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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 consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
niche
renewable resource
habitat
2. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
renewable resource
habitat destruction
conservation
captive breeding
3. A species that could become endangered in the near future
threatened
extinction
risk
parasitism
4. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
immigration
noise polution
competition
epidemiology
5. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
renewable sources
producer
latitudinal gradient
prescribed burns
6. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
latitudinal gradient
mutualism
pathogen
biological hazards
7. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
teratogens
toxicant
primary succession
exotic species
8. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
open space
name examples of infrastructure
environmental science
prescribed burns
9. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
rural area
herbivore
species diversity
toxicant
10. Using public transportation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
per capita land consumption
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
biodiversity
11. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
parasitism
urban area
infants
biodiversity
12. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
A principal of smart growth
extirpation
habitat fragmentation
species
13. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
noise polution
omnivore
biodiversity
symbiosis
14. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
selective cutting
food web
emigration
noise polution
15. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
noise polution
resource management
keystone species
16. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
ecotourism
exotic species
teratogens
deforestation
17. Help improve the standard of living for residents
biodiversity
species
sustainable cities can
carcinogens
18. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
adaptation
habitat fragmentation
automobile
carcinogens
19. Can result in a decrease of property damage
renewable resource
fire suppression
nodules
mutualism
20. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
genetic diversity
biomagnification
debt-for-nature swap
risk assessment
21. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
22. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
conservation
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
uncentered commercial strip development
23. The largest population that an area can support
carrying capacity
mutualism
infants
niche
24. 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
urban area
emerging disease
renewable sources
omnivore
25. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
abiotic factor
per capita land consumption
resource
26. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
emigration
insects
nodules
Smokey the Bear's message
27. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
habitat
niche
pathogen
wildlife corridor
28. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
species diversity
biome
commensalism
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
29. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
exotic species
warming temperatures
endangered
fishery
30. Rising sea level
overfishing
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
risk assessment
ecotourism
31. Pollution from a factory near your school
commensalism
poaching
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
insects
32. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
risk
carnivore
captive breeding programs
economic value of forests
33. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
renewable resource
risk assessment
competition
noise polution
34. Burning fossil fuels
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
exotic species
population
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
35. Species that are carried to a new location by people
poaching
secondary succession
nodules
exotic species
36. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
sustainable cities can
infants
food chain
wildlife corridor
37. Are carefully controlled
toxicant
prescribed burns
habitat preservation
habitat fragmentation
38. By increasing the need for people to drive
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
decomposer
carbon footprint
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
39. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
noise polution
open space
global warming
habitat preservation
40. Shift of population from countryside to cities
nitrogen fixation
biodiversity
urbanization
risk
41. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
name examples of infrastructure
habitat fragment
carbon footprint
herbivore
42. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
food web
urbanization
renewable sources
debt-for-nature swap
43. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
open space
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
niche
secondary succession
44. A living part of an organism's habitat
biotic factor
warming temperatures
commensalism
per capita land consumption
45. Provide wood
extinction
threatened
economic value of forests
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
46. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
habitat destruction
habitat fragmentation
risk
poaching
47. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
biomagnification
global warming
renewable resource
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
48. Moving into a population
vector
immigration
sustainable cities can
risk
49. The highest level of biodiversity
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
ecosystem diversity
biomagnification
poaching
50. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
biological hazards
renewable resource
overfishing