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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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1. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
ecotourism
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
prescribed fires
2. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
mutualism
secondary succession
3. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
food web
Smokey the Bear's message
nodules
resource management
4. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
herbivore
open space
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
5. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
resource management
competition
poaching
decomposer
6. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
prey
habitat fragmentation
mapping biodiversity hotspots
risk assessment
7. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
producer
vector
food web
competition
8. Watering crops
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9. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
habitat fragmentation
ecotourism
carbon footprint
rural area
10. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
pathogen
vector
consumer
population
11. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
insects
epidemiology
commensalism
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
12. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
urban area
population
consumer
decomposer
13. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
niche
conservation
abiotic factor
habitat destruction
14. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
prey
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
niche
omnivore
15. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
biological hazards
name examples of land cover
producer
insects
16. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
wildlife corridor
herbivore
biodiversity
sustainable yield
17. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
secondary succession
adaptation
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
parasitism
18. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
fishery
keystone species
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
adaptation
19. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
debt-for-nature swap
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
pollution
habitat preservation
20. All the members of one species in a particular area
scavenger
abiotic factor
population
habitat destruction
21. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
food chain
warming temperatures
toxicant
captive breeding programs
22. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
risk
sustainable cities can
poaching
carnivore
23. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
economic value of forests
sustainable yield
habitat fragmentation
consumer
24. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
primary succession
adaptation
global warming
habitat destruction
25. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
competition
secondary succession
greenhouse gases
primary succession
26. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
noise polution
prey
renewable sources
insects
27. The largest population that an area can support
carrying capacity
name examples of land cover
carbon footprint
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
28. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
nonrenewable resource
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
extinction
emerging disease
29. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
nonrenewable resource
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
species diversity
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
30. Fires that are set by humans
A principal of smart growth
infants
risk assessment
prescribed fires
31. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
nitrogen fixation
pollution
producer
32. Using public transportation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
emerging disease
environmental science
33. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
infants
habitat preservation
producer
overfishing
34. Organism that carries pathogens
teratogens
consumer
secondary succession
vector
35. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
secondary succession
mutualism
primary succession
risk assessment
36. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
resource
ecotourism
pathogen
species diversity
37. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
biome
urban area
habitat
endangered
38. The practice of protecting the environment
insects
conservation
producer
risk assessment
39. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
habitat preservation
species
epidemiology
fire suppression
40. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
nodules
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
food chain
41. Amount of land each person uses
per capita land consumption
biological hazards
deforestation
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
42. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
deforestation
habitat fragment
insects
pathogen
43. Causes a cooling effect
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44. Provide wood
economic value of forests
emigration
greenhouse gases
global warming
45. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
consumer
open space
ecotourism
species diversity
46. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
debt-for-nature swap
toxicant
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
environmental science
47. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
habitat
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
parasitism
emigration
48. Help improve the standard of living for residents
scavenger
parasitism
sustainable cities can
secondary succession
49. 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
name examples of infrastructure
biological hazards
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
emerging disease
50. Burning fossil fuels
resource
lead
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
urban area
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