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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 clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
greenhouse gases
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
urbanization
deforestation
2. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
noise polution
deforestation
teratogens
adaptation
3. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
food chain
commensalism
abiotic factor
risk assessment
4. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
omnivore
infants
exotic species
rural area
5. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
toxicant
mapping biodiversity hotspots
immigration
captive breeding programs
6. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
decomposer
urban area
producer
emerging disease
7. Fires that are set by humans
uncentered commercial strip development
prescribed fires
herbivore
insects
8. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
ecosystem diversity
risk assessment
scavenger
economic value of forests
9. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
resource
food chain
herbivore
10. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
captive breeding
A principal of smart growth
uncentered commercial strip development
teratogens
11. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
immigration
habitat preservation
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
automobile
12. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
population
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
carnivore
prescribed burns
13. Taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
latitudinal gradient
environmental science
name examples of land cover
14. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
captive breeding
ecology
threatened
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
15. Watering crops
16. Sex - weight - and health issues
risk assessment
extirpation
immigration
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
17. Rising sea level
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
greenhouse gases
commensalism
lead
18. A large area heavily populated like Miami - Florida or Toledo - Ohio
urban area
infants
carcinogens
prey
19. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
food chain
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
open space
pollution
20. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
sustainable yield
immigration
nodules
prey
21. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
risk assessment
keystone species
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
noise polution
22. A species that could become endangered in the near future
endangered species
endangered
herbivore
threatened
23. The number of different species in an area
biodiversity
vector
high levels of biodiversity
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
24. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
biome
uncentered commercial strip development
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
habitat
25. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
genetic diversity
ecotourism
commensalism
exotic species
26. The loss of a natural habitat
environmental science
symbiosis
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
habitat destruction
27. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
risk
clear-cutting
ecosystem diversity
population
28. An organism that can make its own food
biological hazards
biomagnification
producer
warming temperatures
29. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
captive breeding
per capita land consumption
habitat fragmentation
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
30. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
latitudinal gradient
lead
conservation
31. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
fishery
teratogens
secondary succession
carbon footprint
32. Chemicals that cause cancer
habitat preservation
carcinogens
competition
habitat destruction
33. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
products derived from the natural environment
species diversity
latitudinal gradient
mapping biodiversity hotspots
34. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
uncentered commercial strip development
products derived from the natural environment
keystone species
mapping biodiversity hotspots
35. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
resource
automobile
nonrenewable resource
urbanization
36. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
environmental science
scavenger
urbanization
habitat fragmentation
37. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
omnivore
selective cutting
biological hazards
predator
38. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
Smokey the Bear's message
overfishing
name examples of infrastructure
risk assessment
39. Causes a cooling effect
40. Provide wood
wildlife corridor
carrying capacity
economic value of forests
rural area
41. A species that is at risk of extinction
endangered species
population
conservation
global warming
42. Moving into a population
immigration
biomagnification
genetic diversity
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
43. Building up not out
products derived from the natural environment
herbivore
urbanization
A principal of smart growth
44. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
biomagnification
competition
keystone species
name examples of infrastructure
45. Burning fossil fuels
name examples of infrastructure
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
latitudinal gradient
abiotic factor
46. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
sustainable cities can
mutualism
extirpation
producer
47. A consumer that eats only animals
carcinogens
omnivore
carnivore
environmental science
48. Amount of land each person uses
endangered
global warming
selective cutting
per capita land consumption
49. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
insects
primary succession
abiotic factor
consumer
50. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
selective cutting
prescribed fires
carnivore
insects