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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. Contamination of land - water - or air
endangered species
conservation
nitrogen fixation
pollution
2. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
herbivore
risk
biological hazards
3. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
selective cutting
rural area
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
4. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
niche
commensalism
name examples of infrastructure
open space
5. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
mapping biodiversity hotspots
clear-cutting
adaptation
6. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
renewable resource
extirpation
keystone species
ecotourism
7. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
carcinogens
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
pathogen
carnivore
8. Fires that are set by humans
debt-for-nature swap
prescribed fires
selective cutting
herbivore
9. 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
ecotourism
emerging disease
habitat fragmentation
nitrogen fixation
10. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
infants
carnivore
debt-for-nature swap
captive breeding
11. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
risk
toxicant
biodiversity
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
12. Shift of population from countryside to cities
lead
emigration
urbanization
teratogens
13. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
producer
biome
high levels of biodiversity
open space
14. Rising sea level
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
resource management
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
per capita land consumption
15. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
automobile
habitat preservation
genetic diversity
16. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
mutualism
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
overfishing
selective cutting
17. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
immigration
fire suppression
products derived from the natural environment
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
18. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
carbon footprint
renewable resource
lead
latitudinal gradient
19. Are carefully controlled
teratogens
predator
rural area
prescribed burns
20. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
nodules
consumer
sustainable cities can
extinction
21. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
emigration
commensalism
urban area
22. A consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
nodules
name examples of infrastructure
debt-for-nature swap
23. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
renewable resource
nitrogen fixation
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
species
24. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
name examples of infrastructure
nodules
extinction
habitat fragmentation
25. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
uncentered commercial strip development
renewable resource
prey
biome
26. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
decomposer
ecology
rural area
resource
27. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
biomagnification
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
scavenger
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
28. Pollution from a factory near your school
immigration
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
habitat destruction
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
29. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
greenhouse gases
genetic diversity
immigration
habitat preservation
30. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
uncentered commercial strip development
niche
infants
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
31. Building up not out
renewable sources
exotic species
A principal of smart growth
noise polution
32. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
niche
nonrenewable resource
emerging disease
predator
33. The largest population that an area can support
decomposer
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
carrying capacity
34. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
parasitism
latitudinal gradient
carrying capacity
ecotourism
35. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
secondary succession
competition
captive breeding programs
per capita land consumption
36. Species that are carried to a new location by people
teratogens
extinction
urbanization
exotic species
37. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
endangered species
urban area
name examples of land cover
emerging disease
38. Can result in a decrease of property damage
habitat preservation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
lead
fire suppression
39. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
ecotourism
habitat fragment
debt-for-nature swap
teratogens
40. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
teratogens
omnivore
open space
toxicant
41. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
species
pollution
ecology
emerging disease
42. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
lead
resource
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
43. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
renewable sources
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
high levels of biodiversity
wildlife corridor
44. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
nonrenewable resource
overfishing
carnivore
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
45. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
keystone species
selective cutting
extirpation
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
46. Using public transportation
high levels of biodiversity
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
population
endangered
47. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
population
renewable resource
global warming
prescribed burns
48. A species that could become endangered in the near future
prey
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
biomagnification
threatened
49. Deals with biological hazards
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
prey
Smokey the Bear's message
epidemiology
50. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
captive breeding
noise polution
decomposer
global warming