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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. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
nitrogen fixation
prescribed fires
endangered
decomposer
2. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
primary succession
consumer
teratogens
habitat
3. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
extirpation
automobile
name examples of infrastructure
4. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
urban area
urbanization
herbivore
carbon footprint
5. Burning fossil fuels
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
captive breeding
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
products derived from the natural environment
6. 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
sustainable yield
insects
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
emerging disease
7. Amount of land each person uses
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
sustainable yield
renewable sources
per capita land consumption
8. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
nonrenewable resource
resource management
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
9. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
predator
prescribed burns
fishery
urbanization
10. Pollution from a factory near your school
herbivore
insects
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
epidemiology
11. By increasing the need for people to drive
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
teratogens
ecosystem diversity
prescribed fires
12. Leaving a population
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
emigration
exotic species
omnivore
13. Sex - weight - and health issues
deforestation
economic value of forests
fishery
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
14. Contamination of land - water - or air
habitat fragment
vector
genetic diversity
pollution
15. Deals with biological hazards
epidemiology
endangered species
herbivore
environmental science
16. A consumer that eats only animals
prescribed fires
carnivore
sustainable yield
immigration
17. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
symbiosis
endangered species
selective cutting
per capita land consumption
18. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
pollution
sustainable yield
urban area
predator
19. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
parasitism
lead
food web
captive breeding programs
20. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
latitudinal gradient
parasitism
consumer
fishery
21. Chemicals that cause cancer
carcinogens
immigration
commensalism
captive breeding
22. The highest level of biodiversity
wildlife corridor
open space
urbanization
ecosystem diversity
23. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
population
pollution
overfishing
high levels of biodiversity
24. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
parasitism
renewable resource
resource management
ecotourism
25. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
risk
risk assessment
biotic factor
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
26. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
habitat preservation
predator
population
27. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
environmental science
name examples of land cover
competition
biotic factor
28. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
abiotic factor
open space
lead
carrying capacity
29. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
food chain
rural area
Smokey the Bear's message
30. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
sustainable yield
high levels of biodiversity
infants
species
31. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
ecosystem diversity
conservation
open space
scavenger
32. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
clear-cutting
global warming
A principal of smart growth
consumer
33. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
prey
niche
renewable resource
ecotourism
34. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
pollution
toxicant
decomposer
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
35. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
niche
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
lead
carrying capacity
36. Using public transportation
renewable resource
emigration
vector
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
37. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
carcinogens
uncentered commercial strip development
renewable resource
infants
38. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
pathogen
name examples of infrastructure
renewable resource
per capita land consumption
39. A species that is at risk of extinction
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
keystone species
genetic diversity
endangered species
40. Provide wood
endangered species
warming temperatures
parasitism
economic value of forests
41. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
mutualism
ecotourism
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
latitudinal gradient
42. Building up not out
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
insects
A principal of smart growth
food web
43. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
clear-cutting
extirpation
prescribed burns
44. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
emerging disease
symbiosis
pollution
resource management
45. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
high levels of biodiversity
renewable sources
resource
decomposer
46. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
renewable sources
conservation
global warming
noise polution
47. A species that could become endangered in the near future
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
habitat destruction
noise polution
threatened
48. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
resource
deforestation
latitudinal gradient
threatened
49. The practice of protecting the environment
endangered species
ecology
urbanization
conservation
50. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
mutualism
mapping biodiversity hotspots
teratogens