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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A species that could become endangered in the near future
secondary succession
scavenger
abiotic factor
threatened
2. The loss of a natural habitat
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
uncentered commercial strip development
niche
habitat destruction
3. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
uncentered commercial strip development
toxicant
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
4. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
renewable resource
open space
habitat fragmentation
keystone species
5. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
captive breeding programs
uncentered commercial strip development
adaptation
predator
6. A consumer that eats only animals
symbiosis
carnivore
environmental science
high levels of biodiversity
7. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
per capita land consumption
economic value of forests
resource
mutualism
8. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
noise polution
genetic diversity
biological hazards
decomposer
9. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
risk assessment
risk
predator
10. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
habitat fragment
resource management
products derived from the natural environment
habitat destruction
11. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
competition
biotic factor
species
habitat preservation
12. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
rural area
infants
immigration
sustainable yield
13. Contamination of land - water - or air
vector
food chain
pollution
name examples of land cover
14. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
habitat fragment
biome
wildlife corridor
15. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
deforestation
latitudinal gradient
pathogen
captive breeding
16. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
automobile
habitat fragmentation
fishery
17. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
warming temperatures
wildlife corridor
nonrenewable resource
prescribed burns
18. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
biological hazards
primary succession
ecosystem diversity
predator
19. The highest level of biodiversity
emerging disease
pollution
Smokey the Bear's message
ecosystem diversity
20. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
A principal of smart growth
parasitism
genetic diversity
carnivore
21. Watering crops
22. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
competition
endangered species
captive breeding
keystone species
23. Rising sea level
Smokey the Bear's message
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
exotic species
lead
24. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
prey
symbiosis
immigration
25. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
extinction
symbiosis
debt-for-nature swap
urbanization
26. Fires that are set by humans
nodules
global warming
symbiosis
prescribed fires
27. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
name examples of infrastructure
niche
global warming
endangered
28. Amount of land each person uses
biological hazards
adaptation
per capita land consumption
resource management
29. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
ecotourism
risk
uncentered commercial strip development
economic value of forests
30. All the members of one species in a particular area
Smokey the Bear's message
population
environmental science
open space
31. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
global warming
endangered
teratogens
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
32. Can result in a decrease of property damage
biome
fire suppression
poaching
extirpation
33. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
nodules
mutualism
infants
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
34. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
prescribed burns
decomposer
captive breeding programs
rural area
35. Building up not out
A principal of smart growth
commensalism
carcinogens
mapping biodiversity hotspots
36. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
decomposer
epidemiology
prey
omnivore
37. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
prey
biological hazards
adaptation
environmental science
38. The practice of protecting the environment
extinction
keystone species
risk assessment
conservation
39. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
emerging disease
global warming
environmental science
nitrogen fixation
40. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
threatened
scavenger
infants
secondary succession
41. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
renewable sources
Smokey the Bear's message
overfishing
species diversity
42. Shift of population from countryside to cities
competition
biotic factor
urbanization
habitat
43. Causes a cooling effect
44. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
keystone species
name examples of infrastructure
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
exotic species
45. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
prescribed fires
extinction
food chain
46. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
producer
biomagnification
resource management
noise polution
47. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
wildlife corridor
clear-cutting
noise polution
symbiosis
48. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
secondary succession
producer
sustainable cities can
urban area
49. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
debt-for-nature swap
selective cutting
habitat fragmentation
parasitism
50. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
decomposer
biomagnification
keystone species
sustainable yield