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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. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
selective cutting
carnivore
toxicant
overfishing
2. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
uncentered commercial strip development
biomagnification
resource
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
3. A living part of an organism's habitat
resource
infants
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
biotic factor
4. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
species diversity
carbon footprint
predator
decomposer
5. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
name examples of land cover
scavenger
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
immigration
6. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
habitat preservation
renewable sources
lead
7. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
prescribed fires
nitrogen fixation
open space
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
8. Rising sea level
extinction
resource management
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
products derived from the natural environment
9. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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10. Causes a cooling effect
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11. The number of different species in an area
per capita land consumption
biodiversity
endangered
herbivore
12. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
food web
urbanization
name examples of land cover
keystone species
13. Are carefully controlled
carbon footprint
prescribed burns
biome
carcinogens
14. Leaving a population
niche
primary succession
emigration
population
15. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
overfishing
threatened
abiotic factor
prey
16. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
genetic diversity
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
emerging disease
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
17. 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
immigration
nodules
lead
emerging disease
18. Amount of land each person uses
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
endangered species
per capita land consumption
risk assessment
19. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
consumer
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
biodiversity
20. Sex - weight - and health issues
rural area
risk assessment
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
carbon footprint
21. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
competition
omnivore
per capita land consumption
Smokey the Bear's message
22. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
captive breeding
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
ecotourism
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
23. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
threatened
ecosystem diversity
sustainable yield
nitrogen fixation
24. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
biomagnification
habitat fragmentation
infants
species diversity
25. A consumer that eats only plants
prescribed burns
pathogen
abiotic factor
herbivore
26. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
ecotourism
name examples of infrastructure
carbon footprint
ecology
27. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
insects
wildlife corridor
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
extirpation
28. An organism that can make its own food
threatened
producer
herbivore
captive breeding programs
29. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
poaching
captive breeding
secondary succession
30. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
selective cutting
carnivore
decomposer
food web
31. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
toxicant
products derived from the natural environment
risk assessment
predator
32. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
adaptation
urban area
global warming
products derived from the natural environment
33. Provide wood
sustainable yield
decomposer
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
economic value of forests
34. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
greenhouse gases
emigration
carnivore
automobile
35. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
latitudinal gradient
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
extinction
biodiversity
36. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
biodiversity
food web
A principal of smart growth
debt-for-nature swap
37. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
resource
symbiosis
fishery
risk
38. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
competition
mapping biodiversity hotspots
scavenger
vector
39. A species that is at risk of extinction
ecology
debt-for-nature swap
habitat preservation
endangered species
40. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
latitudinal gradient
endangered species
fire suppression
clear-cutting
41. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
commensalism
name examples of infrastructure
abiotic factor
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
42. The highest level of biodiversity
ecosystem diversity
high levels of biodiversity
immigration
A principal of smart growth
43. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
nodules
name examples of infrastructure
ecosystem diversity
habitat preservation
44. Watering crops
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45. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
clear-cutting
food chain
urban area
decomposer
46. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
endangered
rural area
overfishing
genetic diversity
47. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
biodiversity
captive breeding programs
species diversity
debt-for-nature swap
48. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
automobile
per capita land consumption
greenhouse gases
selective cutting
49. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
prescribed burns
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
warming temperatures
niche
50. Help improve the standard of living for residents
noise polution
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
sustainable cities can
environmental science