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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. The clearing of a forest and replacing it with another land use
overfishing
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
sustainable cities can
deforestation
2. Sex - weight - and health issues
species
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
overfishing
wildlife corridor
3. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
food web
adaptation
endangered
sustainable cities can
4. Viruses - bacteria and other organisms in the environment that harm human health
lead
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
biological hazards
A principal of smart growth
5. Loud noises in the air like jack hammers - loud car stereos - etc...
open space
environmental science
noise polution
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
6. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
primary succession
predator
wildlife corridor
captive breeding
7. Businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway - with no main community
uncentered commercial strip development
endangered species
debt-for-nature swap
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
8. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
extirpation
commensalism
resource management
conservation
9. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
carnivore
rural area
name examples of land cover
parasitism
10. A species that is at risk of extinction
greenhouse gases
products derived from the natural environment
endangered species
nodules
11. A species that influences the survival of many others in an ecosystem
teratogens
open space
fire suppression
keystone species
12. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
mutualism
fishery
ecology
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
13. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
endangered species
extirpation
primary succession
carbon footprint
14. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
per capita land consumption
niche
prescribed burns
economic value of forests
15. Provide wood
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
biomagnification
prescribed burns
economic value of forests
16. A consumer that eats only plants
biological hazards
herbivore
carbon footprint
ecosystem diversity
17. A species that could become endangered in the near future
threatened
automobile
food chain
toxicant
18. Leaving a population
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
nitrogen fixation
risk assessment
emigration
19. A region that has many different types of organism is described as having a high level of this
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
scavenger
species diversity
urban area
20. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
renewable resource
producer
fire suppression
greenhouse gases
21. A consumer that eats only animals
resource management
carnivore
epidemiology
name examples of land cover
22. All the members of one species in a particular area
sustainable cities can
biome
population
nitrogen fixation
23. Amount of land each person uses
captive breeding programs
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
A principal of smart growth
per capita land consumption
24. Help improve the standard of living for residents
sustainable cities can
mapping biodiversity hotspots
omnivore
extirpation
25. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
extirpation
uncentered commercial strip development
food chain
renewable sources
26. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
primary succession
lead
immigration
name examples of infrastructure
27. A living part of an organism's habitat
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
biotic factor
secondary succession
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
28. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
habitat
ecosystem diversity
infants
risk assessment
29. Watering crops
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30. The amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested
rural area
renewable sources
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
emerging disease
31. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
producer
prey
urban area
keystone species
32. Rising sea level
name examples of land cover
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
rural area
biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas
33. Organism that carries pathogens
vector
endangered species
habitat fragmentation
fire suppression
34. Have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than any other group
prescribed fires
wildlife corridor
infants
risk
35. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
adaptation
environmental science
food web
infants
36. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
latitudinal gradient
infants
primary succession
teratogens
37. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
infants
biome
habitat fragment
sustainable cities can
38. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
wildlife corridor
species diversity
parasitism
conservation
39. Contamination of land - water - or air
insects
prescribed burns
pollution
fishery
40. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity
carrying capacity
products derived from the natural environment
debt-for-nature swap
lead
41. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide ...
resource management
carcinogens
endangered
42. A virus or bacterium (organisms) that cause infectious diseases
urbanization
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
poaching
pathogen
43. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
poaching
nonrenewable resource
ecotourism
prescribed fires
44. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
prescribed burns
habitat fragment
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
45. A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
exotic species
genetic diversity
renewable resource
conservation
46. Bumps on the roots of certain plants
symbiosis
nodules
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
secondary succession
47. Habitat change and fragmentation
biggest cause of biodiversity loss
insects
risk
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
48. Burning fossil fuels
lead
latitudinal gradient
name a human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
overfishing
49. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
adaptation
resource
resource management
population
50. Are carefully controlled
prescribed burns
open space
name examples of infrastructure
urban area