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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. Making direct measurements
products derived from the natural environment
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
fishery
2. Transportation systems - communications systems - water services - power supplies - and schools
carbon footprint
name examples of infrastructure
rural area
fire suppression
3. This draws people from urban areas to rural areas
urban area
open space
wildlife corridor
warming temperatures
4. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
uncentered commercial strip development
habitat preservation
decomposer
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
5. Rising sea level
risk assessment
uncentered commercial strip development
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
high levels of biodiversity
6. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
genetic diversity
pathogen
open space
carbon footprint
7. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment
adaptation
lead
renewable sources
overfishing
8. Habitat change and fragmentation
habitat destruction
latitudinal gradient
debt-for-nature swap
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
9. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed - but where soil and organisms still exist
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
greenhouse gases
secondary succession
warming temperatures
10. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
uncentered commercial strip development
selective cutting
pathogen
ecosystem diversity
11. Fires that are set by humans
debt-for-nature swap
warming temperatures
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
prescribed fires
12. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
teratogens
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
resource management
insects
13. A species that could become endangered in the near future
ecology
consumer
threatened
name examples of land cover
14. Sikhote-Alin mountains and the Siberian tigers living there are separated from other mountains by this
teratogens
greenhouse gases
emigration
habitat fragment
15. Organism that carries pathogens
population
renewable sources
habitat preservation
vector
16. A consumer that eats only plants
commensalism
herbivore
emerging disease
food chain
17. Pollution from a factory near your school
genetic diversity
wildlife corridor
rural area
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
18. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
name examples of land cover
decomposer
habitat fragmentation
A principal of smart growth
19. Burning fossil fuels
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
poaching
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
biome
20. The loss of a natural habitat
emigration
habitat destruction
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
urbanization
21. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
habitat fragment
fire suppression
biome
risk
22. Has the highest amount of species diversity
sustainable yield
predator
immigration
insects
23. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
food chain
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
omnivore
warming temperatures
24. Moving into a population
per capita land consumption
immigration
overfishing
prescribed fires
25. Shift of population from countryside to cities
urbanization
lead
captive breeding programs
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
26. Using public transportation
warming temperatures
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
sustainable yield
habitat preservation
27. The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
wildlife corridor
carrying capacity
captive breeding
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
28. Contamination of land - water - or air
pollution
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
prey
immigration
29. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
fishery
clear-cutting
risk assessment
food web
30. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
endangered
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
lead
habitat preservation
31. A living part of an organism's habitat
ecotourism
biotic factor
uncentered commercial strip development
poaching
32. Resulted in suppression of all forest fires
33. Causes a cooling effect
34. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
pathogen
food web
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
extirpation
35. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
secondary succession
ecotourism
adaptation
products derived from the natural environment
36. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
lead
carnivore
population
primary succession
37. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
deforestation
fire suppression
threatened
extirpation
38. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
wildlife corridor
biotic factor
mapping biodiversity hotspots
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
39. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
products derived from the natural environment
prey
emerging disease
producer
40. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
risk assessment
immigration
urbanization
41. An example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats
carbon footprint
mapping biodiversity hotspots
keystone species
rural area
42. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
clear-cutting
pathogen
keystone species
biological hazards
43. Building up not out
A principal of smart growth
clear-cutting
rural area
biological hazards
44. Leaving a population
commensalism
high levels of biodiversity
automobile
emigration
45. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
nitrogen fixation
species
urban area
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
46. Deals with biological hazards
extinction
automobile
epidemiology
immigration
47. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
ecology
population
wildlife corridor
vector
48. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
food chain
endangered species
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
fishery
49. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads
biome
rural area
scavenger
food chain
50. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
high levels of biodiversity
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
risk assessment