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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. Deals with biological hazards
epidemiology
immigration
habitat preservation
global warming
2. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
lead
food chain
vector
biomagnification
3. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
name examples of infrastructure
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
carbon footprint
4. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
herbivore
A principal of smart growth
fishery
keystone species
5. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
population
captive breeding programs
automobile
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
6. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
carbon footprint
parasitism
environmental science
emerging disease
7. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
epidemiology
pathogen
exotic species
open space
8. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
ecosystem diversity
omnivore
food chain
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
9. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
habitat preservation
ecotourism
carnivore
wildlife corridor
10. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
global warming
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
competition
uncentered commercial strip development
11. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
resource
abiotic factor
conservation
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
12. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
renewable sources
scavenger
global warming
urbanization
13. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
Smokey the Bear's message
prey
nitrogen fixation
niche
14. A living part of an organism's habitat
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
carbon footprint
biotic factor
emerging disease
15. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
teratogens
species
conservation
16. Species that are carried to a new location by people
teratogens
exotic species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
lead
17. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
prescribed burns
habitat fragment
warming temperatures
18. Building up not out
producer
noise polution
A principal of smart growth
fishery
19. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
poaching
species diversity
primary succession
endangered species
20. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
omnivore
sustainable yield
population
biome
21. Can result in a decrease of property damage
mutualism
symbiosis
exotic species
fire suppression
22. Sex - weight - and health issues
urban area
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
urbanization
biomagnification
23. Organism that carries pathogens
epidemiology
vector
pollution
decomposer
24. 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
emerging disease
overfishing
pathogen
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
25. The loss of a natural habitat
captive breeding programs
habitat destruction
name examples of land cover
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
26. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
clear-cutting
parasitism
endangered species
decomposer
27. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
food chain
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
captive breeding programs
global warming
28. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
commensalism
global warming
Smokey the Bear's message
biome
29. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
rural area
epidemiology
adaptation
extirpation
30. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
ecosystem diversity
risk
endangered
habitat fragment
31. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
prey
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
extirpation
poaching
32. By increasing the need for people to drive
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
pollution
renewable sources
debt-for-nature swap
33. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
resource management
niche
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
ecosystem diversity
34. An organism that can make its own food
producer
biome
habitat fragment
nodules
35. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
adaptation
epidemiology
toxicant
automobile
36. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
immigration
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
name examples of land cover
ecosystem diversity
37. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
latitudinal gradient
conservation
uncentered commercial strip development
extirpation
38. Provide wood
symbiosis
biological hazards
carnivore
economic value of forests
39. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
wildlife corridor
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
A principal of smart growth
40. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
risk
deforestation
sustainable cities can
renewable resource
41. A species that is at risk of extinction
endangered species
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
prescribed burns
resource
42. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
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43. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
fishery
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
high levels of biodiversity
secondary succession
44. Amount of land each person uses
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
A principal of smart growth
per capita land consumption
scavenger
45. Contamination of land - water - or air
pollution
high levels of biodiversity
environmental science
carnivore
46. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
producer
overfishing
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
47. Using public transportation
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
genetic diversity
48. Causes a cooling effect
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49. The largest population that an area can support
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
carrying capacity
risk
50. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
deforestation
vector
nodules
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals