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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. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
warming temperatures
threatened
conservation
symbiosis
2. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
automobile
species diversity
ecology
habitat preservation
3. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
extinction
greenhouse gases
deforestation
teratogens
4. Watering crops
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5. Help improve the standard of living for residents
exotic species
habitat fragment
sustainable cities can
pathogen
6. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
sustainable yield
primary succession
carrying capacity
uncentered commercial strip development
7. Rising sea level
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
omnivore
environmental science
species
8. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
emerging disease
decomposer
wildlife corridor
consumer
9. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
niche
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
pathogen
10. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
threatened
environmental science
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
11. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
high levels of biodiversity
habitat fragmentation
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
habitat fragment
12. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
vector
name examples of land cover
nodules
parasitism
13. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
noise polution
name examples of land cover
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
automobile
14. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
automobile
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
greenhouse gases
15. Causes a cooling effect
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16. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
pollution
risk
ecology
toxicant
17. Has the highest amount of species diversity
teratogens
captive breeding programs
automobile
insects
18. Are carefully controlled
name examples of infrastructure
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
exotic species
prescribed burns
19. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
primary succession
mapping biodiversity hotspots
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
latitudinal gradient
20. Amount of land each person uses
per capita land consumption
predator
habitat destruction
habitat preservation
21. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
vector
epidemiology
exotic species
rural area
22. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
endangered
overfishing
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
scavenger
23. Making direct measurements
ecotourism
parasitism
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
species diversity
24. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
competition
exotic species
producer
risk assessment
25. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
omnivore
habitat destruction
nitrogen fixation
renewable resource
26. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
decomposer
fishery
mutualism
risk assessment
27. A consumer that eats only animals
captive breeding
carnivore
ecology
prey
28. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
species diversity
sustainable yield
adaptation
urban area
29. All the members of one species in a particular area
population
species diversity
teratogens
prescribed burns
30. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
population
habitat preservation
teratogens
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
31. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
debt-for-nature swap
endangered species
exotic species
adaptation
32. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
prescribed burns
species diversity
herbivore
extinction
33. Using public transportation
prescribed fires
scavenger
carnivore
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
34. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
resource management
biodiversity
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
primary succession
35. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
infants
producer
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
name examples of land cover
36. The number of different species in an area
exotic species
species diversity
keystone species
biodiversity
37. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
nonrenewable resource
secondary succession
habitat fragment
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
38. A species that could become endangered in the near future
exotic species
biotic factor
threatened
parasitism
39. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
global warming
biomagnification
producer
40. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
debt-for-nature swap
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
toxicant
clear-cutting
41. The largest population that an area can support
carcinogens
prescribed fires
carrying capacity
scavenger
42. Contamination of land - water - or air
pollution
parasitism
habitat preservation
products derived from the natural environment
43. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
risk assessment
mutualism
immigration
fire suppression
44. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
latitudinal gradient
primary succession
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
extirpation
45. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
keystone species
carcinogens
46. Sex - weight - and health issues
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
captive breeding programs
rural area
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
47. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
selective cutting
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
biome
urbanization
48. Chemicals that cause cancer
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
omnivore
carcinogens
automobile
49. The loss of a natural habitat
habitat destruction
nodules
A principal of smart growth
emigration
50. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
nonrenewable resource
exotic species
noise polution
producer