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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 series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
urban area
food chain
species
debt-for-nature swap
2. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
ecotourism
products derived from the natural environment
sustainable yield
3. A consumer that eats only animals
carnivore
overfishing
genetic diversity
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
4. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
adaptation
extirpation
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
urban area
5. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
clear-cutting
habitat destruction
carbon footprint
selective cutting
6. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
mutualism
biodiversity
nonrenewable resource
resource management
7. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
biome
economic value of forests
keystone species
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
8. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
decomposer
mapping biodiversity hotspots
primary succession
urban area
9. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
fishery
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
urbanization
10. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
habitat fragmentation
renewable sources
biomagnification
rural area
11. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
fishery
herbivore
extirpation
food web
12. Contamination of land - water - or air
A principal of smart growth
global warming
pollution
prescribed burns
13. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
nonrenewable resource
uncentered commercial strip development
biotic factor
urban area
14. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
omnivore
deforestation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
15. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
nonrenewable resource
competition
population
risk
16. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
carrying capacity
biodiversity
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
rural area
17. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
biological hazards
debt-for-nature swap
consumer
predator
18. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
species diversity
carnivore
insects
prescribed fires
19. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
high levels of biodiversity
nodules
products derived from the natural environment
ecotourism
20. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
sustainable cities can
latitudinal gradient
adaptation
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
21. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
greenhouse gases
risk
per capita land consumption
omnivore
22. A species that is at risk of extinction
endangered species
pathogen
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
keystone species
23. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
per capita land consumption
name examples of infrastructure
endangered
24. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
name examples of land cover
sustainable cities can
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
latitudinal gradient
25. A living part of an organism's habitat
vector
biotic factor
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
consumer
26. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
per capita land consumption
extirpation
selective cutting
insects
27. Organism that carries pathogens
habitat
resource
nitrogen fixation
vector
28. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
biome
selective cutting
carbon footprint
ecology
29. Fires that are set by humans
prey
prescribed fires
automobile
urbanization
30. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
economic value of forests
commensalism
secondary succession
resource
31. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
name examples of land cover
global warming
biotic factor
risk assessment
32. Rising sea level
debt-for-nature swap
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
consumer
species
33. Building up not out
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
A principal of smart growth
scavenger
34. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
sustainable yield
extirpation
epidemiology
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
35. Are carefully controlled
carrying capacity
environmental science
prescribed burns
name examples of land cover
36. The largest population that an area can support
herbivore
threatened
carrying capacity
noise polution
37. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
resource
species diversity
urbanization
38. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
latitudinal gradient
greenhouse gases
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
nodules
39. Help improve the standard of living for residents
teratogens
conservation
name examples of land cover
sustainable cities can
40. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
resource
pathogen
prey
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
41. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
captive breeding programs
habitat preservation
environmental science
carcinogens
42. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
niche
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
abiotic factor
secondary succession
43. Burning fossil fuels
extirpation
carrying capacity
food web
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
44. A consumer that eats only plants
pollution
herbivore
vector
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
45. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
captive breeding
mutualism
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
sustainable cities can
46. Using public transportation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
global warming
vector
captive breeding
47. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
pollution
vector
high levels of biodiversity
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
48. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
deforestation
habitat
epidemiology
emigration
49. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
nodules
extinction
poaching
biodiversity
50. 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
resource
per capita land consumption
keystone species
emerging disease