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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. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
resource management
automobile
carbon footprint
mutualism
2. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
toxicant
renewable sources
mapping biodiversity hotspots
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
3. Building up not out
nitrogen fixation
vector
environmental science
A principal of smart growth
4. An organism that can make its own food
producer
urbanization
extinction
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
5. Pollution from a factory near your school
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
nitrogen fixation
exotic species
6. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
competition
deforestation
secondary succession
epidemiology
7. A species that could become endangered in the near future
threatened
immigration
risk
carbon footprint
8. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
mutualism
habitat
ecotourism
decomposer
9. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
ecosystem diversity
biodiversity
noise polution
ecology
10. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
carrying capacity
parasitism
genetic diversity
overfishing
11. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
mapping biodiversity hotspots
endangered
herbivore
nodules
12. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
economic value of forests
wildlife corridor
biomagnification
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
13. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
habitat preservation
food web
conservation
ecotourism
14. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
captive breeding programs
debt-for-nature swap
fire suppression
endangered species
15. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
overfishing
greenhouse gases
infants
global warming
16. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
prescribed fires
carrying capacity
mutualism
sustainable yield
17. Has the highest amount of species diversity
species diversity
producer
deforestation
insects
18. The number of different species in an area
adaptation
symbiosis
primary succession
biodiversity
19. Habitat change and fragmentation
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
per capita land consumption
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
captive breeding programs
20. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
high levels of biodiversity
debt-for-nature swap
captive breeding programs
food chain
21. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
nonrenewable resource
greenhouse gases
toxicant
ecotourism
22. Can result in a decrease of property damage
fire suppression
open space
habitat
threatened
23. Provide wood
fire suppression
economic value of forests
per capita land consumption
selective cutting
24. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
biodiversity
commensalism
biotic factor
25. Amount of land each person uses
carrying capacity
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
per capita land consumption
immigration
26. Moving into a population
immigration
decomposer
name examples of land cover
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
27. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
primary succession
name examples of infrastructure
predator
carbon footprint
28. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
ecology
endangered
deforestation
name examples of infrastructure
29. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
biome
herbivore
lead
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
30. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
predator
ecology
high levels of biodiversity
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
31. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
infants
global warming
open space
32. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
noise polution
extinction
nitrogen fixation
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
33. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
teratogens
rural area
keystone species
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
34. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
open space
habitat preservation
35. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
latitudinal gradient
primary succession
omnivore
uncentered commercial strip development
36. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
warming temperatures
fire suppression
overfishing
vector
37. Making direct measurements
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
fire suppression
global warming
consumer
38. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
mutualism
nodules
biome
nitrogen fixation
39. Species that are carried to a new location by people
emerging disease
carnivore
exotic species
Smokey the Bear's message
40. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
predator
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
parasitism
omnivore
41. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
rural area
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
habitat fragment
42. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
noise polution
greenhouse gases
automobile
selective cutting
43. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
ecotourism
urban area
scavenger
pollution
44. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
nodules
deforestation
niche
parasitism
45. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
nonrenewable resource
overfishing
risk
urban area
46. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
extinction
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
competition
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
47. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
species
prey
resource
overfishing
48. A living part of an organism's habitat
niche
exotic species
biotic factor
biomagnification
49. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
prescribed fires
name examples of infrastructure
commensalism
food chain
50. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
resource
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
warming temperatures