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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. Pollution from a factory near your school
rural area
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
secondary succession
nonrenewable resource
2. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
risk assessment
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
greenhouse gases
food chain
3. Help improve the standard of living for residents
latitudinal gradient
sustainable cities can
risk assessment
symbiosis
4. A consumer that eats only animals
carnivore
food web
uncentered commercial strip development
risk assessment
5. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
habitat preservation
ecotourism
risk assessment
mutualism
6. Making direct measurements
exotic species
high levels of biodiversity
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
biomagnification
7. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
renewable resource
clear-cutting
urban area
Smokey the Bear's message
8. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
food web
high levels of biodiversity
primary succession
infants
9. Refers to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature
immigration
scavenger
epidemiology
global warming
10. Sex - weight - and health issues
immigration
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
prey
11. Rising sea level
mutualism
name examples of land cover
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
symbiosis
12. An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live - grow - and reproduce
pathogen
extirpation
primary succession
habitat
13. Leaving a population
name examples of land cover
emigration
adaptation
endangered species
14. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
A principal of smart growth
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
renewable resource
consumer
15. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
extinction
extirpation
risk assessment
population
16. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
resource management
vector
automobile
Smokey the Bear's message
17. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
conservation
latitudinal gradient
urban area
biotic factor
18. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
abiotic factor
deforestation
ecotourism
global warming
19. The loss of a natural habitat
products derived from the natural environment
resource
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
habitat destruction
20. All the members of one species in a particular area
deforestation
global warming
extinction
population
21. Deals with biological hazards
prescribed burns
epidemiology
carcinogens
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
22. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
name examples of infrastructure
ecology
nitrogen fixation
symbiosis
23. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
habitat preservation
noise polution
population
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
24. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
species
food web
habitat destruction
primary succession
25. Chemicals that cause cancer
biomagnification
carcinogens
vector
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
26. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
carcinogens
omnivore
producer
carbon footprint
27. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
food web
biome
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
uncentered commercial strip development
28. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
endangered
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
carcinogens
29. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
biological hazards
producer
habitat destruction
30. A species that could become endangered in the near future
A principal of smart growth
keystone species
threatened
urbanization
31. The number of different species in an area
biodiversity
risk
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
fire suppression
32. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
scavenger
uncentered commercial strip development
rural area
33. Contamination of land - water - or air
rural area
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
pollution
urban area
34. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard
toxicant
commensalism
habitat fragmentation
mapping biodiversity hotspots
35. Increase the stability of an ecosystem
insects
primary succession
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
high levels of biodiversity
36. A consumer that eats only plants
ecology
risk
captive breeding
herbivore
37. Can result in a decrease of property damage
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
risk
fire suppression
38. Cooking oil - fuel - and medicines
products derived from the natural environment
vector
biome
clear-cutting
39. The most direct way in which biodiverstiy can provide a source of income
open space
renewable resource
ecotourism
pathogen
40. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
teratogens
species diversity
resource management
competition
41. Has the highest amount of species diversity
insects
greenhouse gases
endangered
epidemiology
42. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
conservation
teratogens
rural area
risk
43. The practice of protecting the environment
conservation
habitat fragment
risk
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
44. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
adaptation
biome
pathogen
mapping biodiversity hotspots
45. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
competition
mutualism
environmental science
commensalism
46. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
urbanization
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
food web
genetic diversity
47. An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
conservation
endangered species
latitudinal gradient
sustainable yield
48. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
species
urbanization
producer
49. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
mapping biodiversity hotspots
biological hazards
omnivore
vector
50. The reason why tigers living in warmer climates have thinner fur than tigers living in cool climates
debt-for-nature swap
noise polution
genetic diversity
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards