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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. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
carbon footprint
parasitism
A principal of smart growth
prey
2. Watering crops
3. The largest population that an area can support
fire suppression
carrying capacity
endangered
warming temperatures
4. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
5. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
renewable resource
habitat
infants
6. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
high levels of biodiversity
niche
poaching
biodiversity
7. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
mutualism
herbivore
habitat fragmentation
urban area
8. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
predator
products derived from the natural environment
secondary succession
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
9. A living part of an organism's habitat
resource
poaching
symbiosis
biotic factor
10. Sex - weight - and health issues
keystone species
primary succession
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
resource
11. Can result in a decrease of property damage
overfishing
decomposer
fire suppression
adaptation
12. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
genetic diversity
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
omnivore
habitat preservation
13. Fires that are set by humans
prescribed fires
carrying capacity
global warming
threatened
14. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
nonrenewable resource
ecology
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
15. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
pathogen
mutualism
abiotic factor
clear-cutting
16. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
ecotourism
prescribed burns
mapping biodiversity hotspots
open space
17. Habitat change and fragmentation
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
habitat fragmentation
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
urban area
18. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
decomposer
endangered
biome
sustainable cities can
19. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
primary succession
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
resource management
20. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
clear-cutting
symbiosis
biomagnification
insects
21. Deals with biological hazards
epidemiology
deforestation
poaching
omnivore
22. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
biome
Smokey the Bear's message
captive breeding
23. A species that could become endangered in the near future
selective cutting
ecosystem diversity
nonrenewable resource
threatened
24. Help improve the standard of living for residents
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
sustainable cities can
secondary succession
overfishing
25. Using public transportation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
A principal of smart growth
teratogens
high levels of biodiversity
26. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
sustainable yield
urban area
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
urbanization
27. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
deforestation
insects
pathogen
endangered species
28. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
debt-for-nature swap
greenhouse gases
renewable resource
29. An organism that can make its own food
producer
carbon footprint
vector
extirpation
30. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
habitat fragmentation
selective cutting
automobile
urbanization
31. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
biome
nitrogen fixation
environmental science
extirpation
32. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
poaching
emigration
population
habitat fragment
33. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
emerging disease
emigration
rural area
34. Are carefully controlled
symbiosis
nitrogen fixation
prescribed burns
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
35. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
biological hazards
clear-cutting
lead
extirpation
36. The practice of protecting the environment
predator
debt-for-nature swap
conservation
selective cutting
37. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
poaching
prescribed fires
nodules
high levels of biodiversity
38. All the members of one species in a particular area
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
resource
nitrogen fixation
population
39. The highest level of biodiversity
ecosystem diversity
rural area
products derived from the natural environment
abiotic factor
40. Building up not out
population
teratogens
A principal of smart growth
nitrogen fixation
41. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
carbon footprint
name examples of land cover
threatened
keystone species
42. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
decomposer
products derived from the natural environment
open space
food web
43. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
renewable sources
resource
fire suppression
name examples of infrastructure
44. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
products derived from the natural environment
food chain
noise polution
lead
45. A consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
prescribed fires
overfishing
biome
46. A species that is at risk of extinction
endangered species
high levels of biodiversity
food web
ecotourism
47. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
overfishing
keystone species
resource management
epidemiology
48. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
species diversity
infants
consumer
commensalism
49. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
pathogen
mutualism
nonrenewable resource
rural area
50. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
open space
fishery
nitrogen fixation
teratogens