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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 behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
endangered species
adaptation
ecotourism
lead
2. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
consumer
nonrenewable resource
habitat
threatened
3. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
deforestation
genetic diversity
noise polution
clear-cutting
4. Pollution from a factory near your school
nitrogen fixation
carrying capacity
epidemiology
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
5. A species that could become endangered in the near future
decomposer
threatened
niche
symbiosis
6. Can result in a decrease of property damage
carcinogens
carnivore
fire suppression
name examples of land cover
7. A consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
immigration
poaching
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
8. Provide wood
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
carnivore
economic value of forests
A principal of smart growth
9. Burning fossil fuels
habitat fragment
captive breeding programs
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
10. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
open space
emerging disease
biotic factor
wildlife corridor
11. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
poaching
open space
population
mapping biodiversity hotspots
12. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
risk
clear-cutting
food web
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
13. All the members of one species in a particular area
prey
population
per capita land consumption
habitat fragment
14. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
abiotic factor
urbanization
renewable sources
resource management
15. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
A principal of smart growth
renewable sources
ecotourism
commensalism
16. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
automobile
fishery
ecotourism
renewable sources
17. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
habitat fragmentation
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
resource management
infants
18. Building up not out
omnivore
A principal of smart growth
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
fire suppression
19. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
sustainable yield
mutualism
ecology
genetic diversity
20. Species that are carried to a new location by people
food web
carnivore
captive breeding programs
exotic species
21. Organism that carries pathogens
uncentered commercial strip development
vector
resource management
warming temperatures
22. 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
epidemiology
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
emerging disease
biotic factor
23. Deals with biological hazards
products derived from the natural environment
prey
epidemiology
high levels of biodiversity
24. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
A principal of smart growth
endangered
global warming
risk assessment
25. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
habitat fragmentation
sustainable yield
name examples of land cover
wildlife corridor
26. The practice of protecting the environment
products derived from the natural environment
conservation
population
prescribed fires
27. Help improve the standard of living for residents
warming temperatures
sustainable cities can
environmental science
food web
28. Moving into a population
prescribed burns
predator
threatened
immigration
29. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
commensalism
insects
infants
economic value of forests
30. A living part of an organism's habitat
clear-cutting
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
biotic factor
uncentered commercial strip development
31. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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32. Amount of land each person uses
extirpation
global warming
per capita land consumption
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
33. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
keystone species
primary succession
biome
fire suppression
34. Contamination of land - water - or air
warming temperatures
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
pollution
deforestation
35. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
economic value of forests
symbiosis
teratogens
emigration
36. Rising sea level
emigration
selective cutting
renewable resource
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
37. A species that is at risk of extinction
automobile
consumer
endangered species
genetic diversity
38. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
prescribed burns
global warming
renewable resource
carrying capacity
39. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
food chain
uncentered commercial strip development
immigration
predator
40. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
extinction
commensalism
selective cutting
pathogen
41. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
name examples of land cover
pathogen
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
omnivore
42. Causes a cooling effect
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43. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
genetic diversity
sustainable cities can
ecotourism
biological hazards
44. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
biological hazards
food chain
consumer
biomagnification
45. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
uncentered commercial strip development
name examples of infrastructure
selective cutting
renewable sources
46. Are carefully controlled
ecotourism
species diversity
carcinogens
prescribed burns
47. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
fishery
nitrogen fixation
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
predator
48. Watering crops
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49. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
high levels of biodiversity
lead
open space
food web
50. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
habitat
endangered
primary succession
consumer