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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. Contamination of land - water - or air
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
pollution
prescribed fires
2. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
deforestation
food chain
keystone species
prescribed burns
3. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
genetic diversity
threatened
ecology
abiotic factor
4. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
biological hazards
parasitism
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
emerging disease
5. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
automobile
ecosystem diversity
urbanization
environmental science
6. Species that are carried to a new location by people
global warming
mutualism
exotic species
ecotourism
7. Can result in a decrease of property damage
emigration
species diversity
emerging disease
fire suppression
8. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
pathogen
consumer
threatened
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
9. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
commensalism
captive breeding
carcinogens
Smokey the Bear's message
10. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
name examples of infrastructure
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
population
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
11. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
A principal of smart growth
fishery
name examples of infrastructure
primary succession
12. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
greenhouse gases
adaptation
teratogens
name examples of infrastructure
13. Provide wood
resource
economic value of forests
carrying capacity
overfishing
14. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
commensalism
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
endangered
sustainable cities can
15. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
Smokey the Bear's message
biomagnification
symbiosis
16. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
secondary succession
risk
exotic species
infants
17. A living part of an organism's habitat
prey
threatened
toxicant
biotic factor
18. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
scavenger
poaching
pathogen
economic value of forests
19. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
ecotourism
lead
omnivore
name examples of infrastructure
20. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
urbanization
prescribed fires
fishery
habitat
21. Organism that carries pathogens
conservation
deforestation
vector
urbanization
22. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
renewable resource
wildlife corridor
nonrenewable resource
sustainable yield
23. Causes a cooling effect
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24. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
sustainable yield
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
renewable resource
competition
25. Building up not out
commensalism
A principal of smart growth
per capita land consumption
urbanization
26. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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27. The highest level of biodiversity
mapping biodiversity hotspots
ecosystem diversity
selective cutting
high levels of biodiversity
28. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
ecotourism
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
environmental science
debt-for-nature swap
29. Deals with biological hazards
pathogen
products derived from the natural environment
epidemiology
adaptation
30. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
primary succession
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
lead
consumer
31. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
high levels of biodiversity
open space
per capita land consumption
uncentered commercial strip development
32. Using public transportation
prescribed fires
name examples of land cover
captive breeding
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
33. An organism that can make its own food
economic value of forests
renewable resource
sustainable cities can
producer
34. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
global warming
sustainable yield
urban area
fire suppression
35. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
habitat fragmentation
predator
omnivore
secondary succession
36. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
primary succession
wildlife corridor
sustainable cities can
37. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
ecotourism
noise polution
decomposer
warming temperatures
38. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
mapping biodiversity hotspots
ecosystem diversity
risk assessment
name examples of land cover
39. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
conservation
food web
adaptation
40. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
lead
species diversity
emerging disease
nitrogen fixation
41. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
greenhouse gases
resource
name examples of land cover
keystone species
42. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
resource management
species diversity
fishery
greenhouse gases
43. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
omnivore
fire suppression
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
44. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
captive breeding
vector
habitat preservation
biomagnification
45. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
clear-cutting
greenhouse gases
decomposer
emerging disease
46. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
debt-for-nature swap
secondary succession
species diversity
risk assessment
47. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
mutualism
prescribed fires
habitat fragmentation
high levels of biodiversity
48. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
threatened
carrying capacity
sustainable yield
parasitism
49. A species that is at risk of extinction
fire suppression
biomagnification
endangered species
prey
50. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
extirpation
immigration
Smokey the Bear's message
food web