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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. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
emigration
prey
resource management
biomagnification
2. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
A principal of smart growth
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
biodiversity
renewable resource
3. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
environmental science
herbivore
warming temperatures
carbon footprint
4. A consumer that eats only animals
genetic diversity
species diversity
carnivore
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
5. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
resource management
biome
noise polution
carrying capacity
6. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
secondary succession
economic value of forests
renewable resource
extinction
7. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
immigration
environmental science
latitudinal gradient
biodiversity
8. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
emigration
infants
habitat fragmentation
exotic species
9. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
per capita land consumption
captive breeding
secondary succession
habitat preservation
10. By increasing the need for people to drive
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
habitat fragment
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
exotic species
11. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
prey
nonrenewable resource
predator
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
12. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
pathogen
high levels of biodiversity
extirpation
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
13. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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14. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
carcinogens
selective cutting
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
food web
15. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
omnivore
population
habitat fragment
species diversity
16. Organism that carries pathogens
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
vector
mutualism
nonrenewable resource
17. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
risk
clear-cutting
endangered species
adaptation
18. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
pathogen
adaptation
global warming
19. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
vector
captive breeding programs
pollution
endangered species
20. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
extirpation
rural area
high levels of biodiversity
habitat fragment
21. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
deforestation
abiotic factor
conservation
infants
22. Provide wood
name examples of infrastructure
economic value of forests
omnivore
A principal of smart growth
23. Are carefully controlled
keystone species
prescribed burns
ecosystem diversity
consumer
24. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
carcinogens
biotic factor
nodules
ecotourism
25. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
uncentered commercial strip development
competition
ecosystem diversity
26. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
mapping biodiversity hotspots
vector
risk
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
27. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
ecosystem diversity
name examples of infrastructure
teratogens
carrying capacity
28. Species that are carried to a new location by people
sustainable yield
exotic species
biodiversity
open space
29. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
warming temperatures
keystone species
environmental science
deforestation
30. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
scavenger
clear-cutting
carnivore
31. A living part of an organism's habitat
renewable resource
greenhouse gases
extinction
biotic factor
32. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
habitat fragmentation
abiotic factor
omnivore
latitudinal gradient
33. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
predator
biomagnification
warming temperatures
genetic diversity
34. Has the highest amount of species diversity
extirpation
exotic species
insects
resource management
35. Can result in a decrease of property damage
urban area
fire suppression
greenhouse gases
abiotic factor
36. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
threatened
symbiosis
habitat preservation
deforestation
37. The loss of a natural habitat
immigration
habitat destruction
prey
emerging disease
38. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
primary succession
habitat fragmentation
abiotic factor
carnivore
39. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
prescribed fires
primary succession
risk assessment
food chain
40. A species that could become endangered in the near future
endangered species
clear-cutting
threatened
biome
41. Watering crops
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42. Making direct measurements
abiotic factor
captive breeding programs
lead
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
43. Rising sea level
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
biomagnification
secondary succession
clear-cutting
44. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
habitat destruction
threatened
fishery
ecotourism
45. The practice of protecting the environment
niche
abiotic factor
conservation
herbivore
46. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
name examples of infrastructure
extirpation
species diversity
Smokey the Bear's message
47. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
clear-cutting
nonrenewable resource
species
habitat fragment
48. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
urban area
greenhouse gases
genetic diversity
niche
49. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
insects
pollution
consumer
products derived from the natural environment
50. Leaving a population
teratogens
scavenger
emigration
habitat fragmentation