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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 living part of an organism's habitat
automobile
extirpation
biotic factor
ecology
2. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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3. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
selective cutting
latitudinal gradient
exotic species
biomagnification
4. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
selective cutting
species
global warming
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
5. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
pathogen
sustainable cities can
abiotic factor
6. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
nonrenewable resource
Smokey the Bear's message
keystone species
7. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
open space
commensalism
pollution
8. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
omnivore
toxicant
ecotourism
uncentered commercial strip development
9. The loss of a natural habitat
habitat
habitat destruction
open space
carrying capacity
10. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
food web
fishery
secondary succession
carbon footprint
11. A consumer that eats only animals
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
carnivore
habitat destruction
genetic diversity
12. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
ecotourism
consumer
habitat fragmentation
uncentered commercial strip development
13. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
urban area
toxicant
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
prescribed burns
14. Contamination of land - water - or air
endangered species
pollution
debt-for-nature swap
open space
15. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
toxicant
risk
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
16. A consumer that eats only plants
keystone species
herbivore
parasitism
renewable resource
17. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
parasitism
noise polution
primary succession
pathogen
18. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
biodiversity
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
resource
ecotourism
19. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
extinction
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
renewable sources
lead
20. Burning fossil fuels
producer
biome
epidemiology
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
21. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
nitrogen fixation
global warming
parasitism
resource management
22. Causes a cooling effect
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23. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
carnivore
teratogens
prescribed burns
endangered species
24. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
habitat preservation
habitat destruction
pathogen
habitat fragmentation
25. Chemicals that cause cancer
sustainable yield
mapping biodiversity hotspots
greenhouse gases
carcinogens
26. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
global warming
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
biotic factor
competition
27. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
parasitism
decomposer
food web
predator
28. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
name examples of infrastructure
endangered
overfishing
extinction
29. 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
emerging disease
fishery
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
keystone species
30. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
urban area
captive breeding programs
carnivore
31. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
food chain
latitudinal gradient
name examples of infrastructure
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
32. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
keystone species
products derived from the natural environment
prey
extirpation
33. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
sustainable cities can
biomagnification
latitudinal gradient
34. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
uncentered commercial strip development
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
endangered species
renewable sources
35. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
food chain
extirpation
ecosystem diversity
epidemiology
36. Watering crops
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37. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
habitat
biotic factor
endangered
niche
38. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
poaching
overfishing
global warming
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
39. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
renewable sources
ecology
symbiosis
habitat destruction
40. The number of different species in an area
carcinogens
biodiversity
nitrogen fixation
carnivore
41. Habitat change and fragmentation
habitat preservation
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
global warming
lead
42. Has the highest amount of species diversity
insects
habitat fragment
parasitism
high levels of biodiversity
43. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
clear-cutting
biological hazards
fire suppression
ecosystem diversity
44. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
carrying capacity
vector
renewable resource
biological hazards
45. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
exotic species
abiotic factor
lead
commensalism
46. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
sustainable cities can
habitat fragment
selective cutting
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
47. The largest population that an area can support
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
carrying capacity
abiotic factor
endangered species
48. Can result in a decrease of property damage
insects
species
producer
fire suppression
49. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
species
emerging disease
per capita land consumption
endangered
50. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
renewable resource
poaching
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
risk assessment