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
global warming
mutualism
omnivore
adaptation
12. A consumer that eats only animals
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
carnivore
nitrogen fixation
nonrenewable resource
13. A species that could become endangered in the near future
habitat preservation
threatened
endangered
renewable resource
14. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
carbon footprint
greenhouse gases
ecotourism
habitat fragment
15. Deals with biological hazards
conservation
epidemiology
ecotourism
parasitism
16. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
habitat fragmentation
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
pollution
global warming
17. Help improve the standard of living for residents
herbivore
epidemiology
sustainable cities can
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
18. Using public transportation
automobile
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
wildlife corridor
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
19. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
immigration
herbivore
mutualism
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
20. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
habitat fragmentation
open space
ecotourism
food chain
21. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
scavenger
pathogen
emigration
22. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
insects
consumer
biome
noise polution
23. Rising sea level
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
extinction
secondary succession
pathogen
24. Making direct measurements
genetic diversity
abiotic factor
ecosystem diversity
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
25. An organism that can make its own food
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
decomposer
producer
food web
26. Provide wood
economic value of forests
sustainable cities can
name examples of infrastructure
debt-for-nature swap
27. The practice of protecting the environment
conservation
Smokey the Bear's message
habitat fragmentation
keystone species
28. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
endangered
primary succession
biotic factor
abiotic factor
29. Building up not out
symbiosis
per capita land consumption
habitat fragment
A principal of smart growth
30. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
biomagnification
captive breeding programs
open space
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
31. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
epidemiology
products derived from the natural environment
global warming
ecology
32. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
emerging disease
threatened
endangered
33. All the members of one species in a particular area
renewable resource
toxicant
population
emerging disease
34. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
habitat fragmentation
competition
biological hazards
captive breeding
35. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
economic value of forests
emerging disease
infants
greenhouse gases
36. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
biodiversity
epidemiology
clear-cutting
habitat fragment
37. The highest level of biodiversity
urbanization
Smokey the Bear's message
ecosystem diversity
habitat fragmentation
38. Are carefully controlled
population
prescribed burns
extirpation
resource
39. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
food web
biomagnification
carbon footprint
commensalism
40. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
extirpation
predator
habitat fragmentation
per capita land consumption
41. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
nitrogen fixation
captive breeding programs
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
42. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
fire suppression
selective cutting
toxicant
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
43. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
resource management
exotic species
pollution
prey
44. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
symbiosis
captive breeding
latitudinal gradient
species
45. Sex - weight - and health issues
biodiversity
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
environmental science
46. Contamination of land - water - or air
per capita land consumption
pollution
prescribed fires
nitrogen fixation
47. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
renewable sources
automobile
resource
nodules
48. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
habitat fragment
habitat
food chain
high levels of biodiversity
49. Leaving a population
emigration
biotic factor
carcinogens
ecosystem diversity
50. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
sustainable yield
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
genetic diversity
toxicant