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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. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
greenhouse gases
carrying capacity
uncentered commercial strip development
exotic species
2. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
latitudinal gradient
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
adaptation
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
3. Are carefully controlled
food chain
endangered
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
prescribed burns
4. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
endangered species
carcinogens
omnivore
deforestation
5. 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
products derived from the natural environment
fishery
wildlife corridor
emerging disease
6. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
commensalism
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
name examples of infrastructure
fishery
7. An organism that can make its own food
consumer
producer
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
threatened
8. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
name examples of land cover
greenhouse gases
toxicant
captive breeding programs
9. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
consumer
name examples of land cover
warming temperatures
nonrenewable resource
10. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
endangered
poaching
rural area
automobile
11. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
clear-cutting
nitrogen fixation
exotic species
sustainable cities can
12. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
extirpation
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
teratogens
pollution
13. Rising sea level
carcinogens
biomagnification
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
14. Organism that carries pathogens
secondary succession
vector
automobile
threatened
15. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
niche
habitat preservation
mapping biodiversity hotspots
16. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
debt-for-nature swap
exotic species
habitat preservation
17. Sex - weight - and health issues
herbivore
resource
captive breeding programs
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
18. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
ecology
species
habitat
environmental science
19. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
resource
renewable sources
wildlife corridor
emerging disease
20. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
extinction
extirpation
conservation
prey
21. Chemicals that cause cancer
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
predator
species diversity
carcinogens
22. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
risk assessment
sustainable yield
selective cutting
23. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
primary succession
toxicant
endangered
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
24. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
biome
nonrenewable resource
conservation
urban area
25. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
poaching
uncentered commercial strip development
exotic species
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
26. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
lead
niche
rural area
sustainable cities can
27. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
selective cutting
omnivore
keystone species
captive breeding
28. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
predator
infants
selective cutting
herbivore
29. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
habitat preservation
species diversity
selective cutting
debt-for-nature swap
30. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
primary succession
mapping biodiversity hotspots
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
nonrenewable resource
31. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
endangered
automobile
overfishing
uncentered commercial strip development
32. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
captive breeding programs
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
scavenger
33. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
open space
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
emerging disease
habitat preservation
34. Amount of land each person uses
per capita land consumption
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
emigration
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
35. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
primary succession
competition
biome
per capita land consumption
36. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
biological hazards
genetic diversity
habitat
automobile
37. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
infants
poaching
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
symbiosis
38. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
global warming
food web
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
ecology
39. Leaving a population
emigration
emerging disease
insects
resource management
40. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
niche
per capita land consumption
environmental science
41. Habitat change and fragmentation
predator
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
emerging disease
habitat
42. A consumer that eats only plants
exotic species
automobile
herbivore
name examples of land cover
43. Species that are carried to a new location by people
selective cutting
species diversity
urban area
exotic species
44. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
Smokey the Bear's message
primary succession
mutualism
decomposer
45. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
captive breeding programs
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
competition
resource management
46. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
environmental science
prey
habitat fragment
biodiversity
47. Causes a cooling effect
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48. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
deforestation
sustainable cities can
habitat fragment
49. The practice of protecting the environment
products derived from the natural environment
competition
ecotourism
conservation
50. By increasing the need for people to drive
predator
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas