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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. Help improve the standard of living for residents
urban area
urbanization
overfishing
sustainable cities can
2. Amount of land each person uses
decomposer
per capita land consumption
vector
competition
3. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
risk
automobile
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
biological hazards
4. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
symbiosis
biome
noise polution
pathogen
5. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
rural area
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
habitat
commensalism
6. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
threatened
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
noise polution
name examples of infrastructure
7. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
commensalism
uncentered commercial strip development
insects
toxicant
8. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
pollution
scavenger
name examples of infrastructure
lead
9. Watering crops
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10. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
omnivore
threatened
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
per capita land consumption
11. Fires that are set by humans
automobile
debt-for-nature swap
lead
prescribed fires
12. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
resource management
debt-for-nature swap
risk assessment
mutualism
13. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
warming temperatures
food chain
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
14. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
name examples of infrastructure
endangered
herbivore
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
15. Contamination of land - water - or air
greenhouse gases
pollution
mapping biodiversity hotspots
global warming
16. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
biomagnification
niche
captive breeding programs
endangered species
17. Deals with biological hazards
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
epidemiology
per capita land consumption
18. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
niche
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
noise polution
warming temperatures
19. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
renewable resource
environmental science
nonrenewable resource
noise polution
20. A species that could become endangered in the near future
lead
infants
captive breeding programs
threatened
21. A consumer that eats only plants
fishery
latitudinal gradient
herbivore
fire suppression
22. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
biotic factor
renewable resource
debt-for-nature swap
epidemiology
23. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
habitat
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
vector
24. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
products derived from the natural environment
mapping biodiversity hotspots
teratogens
25. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
renewable resource
genetic diversity
prey
greenhouse gases
26. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
risk
extinction
nonrenewable resource
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
27. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
endangered
pollution
extirpation
species diversity
28. Shift of population from countryside to cities
urbanization
habitat
parasitism
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
29. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
rural area
primary succession
greenhouse gases
A principal of smart growth
30. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
selective cutting
immigration
emerging disease
automobile
31. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
debt-for-nature swap
habitat fragmentation
global warming
keystone species
32. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
producer
keystone species
habitat fragment
urbanization
33. Sex - weight - and health issues
keystone species
habitat preservation
parasitism
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
34. Organism that carries pathogens
debt-for-nature swap
fire suppression
consumer
vector
35. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
extirpation
teratogens
habitat fragmentation
infants
36. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
captive breeding
resource management
nodules
37. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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38. Building up not out
A principal of smart growth
species
automobile
keystone species
39. 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
risk
emerging disease
high levels of biodiversity
overfishing
40. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
toxicant
clear-cutting
species diversity
fire suppression
41. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
habitat destruction
omnivore
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
pathogen
42. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
clear-cutting
biodiversity
warming temperatures
secondary succession
43. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
biome
extirpation
sustainable yield
food chain
44. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
biome
deforestation
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
45. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
commensalism
mapping biodiversity hotspots
carrying capacity
insects
46. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
biological hazards
endangered
producer
nodules
47. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
carnivore
keystone species
urban area
herbivore
48. Can result in a decrease of property damage
fire suppression
global warming
vector
abiotic factor
49. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
producer
economic value of forests
predator
teratogens
50. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
prey
captive breeding
nonrenewable resource