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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. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
consumer
threatened
biotic factor
ecology
2. Shift of population from countryside to cities
biotic factor
urbanization
debt-for-nature swap
name examples of land cover
3. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
Smokey the Bear's message
mutualism
fire suppression
carcinogens
4. Causes a cooling effect
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5. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
biological hazards
keystone species
carcinogens
name examples of land cover
6. All the members of one species in a particular area
pollution
population
immigration
Smokey the Bear's message
7. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
automobile
immigration
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
sustainable yield
8. Moving into a population
renewable resource
immigration
pollution
clear-cutting
9. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
carcinogens
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
global warming
fire suppression
10. Deals with biological hazards
epidemiology
parasitism
ecosystem diversity
pathogen
11. A consumer that eats only animals
noise polution
latitudinal gradient
carnivore
selective cutting
12. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
biological hazards
environmental science
resource
habitat fragment
13. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
resource management
prescribed fires
commensalism
extirpation
14. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
teratogens
warming temperatures
prey
habitat
15. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
selective cutting
teratogens
noise polution
latitudinal gradient
16. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
carbon footprint
competition
population
species diversity
17. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
prey
habitat preservation
extirpation
18. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
noise polution
extirpation
biotic factor
19. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
habitat fragmentation
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
economic value of forests
competition
20. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
renewable resource
pollution
products derived from the natural environment
biological hazards
21. Help improve the standard of living for residents
sustainable cities can
toxicant
food chain
habitat destruction
22. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
emigration
mapping biodiversity hotspots
high levels of biodiversity
endangered species
23. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
per capita land consumption
latitudinal gradient
decomposer
24. Amount of land each person uses
extirpation
per capita land consumption
endangered
food web
25. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
prescribed burns
habitat preservation
infants
mapping biodiversity hotspots
26. The number of different species in an area
captive breeding programs
biodiversity
selective cutting
nitrogen fixation
27. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
captive breeding programs
food web
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
renewable resource
28. Has the highest amount of species diversity
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
infants
insects
secondary succession
29. A species that is at risk of extinction
latitudinal gradient
urban area
biological hazards
endangered species
30. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
greenhouse gases
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
economic value of forests
teratogens
31. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
adaptation
immigration
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
open space
32. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
renewable resource
Smokey the Bear's message
uncentered commercial strip development
environmental science
33. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
captive breeding programs
per capita land consumption
insects
pathogen
34. A consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
carrying capacity
overfishing
risk assessment
35. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
biotic factor
parasitism
fishery
ecotourism
36. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
global warming
immigration
ecology
fishery
37. Are carefully controlled
extirpation
prescribed burns
prey
primary succession
38. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
biotic factor
predator
adaptation
genetic diversity
39. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
parasitism
decomposer
species diversity
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
40. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
omnivore
nodules
competition
habitat fragment
41. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
fire suppression
herbivore
clear-cutting
habitat fragmentation
42. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
scavenger
sustainable cities can
species
secondary succession
43. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
insects
risk
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
resource
44. Sex - weight - and health issues
environmental science
food chain
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
biome
45. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
abiotic factor
fishery
carrying capacity
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
46. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
habitat
extirpation
competition
debt-for-nature swap
47. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
renewable resource
prescribed fires
vector
omnivore
48. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
renewable resource
captive breeding
pollution
49. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
selective cutting
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
habitat fragmentation
nodules
50. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
symbiosis
niche
name examples of infrastructure
urbanization