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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. Watering crops
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2. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
extirpation
deforestation
food chain
ecosystem diversity
3. Shift of population from countryside to cities
urbanization
nodules
carcinogens
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
4. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
infants
automobile
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
deforestation
5. Causes a cooling effect
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6. Deals with biological hazards
ecology
ecotourism
epidemiology
decomposer
7. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
consumer
predator
renewable resource
global warming
8. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
ecology
biomagnification
endangered species
nonrenewable resource
9. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
risk
urbanization
sustainable yield
warming temperatures
10. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
food web
overfishing
prescribed burns
debt-for-nature swap
11. Can result in a decrease of property damage
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
environmental science
fire suppression
uncentered commercial strip development
12. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
symbiosis
open space
A principal of smart growth
urban area
13. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
fire suppression
commensalism
infants
ecology
14. An organism that can make its own food
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
producer
risk assessment
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
15. Are carefully controlled
prescribed burns
products derived from the natural environment
habitat preservation
immigration
16. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
scavenger
mutualism
competition
habitat
17. Building up not out
fire suppression
A principal of smart growth
ecotourism
lead
18. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
captive breeding
population
exotic species
fire suppression
19. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
sustainable yield
name examples of infrastructure
biomagnification
resource management
20. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
biome
urban area
environmental science
21. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
latitudinal gradient
per capita land consumption
pollution
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
22. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
habitat preservation
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
nitrogen fixation
23. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
toxicant
name examples of land cover
immigration
carrying capacity
24. The largest population that an area can support
competition
overfishing
carrying capacity
mutualism
25. Moving into a population
prescribed burns
immigration
fishery
nonrenewable resource
26. A consumer that eats only animals
environmental science
carnivore
name examples of land cover
wildlife corridor
27. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
resource management
competition
parasitism
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
28. Sex - weight - and health issues
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
keystone species
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
prescribed fires
29. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
habitat preservation
carbon footprint
renewable resource
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
30. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
global warming
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
decomposer
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
31. Using public transportation
risk assessment
biotic factor
habitat destruction
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
32. Contamination of land - water - or air
poaching
pollution
adaptation
clear-cutting
33. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
toxicant
pathogen
biome
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
34. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
extinction
genetic diversity
economic value of forests
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
35. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
resource
species diversity
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
secondary succession
36. The practice of protecting the environment
resource management
uncentered commercial strip development
conservation
exotic species
37. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
biome
resource
open space
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
38. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
mapping biodiversity hotspots
sustainable cities can
risk assessment
39. The loss of a natural habitat
warming temperatures
latitudinal gradient
habitat destruction
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
40. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
ecosystem diversity
habitat fragment
clear-cutting
Smokey the Bear's message
41. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
mutualism
pathogen
ecosystem diversity
42. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
selective cutting
population
exotic species
43. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
exotic species
food web
global warming
abiotic factor
44. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
vector
emerging disease
wildlife corridor
carbon footprint
45. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
deforestation
food web
mutualism
food chain
46. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
endangered species
captive breeding
name examples of infrastructure
47. Habitat change and fragmentation
toxicant
Smokey the Bear's message
ecology
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
48. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
products derived from the natural environment
captive breeding programs
renewable sources
economic value of forests
49. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
captive breeding
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
decomposer
prescribed burns
50. By increasing the need for people to drive
selective cutting
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
infants
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions