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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. Pollution from a factory near your school
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
pathogen
warming temperatures
carbon footprint
2. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
vector
nodules
niche
3. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
secondary succession
habitat
threatened
sustainable yield
4. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
biome
deforestation
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
toxicant
5. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
prescribed burns
extinction
open space
species
6. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
biological hazards
pathogen
global warming
pollution
7. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
toxicant
warming temperatures
genetic diversity
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
8. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
lead
automobile
nitrogen fixation
biological hazards
9. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
name examples of infrastructure
risk assessment
renewable resource
infants
10. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
poaching
habitat preservation
warming temperatures
latitudinal gradient
11. 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
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
captive breeding
emerging disease
name examples of infrastructure
12. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
urban area
risk
secondary succession
niche
13. Moving into a population
adaptation
immigration
competition
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
14. Provide wood
high levels of biodiversity
economic value of forests
immigration
decomposer
15. Making direct measurements
producer
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
resource
consumer
16. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
carnivore
noise polution
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
adaptation
17. Sex - weight - and health issues
symbiosis
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
mutualism
18. The highest level of biodiversity
symbiosis
ecosystem diversity
automobile
open space
19. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
latitudinal gradient
urban area
wildlife corridor
greenhouse gases
20. Deals with biological hazards
prey
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
epidemiology
high levels of biodiversity
21. Can result in a decrease of property damage
per capita land consumption
risk
products derived from the natural environment
fire suppression
22. Has the highest amount of species diversity
teratogens
debt-for-nature swap
insects
carbon footprint
23. A consumer that eats only plants
food chain
herbivore
competition
uncentered commercial strip development
24. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
sustainable yield
overfishing
nodules
Smokey the Bear's message
25. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
species diversity
immigration
food chain
risk assessment
26. Chemicals that cause cancer
genetic diversity
epidemiology
producer
carcinogens
27. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
biodiversity
resource
Smokey the Bear's message
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
28. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
food chain
decomposer
epidemiology
nitrogen fixation
29. Watering crops
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30. A consumer that eats only animals
carnivore
biome
carrying capacity
name examples of infrastructure
31. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
environmental science
predator
conservation
32. An organism that can make its own food
resource
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
noise polution
producer
33. A species that could become endangered in the near future
threatened
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
risk
epidemiology
34. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
sustainable cities can
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
sustainable yield
habitat preservation
35. Shift of population from countryside to cities
habitat
urbanization
threatened
extirpation
36. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
primary succession
risk
extirpation
sustainable cities can
37. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
keystone species
automobile
ecotourism
habitat fragment
38. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
nodules
niche
endangered species
39. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
habitat fragment
noise polution
captive breeding programs
40. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
mutualism
name examples of land cover
resource management
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
41. Using public transportation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
parasitism
species diversity
adaptation
42. The loss of a natural habitat
species diversity
habitat destruction
greenhouse gases
habitat preservation
43. The largest population that an area can support
automobile
vector
captive breeding programs
carrying capacity
44. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
biomagnification
environmental science
habitat
threatened
45. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
insects
carnivore
commensalism
predator
46. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
prey
global warming
per capita land consumption
47. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
ecotourism
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
prey
48. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
primary succession
A principal of smart growth
insects
lead
49. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
endangered
latitudinal gradient
consumer
emigration
50. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
biomagnification
exotic species
prescribed fires
habitat fragmentation