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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. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
food chain
wildlife corridor
habitat fragmentation
population
2. Species that are carried to a new location by people
biomagnification
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
exotic species
biome
3. Sex - weight - and health issues
urban area
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
primary succession
extirpation
4. A species that is at risk of extinction
endangered species
warming temperatures
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
captive breeding
5. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
rural area
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
nodules
deforestation
6. The loss of a natural habitat
sustainable yield
clear-cutting
habitat
habitat destruction
7. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
genetic diversity
mutualism
fire suppression
pollution
8. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
infants
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
habitat fragment
prey
9. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
threatened
nitrogen fixation
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
endangered
10. The practice of protecting the environment
uncentered commercial strip development
ecosystem diversity
conservation
captive breeding
11. A species that could become endangered in the near future
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
threatened
consumer
fishery
12. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
prescribed burns
sustainable cities can
competition
noise polution
13. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
extinction
biodiversity
extirpation
population
14. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
greenhouse gases
uncentered commercial strip development
fishery
immigration
15. Contamination of land - water - or air
pollution
biological hazards
exotic species
automobile
16. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
fishery
omnivore
food chain
consumer
17. A consumer that eats only plants
per capita land consumption
noise polution
herbivore
habitat fragment
18. Fires that are set by humans
A principal of smart growth
prescribed fires
ecotourism
competition
19. Rising sea level
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
decomposer
rural area
endangered
20. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
high levels of biodiversity
food web
overfishing
species
21. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
habitat
threatened
urbanization
keystone species
22. Deals with biological hazards
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
fishery
sustainable yield
epidemiology
23. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
symbiosis
habitat destruction
mutualism
predator
24. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
biological hazards
resource management
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
predator
25. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
prey
per capita land consumption
automobile
teratogens
26. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
carbon footprint
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
renewable sources
nonrenewable resource
27. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
renewable resource
fire suppression
endangered species
keystone species
28. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
symbiosis
extinction
risk assessment
biodiversity
29. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
niche
urbanization
renewable sources
risk assessment
30. Amount of land each person uses
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
per capita land consumption
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
31. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
overfishing
scavenger
biodiversity
exotic species
32. Chemicals that cause cancer
captive breeding
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
automobile
carcinogens
33. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
pollution
habitat
pathogen
herbivore
34. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
species diversity
prescribed burns
lead
consumer
35. 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
extinction
emerging disease
infants
automobile
36. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
mutualism
biological hazards
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
keystone species
37. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
debt-for-nature swap
infants
symbiosis
economic value of forests
38. A consumer that eats only animals
renewable resource
carnivore
species
renewable sources
39. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
parasitism
urban area
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
name examples of land cover
40. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
overfishing
renewable sources
biomagnification
biotic factor
41. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
parasitism
poaching
exotic species
producer
42. An organism that can make its own food
producer
fishery
ecosystem diversity
rural area
43. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
captive breeding
extirpation
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
scavenger
44. Watering crops
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45. Burning fossil fuels
nodules
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
resource management
Smokey the Bear's message
46. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
resource
epidemiology
risk assessment
endangered
47. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
nodules
sustainable cities can
omnivore
ecology
48. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
consumer
biomagnification
mapping biodiversity hotspots
extinction
49. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
deforestation
abiotic factor
automobile
species diversity
50. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
products derived from the natural environment
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
toxicant
greenhouse gases