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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
biodiversity
predator
carbon footprint
overfishing
2. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
noise polution
deforestation
ecosystem diversity
3. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
per capita land consumption
teratogens
lead
habitat destruction
4. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
ecology
carcinogens
products derived from the natural environment
sustainable yield
5. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
habitat preservation
extinction
habitat
threatened
6. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
poaching
pollution
abiotic factor
ecotourism
7. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
selective cutting
urbanization
greenhouse gases
deforestation
8. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
mapping biodiversity hotspots
adaptation
lead
resource
9. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
mapping biodiversity hotspots
selective cutting
commensalism
10. Contamination of land - water - or air
adaptation
secondary succession
pollution
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
11. Leaving a population
immigration
toxicant
emigration
genetic diversity
12. Making direct measurements
warming temperatures
species diversity
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
13. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
clear-cutting
high levels of biodiversity
latitudinal gradient
nonrenewable resource
14. A consumer that eats only animals
captive breeding programs
carnivore
latitudinal gradient
endangered
15. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
exotic species
warming temperatures
poaching
captive breeding
16. Species that are carried to a new location by people
biotic factor
exotic species
nitrogen fixation
global warming
17. Burning fossil fuels
toxicant
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
urbanization
decomposer
18. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
species
infants
open space
19. Organism that carries pathogens
name examples of infrastructure
teratogens
vector
habitat fragmentation
20. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
producer
resource management
prescribed burns
prey
21. Pollution from a factory near your school
debt-for-nature swap
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
fire suppression
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
22. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
nitrogen fixation
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
nodules
23. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
ecotourism
global warming
competition
resource
24. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
warming temperatures
high levels of biodiversity
abiotic factor
name examples of infrastructure
25. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
carnivore
captive breeding programs
nodules
26. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
resource management
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
overfishing
mutualism
27. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
species
name examples of land cover
urbanization
28. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
prey
abiotic factor
habitat destruction
environmental science
29. A consumer that eats only plants
predator
clear-cutting
herbivore
high levels of biodiversity
30. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
name examples of land cover
abiotic factor
keystone species
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
31. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
captive breeding
species diversity
ecology
food chain
32. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
habitat fragmentation
greenhouse gases
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
emerging disease
33. Are carefully controlled
scavenger
prescribed burns
prey
exotic species
34. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
extinction
parasitism
biomagnification
toxicant
35. Help improve the standard of living for residents
Smokey the Bear's message
population
sustainable cities can
clear-cutting
36. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
wildlife corridor
clear-cutting
fishery
keystone species
37. Watering crops
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38. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
products derived from the natural environment
epidemiology
competition
39. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
primary succession
prey
emigration
ecosystem diversity
40. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
pathogen
rural area
habitat preservation
open space
41. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
sustainable cities can
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
renewable sources
resource
42. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
adaptation
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
urbanization
sustainable yield
43. Moving into a population
immigration
name examples of land cover
conservation
sustainable cities can
44. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
consumer
food web
pollution
automobile
45. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
biodiversity
biotic factor
genetic diversity
46. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
primary succession
carcinogens
symbiosis
uncentered commercial strip development
47. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
sustainable cities can
wildlife corridor
global warming
species
48. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
deforestation
carcinogens
fishery
nodules
49. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
urbanization
food web
carnivore
risk assessment
50. Using public transportation
global warming
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by