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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 natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
biological hazards
per capita land consumption
latitudinal gradient
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
2. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
decomposer
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
resource management
epidemiology
3. Rising sea level
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
extinction
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
omnivore
4. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
food web
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
name examples of land cover
nitrogen fixation
5. By increasing the need for people to drive
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
wildlife corridor
open space
biotic factor
6. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
warming temperatures
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
fishery
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
7. The loss of a natural habitat
habitat destruction
commensalism
name examples of land cover
prescribed burns
8. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
prey
prescribed fires
latitudinal gradient
fishery
9. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
poaching
captive breeding
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
herbivore
10. The highest level of biodiversity
greenhouse gases
ecosystem diversity
genetic diversity
open space
11. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
primary succession
habitat fragment
selective cutting
pollution
12. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
secondary succession
omnivore
mutualism
latitudinal gradient
13. Can result in a decrease of property damage
conservation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
fire suppression
high levels of biodiversity
14. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
risk assessment
sustainable cities can
genetic diversity
pollution
15. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
Smokey the Bear's message
carbon footprint
mutualism
overfishing
16. Sex - weight - and health issues
immigration
keystone species
carcinogens
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
17. Are carefully controlled
niche
prescribed burns
insects
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
18. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
species diversity
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
pollution
overfishing
19. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
predator
primary succession
high levels of biodiversity
producer
20. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
resource
prey
commensalism
ecotourism
21. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
uncentered commercial strip development
nitrogen fixation
primary succession
urbanization
22. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
predator
products derived from the natural environment
selective cutting
toxicant
23. Pollution from a factory near your school
habitat preservation
renewable resource
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
open space
24. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
debt-for-nature swap
pathogen
habitat
scavenger
25. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
pathogen
toxicant
selective cutting
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
26. 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
prescribed burns
infants
prey
emerging disease
27. Making direct measurements
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
risk
adaptation
immigration
28. Causes a cooling effect
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29. Help improve the standard of living for residents
warming temperatures
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
sustainable cities can
carbon footprint
30. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
competition
open space
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
biomagnification
31. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
abiotic factor
sustainable cities can
risk
nonrenewable resource
32. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
consumer
name examples of land cover
infants
name examples of infrastructure
33. Building up not out
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
prey
A principal of smart growth
latitudinal gradient
34. The practice of protecting the environment
conservation
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
habitat destruction
decomposer
35. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
urbanization
niche
lead
commensalism
36. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
species
selective cutting
primary succession
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
37. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
risk
urbanization
urban area
extinction
38. Fires that are set by humans
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
sustainable yield
prescribed fires
high levels of biodiversity
39. Leaving a population
omnivore
insects
ecology
emigration
40. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
nonrenewable resource
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
biome
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
41. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
nonrenewable resource
biodiversity
genetic diversity
42. Species that are carried to a new location by people
decomposer
name examples of land cover
exotic species
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
43. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
biome
automobile
endangered species
mutualism
44. Shift of population from countryside to cities
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
carnivore
urbanization
emigration
45. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
producer
captive breeding
scavenger
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
46. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
urban area
overfishing
emerging disease
toxicant
47. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
abiotic factor
keystone species
genetic diversity
48. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
exotic species
infants
carbon footprint
noise polution
49. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
endangered
food chain
symbiosis
biomagnification
50. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
sustainable yield
global warming
nodules
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere