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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 study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
symbiosis
carnivore
environmental science
adaptation
2. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
name examples of infrastructure
habitat preservation
resource management
habitat fragmentation
3. Leaving a population
emigration
resource
extirpation
urbanization
4. Has the highest amount of species diversity
conservation
selective cutting
exotic species
insects
5. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
uncentered commercial strip development
herbivore
mutualism
emerging disease
6. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
risk assessment
primary succession
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
extinction
7. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
environmental science
captive breeding programs
abiotic factor
debt-for-nature swap
8. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
habitat destruction
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
endangered species
rural area
9. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
toxicant
pathogen
adaptation
habitat preservation
10. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
toxicant
prescribed burns
resource
biomagnification
11. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
resource
nonrenewable resource
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
latitudinal gradient
12. Habitat change and fragmentation
debt-for-nature swap
economic value of forests
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
biotic factor
13. Fires that are set by humans
uncentered commercial strip development
renewable resource
prescribed fires
carbon footprint
14. A consumer that eats only plants
warming temperatures
herbivore
overfishing
emigration
15. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
fishery
nodules
clear-cutting
endangered
16. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
nonrenewable resource
urban area
commensalism
renewable sources
17. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
resource
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
sustainable yield
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
18. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
pathogen
habitat fragmentation
automobile
niche
19. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
ecology
habitat fragmentation
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
poaching
20. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
abiotic factor
risk
renewable resource
wildlife corridor
21. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
wildlife corridor
global warming
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
open space
22. A living part of an organism's habitat
emigration
insects
prescribed burns
biotic factor
23. Can result in a decrease of property damage
fire suppression
food web
adaptation
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
24. Deals with biological hazards
biodiversity
epidemiology
economic value of forests
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
25. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
endangered
lead
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
26. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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27. Species that are carried to a new location by people
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
abiotic factor
per capita land consumption
exotic species
28. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
name examples of land cover
omnivore
latitudinal gradient
threatened
29. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
toxicant
carbon footprint
pollution
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
30. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
abiotic factor
resource
high levels of biodiversity
pollution
31. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
poaching
adaptation
consumer
deforestation
32. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
poaching
habitat preservation
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
33. The highest level of biodiversity
conservation
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
sustainable cities can
ecosystem diversity
34. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
renewable resource
symbiosis
uncentered commercial strip development
food web
35. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
habitat fragmentation
rural area
decomposer
habitat
36. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
carbon footprint
products derived from the natural environment
economic value of forests
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
37. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
biotic factor
food chain
keystone species
scavenger
38. Moving into a population
genetic diversity
immigration
captive breeding programs
symbiosis
39. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
competition
genetic diversity
mutualism
40. Making direct measurements
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
abiotic factor
commensalism
renewable sources
41. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
pathogen
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
name examples of infrastructure
biome
42. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
nitrogen fixation
habitat
sustainable yield
predator
43. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
nonrenewable resource
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
infants
renewable sources
44. Provide wood
secondary succession
clear-cutting
economic value of forests
habitat fragmentation
45. Amount of land each person uses
per capita land consumption
risk assessment
environmental science
fishery
46. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
symbiosis
habitat destruction
food web
carcinogens
47. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
automobile
mutualism
niche
abiotic factor
48. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
biomagnification
renewable sources
49. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
mapping biodiversity hotspots
mutualism
urbanization
threatened
50. Are carefully controlled
urban area
ecotourism
prescribed burns
habitat