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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. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
teratogens
threatened
commensalism
2. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
primary succession
genetic diversity
greenhouse gases
epidemiology
3. Shift of population from countryside to cities
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
urbanization
biomagnification
greenhouse gases
4. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
high levels of biodiversity
teratogens
decomposer
adaptation
5. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
poaching
emerging disease
ecosystem diversity
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
6. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
parasitism
habitat preservation
biome
biotic factor
7. The loss of a natural habitat
habitat destruction
symbiosis
habitat
lead
8. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
resource
risk assessment
carcinogens
secondary succession
9. Habitat change and fragmentation
products derived from the natural environment
selective cutting
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
conservation
10. Moving into a population
selective cutting
insects
mapping biodiversity hotspots
immigration
11. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
wildlife corridor
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
pathogen
biotic factor
12. Fires that are set by humans
carrying capacity
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
prescribed fires
economic value of forests
13. Chemicals that cause cancer
conservation
carcinogens
endangered
pollution
14. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
renewable resource
environmental science
parasitism
habitat destruction
15. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
pathogen
fishery
niche
predator
16. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
food web
products derived from the natural environment
per capita land consumption
name examples of infrastructure
17. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
epidemiology
emigration
competition
18. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
A principal of smart growth
habitat fragmentation
keystone species
primary succession
19. Sex - weight - and health issues
deforestation
open space
overfishing
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
20. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
per capita land consumption
extinction
latitudinal gradient
conservation
21. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
genetic diversity
predator
endangered
conservation
22. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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23. The number of different species in an area
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
lead
economic value of forests
biodiversity
24. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
renewable resource
exotic species
captive breeding
fishery
25. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
nonrenewable resource
food web
name examples of infrastructure
habitat fragment
26. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
emigration
habitat destruction
resource management
parasitism
27. The practice of protecting the environment
exotic species
debt-for-nature swap
conservation
fire suppression
28. A species that is at risk of extinction
urbanization
endangered species
biodiversity
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
29. Contamination of land - water - or air
pollution
high levels of biodiversity
species diversity
name examples of infrastructure
30. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
decomposer
wildlife corridor
pollution
mapping biodiversity hotspots
31. Watering crops
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32. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
herbivore
automobile
fire suppression
economic value of forests
33. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
nodules
adaptation
extinction
epidemiology
34. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
extirpation
nodules
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
commensalism
35. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
emigration
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
uncentered commercial strip development
debt-for-nature swap
36. Can result in a decrease of property damage
fire suppression
herbivore
fishery
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
37. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
secondary succession
selective cutting
per capita land consumption
global warming
38. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
name examples of infrastructure
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
immigration
toxicant
39. Has the highest amount of species diversity
fire suppression
noise polution
commensalism
insects
40. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
per capita land consumption
emigration
fishery
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
41. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
environmental science
sustainable cities can
parasitism
nitrogen fixation
42. Rising sea level
debt-for-nature swap
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
omnivore
43. Burning fossil fuels
debt-for-nature swap
ecotourism
mapping biodiversity hotspots
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
44. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
open space
sustainable cities can
prescribed burns
endangered species
45. 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
greenhouse gases
emerging disease
nitrogen fixation
resource
46. The largest population that an area can support
poaching
immigration
prescribed burns
carrying capacity
47. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
symbiosis
competition
nonrenewable resource
risk
48. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
deforestation
epidemiology
emigration
risk assessment
49. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
noise polution
risk assessment
rural area
name examples of infrastructure
50. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
emigration
sustainable yield
overfishing