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DSST Environmental Science - 2
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Instructions:
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. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
products derived from the natural environment
renewable sources
urbanization
vector
2. The loss of a natural habitat
risk assessment
consumer
habitat destruction
insects
3. Organism that carries pathogens
captive breeding
vector
urbanization
consumer
4. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
commensalism
carcinogens
selective cutting
herbivore
5. Pollution from a factory near your school
mapping biodiversity hotspots
toxicant
prescribed fires
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
6. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
biological hazards
risk assessment
Smokey the Bear's message
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
7. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
captive breeding
decomposer
urban area
predator
8. Habitat change and fragmentation
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
endangered
competition
habitat
9. Using public transportation
scavenger
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
pollution
10. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
pollution
mapping biodiversity hotspots
urban area
11. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
nodules
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
lead
sustainable yield
12. Chemicals that cause cancer
ecotourism
producer
carcinogens
open space
13. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
uncentered commercial strip development
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
open space
commensalism
14. Making direct measurements
biome
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
nodules
mapping biodiversity hotspots
15. By increasing the need for people to drive
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
adaptation
habitat preservation
overfishing
16. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
name examples of infrastructure
habitat preservation
urban area
prescribed burns
17. The highest level of biodiversity
environmental science
prescribed burns
emerging disease
ecosystem diversity
18. Deals with biological hazards
epidemiology
resource
niche
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
19. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
infants
carnivore
risk assessment
mapping biodiversity hotspots
20. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
competition
per capita land consumption
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
renewable resource
21. Species that are carried to a new location by people
name examples of land cover
pathogen
exotic species
wildlife corridor
22. Shift of population from countryside to cities
immigration
emigration
captive breeding programs
urbanization
23. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
captive breeding
prescribed fires
genetic diversity
fishery
24. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
symbiosis
extirpation
secondary succession
poaching
25. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
urban area
resource management
extirpation
captive breeding
26. Can result in a decrease of property damage
warming temperatures
extirpation
fire suppression
mapping biodiversity hotspots
27. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
epidemiology
nodules
secondary succession
food web
28. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
keystone species
poaching
emigration
emerging disease
29. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
parasitism
habitat
resource
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
30. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
captive breeding programs
keystone species
ecosystem diversity
clear-cutting
31. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
pathogen
niche
habitat fragment
nodules
32. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
urbanization
name examples of infrastructure
mutualism
teratogens
33. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
nonrenewable resource
mutualism
decomposer
ecosystem diversity
34. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
prey
pollution
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
high levels of biodiversity
35. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
selective cutting
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
decomposer
ecology
36. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
carbon footprint
high levels of biodiversity
conservation
37. A consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
A principal of smart growth
abiotic factor
habitat fragmentation
38. The practice of protecting the environment
renewable sources
keystone species
habitat fragmentation
conservation
39. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
nitrogen fixation
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
mapping biodiversity hotspots
prey
40. Moving into a population
immigration
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
toxicant
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
41. Sex - weight - and health issues
name examples of infrastructure
keystone species
risk
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
42. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
captive breeding
competition
nonrenewable resource
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
43. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
pathogen
environmental science
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
open space
44. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
greenhouse gases
ecology
nitrogen fixation
latitudinal gradient
45. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
noise polution
resource management
uncentered commercial strip development
rural area
46. Rising sea level
clear-cutting
predator
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
mapping biodiversity hotspots
47. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
carcinogens
automobile
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
genetic diversity
48. The number of different species in an area
biodiversity
niche
nodules
extinction
49. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
emerging disease
risk
biome
immigration
50. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
carnivore
endangered species
risk assessment
species diversity