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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. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
clear-cutting
lead
biological hazards
2. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
rural area
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
epidemiology
urban area
3. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
biotic factor
lead
automobile
pathogen
4. The loss of a natural habitat
commensalism
emerging disease
habitat destruction
urbanization
5. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
nonrenewable resource
habitat destruction
lead
sustainable cities can
6. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
clear-cutting
captive breeding programs
parasitism
selective cutting
7. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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8. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
sustainable yield
pollution
emerging disease
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
9. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
uncentered commercial strip development
secondary succession
deforestation
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
10. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
products derived from the natural environment
extinction
keystone species
environmental science
11. Chemicals that cause cancer
carcinogens
pathogen
emerging disease
habitat
12. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
biome
resource management
mapping biodiversity hotspots
13. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
overfishing
habitat fragment
species
selective cutting
14. The practice of protecting the environment
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
pathogen
prey
conservation
15. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
fishery
species
risk assessment
lead
16. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
clear-cutting
poaching
ecology
fire suppression
17. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
biological hazards
resource
open space
overfishing
18. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
name examples of land cover
extinction
deforestation
high levels of biodiversity
19. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
high levels of biodiversity
mutualism
commensalism
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
20. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
toxicant
prescribed burns
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
parasitism
21. Rising sea level
Smokey the Bear's message
vector
immigration
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
22. Provide wood
risk
high levels of biodiversity
economic value of forests
keystone species
23. Habitat change and fragmentation
pollution
open space
endangered species
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
24. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
environmental science
biome
name examples of land cover
25. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
prescribed fires
environmental science
risk
26. Watering crops
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27. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
greenhouse gases
risk assessment
infants
nodules
28. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
global warming
habitat preservation
population
carrying capacity
29. The largest population that an area can support
species diversity
risk
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
carrying capacity
30. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
greenhouse gases
renewable resource
warming temperatures
food chain
31. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
ecosystem diversity
Smokey the Bear's message
carbon footprint
habitat
32. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
A principal of smart growth
exotic species
keystone species
renewable sources
33. Contamination of land - water - or air
endangered species
pollution
toxicant
lead
34. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
captive breeding
global warming
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
high levels of biodiversity
35. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
sustainable cities can
economic value of forests
environmental science
abiotic factor
36. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
teratogens
producer
name examples of land cover
37. A consumer that eats only animals
herbivore
carnivore
sustainable cities can
species diversity
38. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
herbivore
biomagnification
primary succession
omnivore
39. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
species diversity
wildlife corridor
population
habitat
40. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
nodules
urban area
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
immigration
41. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
urban area
food chain
resource
commensalism
42. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
products derived from the natural environment
ecotourism
adaptation
high levels of biodiversity
43. An organism that can make its own food
prey
epidemiology
wildlife corridor
producer
44. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
primary succession
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
sustainable cities can
epidemiology
45. Burning fossil fuels
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
urban area
parasitism
urbanization
46. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
fishery
scavenger
noise polution
carnivore
47. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
extirpation
sustainable cities can
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
products derived from the natural environment
48. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
ecology
conservation
prey
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
49. Sex - weight - and health issues
habitat destruction
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
nitrogen fixation
teratogens
50. Amount of land each person uses
endangered species
carnivore
noise polution
per capita land consumption