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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. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
environmental science
carbon footprint
primary succession
overfishing
2. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
threatened
pathogen
urban area
sustainable yield
3. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
risk assessment
predator
abiotic factor
habitat preservation
4. A consumer that eats only plants
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
herbivore
Smokey the Bear's message
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
5. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
automobile
parasitism
species
omnivore
6. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
warming temperatures
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
species diversity
endangered
7. Sex - weight - and health issues
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
emigration
name examples of infrastructure
warming temperatures
8. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
poaching
emerging disease
warming temperatures
name examples of infrastructure
9. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
ecotourism
products derived from the natural environment
exotic species
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
10. Help improve the standard of living for residents
biomagnification
decomposer
immigration
sustainable cities can
11. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
urbanization
biodiversity
debt-for-nature swap
12. Causes a cooling effect
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13. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
nodules
biome
fishery
adaptation
14. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
biological hazards
mapping biodiversity hotspots
warming temperatures
economic value of forests
15. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
insects
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
biological hazards
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
16. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
nonrenewable resource
omnivore
wildlife corridor
latitudinal gradient
17. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
sustainable cities can
ecology
fire suppression
18. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
nonrenewable resource
carbon footprint
habitat fragmentation
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
19. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
poaching
teratogens
habitat fragment
biome
20. Pollution from a factory near your school
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
biodiversity
adaptation
commensalism
21. Are carefully controlled
renewable resource
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
prescribed burns
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
22. A species that could become endangered in the near future
niche
threatened
commensalism
fishery
23. All the members of one species in a particular area
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
population
species
noise polution
24. Leaving a population
mapping biodiversity hotspots
parasitism
sustainable cities can
emigration
25. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
prey
adaptation
toxicant
commensalism
26. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
risk assessment
predator
insects
symbiosis
27. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
resource management
nodules
secondary succession
decomposer
28. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
consumer
habitat destruction
prescribed burns
name examples of land cover
29. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
overfishing
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
carnivore
abiotic factor
30. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
resource
latitudinal gradient
secondary succession
debt-for-nature swap
31. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
secondary succession
conservation
warming temperatures
prescribed burns
32. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
warming temperatures
fire suppression
emerging disease
nitrogen fixation
33. Building up not out
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
A principal of smart growth
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
34. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
competition
global warming
biomagnification
35. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
ecology
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
producer
36. Can result in a decrease of property damage
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
fire suppression
automobile
biome
37. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
habitat destruction
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
open space
nodules
38. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
debt-for-nature swap
habitat
vector
ecotourism
39. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
deforestation
insects
food web
40. Provide wood
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
biotic factor
economic value of forests
renewable resource
41. Moving into a population
prey
habitat fragmentation
immigration
emerging disease
42. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
omnivore
resource
A principal of smart growth
biome
43. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
lead
renewable resource
emerging disease
adaptation
44. Burning fossil fuels
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
epidemiology
biotic factor
uncentered commercial strip development
45. Making direct measurements
population
automobile
conservation
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
46. The loss of a natural habitat
noise polution
per capita land consumption
products derived from the natural environment
habitat destruction
47. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
noise polution
toxicant
consumer
48. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
species
infants
primary succession
vector
49. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
wildlife corridor
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
urbanization
overfishing
50. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
renewable resource
captive breeding programs
habitat preservation