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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Building up not out
vector
species
A principal of smart growth
food web
2. Amount of land each person uses
habitat
renewable sources
species diversity
per capita land consumption
3. Chemicals that cause cancer
high levels of biodiversity
conservation
carcinogens
poaching
4. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
insects
toxicant
carrying capacity
keystone species
5. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
emigration
extirpation
habitat fragment
environmental science
6. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
immigration
secondary succession
extinction
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
7. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
biological hazards
latitudinal gradient
rural area
8. 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
biodiversity
carrying capacity
economic value of forests
emerging disease
9. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
biome
toxicant
carnivore
population
10. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
threatened
renewable sources
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
biological hazards
11. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
biological hazards
per capita land consumption
name examples of infrastructure
genetic diversity
12. Causes a cooling effect
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13. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
uncentered commercial strip development
nonrenewable resource
open space
nodules
14. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
predator
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
warming temperatures
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
15. Using public transportation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
resource management
carnivore
habitat destruction
16. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
biological hazards
food web
fishery
17. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
scavenger
teratogens
prey
sustainable cities can
18. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
species diversity
latitudinal gradient
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
habitat fragmentation
19. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
carbon footprint
carnivore
omnivore
habitat fragment
20. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
niche
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
carnivore
21. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
renewable sources
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
mutualism
renewable resource
22. All the members of one species in a particular area
species
population
environmental science
ecotourism
23. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
high levels of biodiversity
pollution
selective cutting
omnivore
24. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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25. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
habitat preservation
insects
primary succession
adaptation
26. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
habitat
carcinogens
primary succession
species diversity
27. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
biomagnification
omnivore
population
latitudinal gradient
28. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
immigration
greenhouse gases
prey
urban area
29. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
emigration
adaptation
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
automobile
30. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
population
consumer
warming temperatures
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
31. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
open space
habitat fragmentation
name examples of land cover
warming temperatures
32. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
species
carnivore
urbanization
33. The number of different species in an area
epidemiology
wildlife corridor
biodiversity
biome
34. Organism that carries pathogens
decomposer
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
nodules
vector
35. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
commensalism
extinction
niche
ecotourism
36. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
pathogen
herbivore
sustainable yield
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
37. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
nonrenewable resource
biome
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
deforestation
38. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
mutualism
competition
food web
uncentered commercial strip development
39. By increasing the need for people to drive
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
fishery
environmental science
40. An organism that can make its own food
name examples of infrastructure
environmental science
adaptation
producer
41. Leaving a population
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
emigration
fire suppression
greenhouse gases
42. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
omnivore
mapping biodiversity hotspots
captive breeding
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
43. Provide wood
population
economic value of forests
niche
deforestation
44. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
ecology
nodules
habitat preservation
emerging disease
45. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
sustainable yield
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
habitat preservation
fishery
46. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
parasitism
risk
emigration
nitrogen fixation
47. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
competition
deforestation
exotic species
nonrenewable resource
48. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
prescribed fires
exotic species
resource
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
49. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
vector
rural area
renewable sources
pollution
50. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
per capita land consumption
symbiosis
fishery
products derived from the natural environment