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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 all the trees in an area at once
clear-cutting
endangered species
debt-for-nature swap
products derived from the natural environment
2. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
resource management
poaching
prescribed fires
3. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
ecosystem diversity
biological hazards
overfishing
extirpation
4. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
habitat fragmentation
carnivore
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
high levels of biodiversity
5. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
extirpation
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
habitat
secondary succession
6. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
uncentered commercial strip development
food chain
global warming
fishery
7. Are carefully controlled
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
prescribed burns
fishery
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
8. Organism that carries pathogens
species diversity
biomagnification
vector
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
9. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
biome
primary succession
risk
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
10. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
clear-cutting
vector
food web
prescribed burns
11. A living part of an organism's habitat
habitat preservation
warming temperatures
consumer
biotic factor
12. Can result in a decrease of property damage
fire suppression
predator
prey
niche
13. The practice of protecting the environment
predator
producer
conservation
commensalism
14. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
food chain
mapping biodiversity hotspots
toxicant
habitat fragmentation
15. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
open space
toxicant
resource
immigration
16. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
primary succession
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
latitudinal gradient
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
17. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
captive breeding programs
nodules
producer
endangered species
18. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
fishery
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
resource management
predator
19. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
greenhouse gases
noise polution
mapping biodiversity hotspots
lead
20. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
species diversity
ecotourism
risk
debt-for-nature swap
21. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
habitat fragment
population
open space
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
22. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
abiotic factor
symbiosis
pollution
mutualism
23. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
pathogen
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
niche
endangered
24. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
ecotourism
sustainable cities can
prey
prescribed fires
25. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
extinction
name examples of infrastructure
biomagnification
26. Help improve the standard of living for residents
sustainable cities can
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
renewable sources
captive breeding programs
27. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
rural area
A principal of smart growth
urban area
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
28. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
conservation
extinction
sustainable cities can
Smokey the Bear's message
29. Fires that are set by humans
deforestation
prescribed fires
nonrenewable resource
endangered
30. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
pathogen
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
biome
per capita land consumption
31. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
nitrogen fixation
wildlife corridor
epidemiology
keystone species
32. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
open space
endangered species
renewable resource
33. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
epidemiology
scavenger
secondary succession
risk
34. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
extinction
risk
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
environmental science
35. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
decomposer
nodules
biome
prey
36. Moving into a population
urbanization
immigration
omnivore
lead
37. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
epidemiology
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
biome
teratogens
38. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
predator
mapping biodiversity hotspots
captive breeding programs
abiotic factor
39. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
carrying capacity
poaching
secondary succession
fishery
40. Chemicals that cause cancer
habitat
carcinogens
renewable resource
A principal of smart growth
41. Watering crops
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42. An organism that can make its own food
urban area
biological hazards
producer
prey
43. Habitat change and fragmentation
sustainable cities can
infants
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
competition
44. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
biome
nonrenewable resource
threatened
teratogens
45. The largest population that an area can support
decomposer
Smokey the Bear's message
risk
carrying capacity
46. Building up not out
endangered
debt-for-nature swap
A principal of smart growth
secondary succession
47. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
selective cutting
genetic diversity
extirpation
ecology
48. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
mapping biodiversity hotspots
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
rural area
49. A consumer that eats only plants
teratogens
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
herbivore
toxicant
50. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
environmental science
prescribed fires
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
parasitism