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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. An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
pollution
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
fishery
per capita land consumption
2. The largest population that an area can support
carrying capacity
environmental science
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
mapping biodiversity hotspots
3. Moving into a population
habitat fragmentation
consumer
competition
immigration
4. Trees - grass - crops - wetlands - water - building and pavements
mapping biodiversity hotspots
biodiversity
teratogens
name examples of land cover
5. The highest level of biodiversity
ecology
urbanization
ecosystem diversity
vector
6. Water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near the earth
environmental science
ecotourism
ecology
greenhouse gases
7. Global phenomenon that has caused some organisms to move toward the poles and to higher altitude
urban area
name examples of infrastructure
warming temperatures
emerging disease
8. The probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
fire suppression
renewable resource
risk
prescribed fires
9. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
producer
infants
symbiosis
adaptation
10. Anything in the environment that is used by people is called a natural resource
A principal of smart growth
resource
fishery
decomposer
11. A form of decision-making concerned with the allocation and conservation of natural resources
name examples of infrastructure
harvested sustainability is a renewable source IF
resource management
decomposer
12. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
poaching
habitat destruction
planting of new trees help reduce climate change by
mutualism
13. Plan to establish an 8000 kilometer long strip of land to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat
clear-cutting
wildlife corridor
ecotourism
nonrenewable resource
14. Energy from the sun would be reflected back into space
per capita land consumption
pollution
food web
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
15. Process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm
extinction
Smokey the Bear's message
risk assessment
resource management
16. Soil - fresh water - wild animals - and timber
renewable sources
teratogens
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
species
17. The role of an organism in its habitat - or how it makes its living
niche
habitat destruction
latitudinal gradient
habitat preservation
18. Shift of population from countryside to cities
habitat fragment
clear-cutting
urbanization
vector
19. The practice of protecting the environment
renewable resource
consumer
conservation
global warming
20. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area - but not from the entire species globally
biome
captive breeding
extirpation
name examples of land cover
21. The form of transportation that uses the most energy per passenger mile
A principal of smart growth
automobile
resource management
renewable resource
22. The process of cutting down only some trees in an area
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
captive breeding programs
selective cutting
consumer
23. Chemical hazard that was once found in paint - young children are frequently tested for this
lead
deforestation
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
insects
24. A species that is at risk of extinction
carrying capacity
emerging disease
endangered species
fishery
25. Contamination of land - water - or air
pollution
competition
biome
biological hazards
26. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
latitudinal gradient
habitat destruction
species
resource management
27. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible
carbon footprint
prey
products derived from the natural environment
emerging disease
28. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on the other organisms
emerging disease
pathogen
consumer
food web
29. The breaking of a habitat into smaller - isolated pieces
habitat fragmentation
carnivore
global warming
mutualism
30. Using public transportation
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
fire suppression
species
insects
31. A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
parasitism
infants
prescribed burns
carrying capacity
32. The most effective way of preserving biodiversity by protecting whole ecosystems
If Earth did not have an atmosphere
producer
resource management
habitat preservation
33. Making direct measurements
nodules
Scientists determine current climate conditions by
debt-for-nature swap
deforestation
34. Deals with biological hazards
vector
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
carrying capacity
epidemiology
35. The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
symbiosis
biological hazards
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
primary succession
36. The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
carnivore
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
decomposer
clear-cutting
37. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
keystone species
infants
Smokey the Bear's message
commensalism
38. The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
predator
biotic factor
vector
exotic species
39. A natural pattern in which species diversity generally increases toward the equator
prescribed fires
latitudinal gradient
sustainable yield
symbiosis
40. Chemicals that causes harm to embryos and fetuses
insects
captive breeding programs
teratogens
an action that can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving
41. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
rural area
species
species diversity
poaching
42. All the members of one species in a particular area
biological hazards
automobile
population
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
43. The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource
parasitism
keystone species
competition
carcinogens
44. Pollution from a factory near your school
give an example of a social hazard that cannot be easily controlled
overfishing
factors that cause different people to respond differently to environmental hazards
carrying capacity
45. Are carefully controlled
nodules
prescribed burns
Earth's fresh water is used mostly for
economic value of forests
46. A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
endangered species
carrying capacity
endangered
scavenger
47. Manage - protect and reintroduce threatened and endangered species
Species Survival Plans (SSPs) goals
nodules
A principal of smart growth
clear-cutting
48. A species that could become endangered in the near future
pollution
per capita land consumption
how does sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions
threatened
49. The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form
carbon footprint
renewable resource
nitrogen fixation
uncentered commercial strip development
50. Species that are carried to a new location by people
pathogen
biomagnification
rural area
exotic species