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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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1. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
competition
abiotic factor
mapping biodiversity hotspots
resource
2. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
endangered
risk
risk assessment
wildlife corridor
3. Making direct measurements
latitudinal gradient
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
parasitism
niche
4. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
species diversity
toxicant
symbiosis
conservation
5. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
epidemiology
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
ecotourism
6. Has the highest amount of species diversity
species diversity
toxicant
niche
insects
7. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
sustainable cities can
extinction
uncentered commercial strip development
food chain
8. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
urban area
mutualism
habitat
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
9. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
risk assessment
threatened
primary succession
food chain
10. The number of different species in an area
endangered species
exotic species
scavenger
biodiversity
11. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
fire suppression
teratogens
greenhouse gases
competition
12. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
symbiosis
carcinogens
captive breeding programs
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
13. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
warming temperatures
secondary succession
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
captive breeding programs
14. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
conservation
fire suppression
risk
environmental science
15. A consumer that eats only animals
greenhouse gases
carnivore
carrying capacity
biodiversity
16. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
global warming
habitat
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
adaptation
17. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
commensalism
risk
endangered species
biome
18. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
captive breeding programs
prescribed burns
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
immigration
19. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
endangered
adaptation
omnivore
20. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
sustainable yield
keystone species
extirpation
risk
21. A consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
species
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
greenhouse gases
22. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
genetic diversity
immigration
renewable sources
parasitism
23. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
latitudinal gradient
rural area
epidemiology
urban area
24. Pollution from a factory near your school
pollution
biological hazards
abiotic factor
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
25. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
automobile
pathogen
scavenger
infants
26. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
poaching
prescribed fires
carnivore
environmental science
27. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
clear-cutting
uncentered commercial strip development
rural area
open space
28. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
biome
biotic factor
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
open space
29. Burning fossil fuels
primary succession
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
noise polution
30. A species that could become endangered in the near future
ecology
parasitism
toxicant
threatened
31. A species that is at risk of extinction
competition
debt-for-nature swap
endangered species
abiotic factor
32. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
warming temperatures
infants
uncentered commercial strip development
sustainable yield
33. The highest level of biodiversity
fishery
food web
primary succession
ecosystem diversity
34. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
niche
food web
omnivore
35. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
wildlife corridor
endangered species
scavenger
species diversity
36. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
ecotourism
carrying capacity
teratogens
per capita land consumption
37. Shift of population from countryside to cities
ecosystem diversity
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
urbanization
habitat
38. Amount of land each person uses
abiotic factor
warming temperatures
per capita land consumption
name examples of infrastructure
39. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
fishery
decomposer
carnivore
ecology
40. Rising sea level
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
producer
primary succession
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
41. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
insects
abiotic factor
42. The practice of protecting the environment
scavenger
name examples of land cover
primary succession
conservation
43. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
extirpation
name examples of land cover
conservation
epidemiology
44. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
scavenger
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
threatened
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
45. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
high levels of biodiversity
biome
name examples of land cover
name examples of infrastructure
46. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
habitat preservation
deforestation
emigration
47. 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
species diversity
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
insects
emerging disease
48. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
scavenger
warming temperatures
49. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
fire suppression
epidemiology
immigration
consumer
50. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
lead
resource management
name examples of infrastructure
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