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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 amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
name examples of infrastructure
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
prey
biomagnification
2. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
deforestation
infants
clear-cutting
resource
3. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
renewable sources
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
producer
name examples of infrastructure
4. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
abiotic factor
warming temperatures
niche
greenhouse gases
5. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
open space
emigration
secondary succession
habitat destruction
6. A species that is at risk of extinction
open space
endangered species
ecotourism
epidemiology
7. Chemicals that cause cancer
niche
endangered species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
carcinogens
8. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
high levels of biodiversity
automobile
niche
biome
9. Burning fossil fuels
endangered species
immigration
urban area
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
10. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
species
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
exotic species
toxicant
11. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
debt-for-nature swap
resource management
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
risk
12. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
nitrogen fixation
pathogen
insects
uncentered commercial strip development
13. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
fire suppression
vector
omnivore
14. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
genetic diversity
latitudinal gradient
decomposer
15. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
risk assessment
captive breeding
fishery
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
16. Fires that are set by humans
conservation
per capita land consumption
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
prescribed fires
17. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
global warming
urban area
symbiosis
scavenger
18. The largest population that an area can support
urbanization
ecosystem diversity
habitat fragment
carrying capacity
19. The practice of protecting the environment
toxicant
decomposer
conservation
open space
20. Can result in a decrease of property damage
global warming
fire suppression
deforestation
captive breeding programs
21. Concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied with each step up the food chain
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
biomagnification
selective cutting
omnivore
22. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
ecosystem diversity
latitudinal gradient
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
23. One way zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations
captive breeding programs
ecotourism
endangered
Smokey the Bear's message
24. An organism that can make its own food
resource
per capita land consumption
producer
habitat destruction
25. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
insects
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
emerging disease
urbanization
26. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
biome
exotic species
genetic diversity
herbivore
27. Organism that carries pathogens
exotic species
vector
poaching
prescribed fires
28. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
carnivore
clear-cutting
name examples of infrastructure
uncentered commercial strip development
29. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
noise polution
risk
risk assessment
epidemiology
30. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
31. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
keystone species
primary succession
prescribed burns
urbanization
32. Are carefully controlled
ecology
deforestation
endangered species
prescribed burns
33. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
ecology
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
nonrenewable resource
captive breeding programs
34. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
conservation
habitat fragmentation
habitat fragment
consumer
35. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
selective cutting
lead
nitrogen fixation
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
36. Deals with biological hazards
epidemiology
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
risk
sustainable yield
37. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
extinction
per capita land consumption
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
toxicant
38. When fish are caught faster than they can breed - causing the populatio to decrease
noise polution
conservation
environmental science
overfishing
39. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
mutualism
greenhouse gases
adaptation
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
40. The number of different species in an area
rural area
high levels of biodiversity
immigration
biodiversity
41. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
herbivore
habitat fragment
conservation
resource
42. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
toxicant
economic value of forests
sustainable yield
per capita land consumption
43. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
products derived from the natural environment
parasitism
selective cutting
habitat preservation
44. Using public transportation
extirpation
urban area
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
deforestation
45. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
extirpation
secondary succession
captive breeding
nitrogen fixation
46. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
carcinogens
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
ecotourism
nitrogen fixation
47. Sex - weight - and health issues
immigration
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
fishery
herbivore
48. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
high levels of biodiversity
resource management
epidemiology
biological hazards
49. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
endangered species
carbon footprint
food chain
threatened
50. A living part of an organism's habitat
latitudinal gradient
ecology
biotic factor
high levels of biodiversity