Environment & Humanity: The Race to Save the Planet
Number of Questions: 361
ACE Recommended Exam Value: 3 lower-level credit hours
Course Overview
The Environment and Humanity DSST exam covers the material that would typically be taught in an undergraduate introductory course on environmental science. InstantCert's course for
this subject teaches the basics of ecology and then looks at the impact of humans on the environment and how we can minimize that impact.
Topics Covered in This Course
Ecological Concepts
Ecosystems
Global ecology
Atmospheric structure
Roles of organisms
Biodiversity and stability
Energy flow
Trophic levels
food chains and food webs
biogeochemical cycling
biomes and productivity
population biology
evolution
succession in freshwater and terrestrial communities
Environmental Impacts
Human population growth
Global climate and weather
Greenhouse effect
Ozone layer
Pollution - physical, chemical, and biological aspects
Environmental risk assessment
Agricultural and industrial revolutions
Industrial development of emerging nations
Deforestation and desertification
Eutrophication
Environmental Management and Conservation
Renewable and nonrenewable resources
The green revolution
Agricultural practices
Pesticides and pest control
Soil conservation and land use practices
Air pollution control
Drinking water quality and supply
Wastewater treatment
Solid and hazardous waste
Recycling and resource recovery
Industrial ecology
Political Processes and the Future
Environmental laws, policies, and ethics
Planning and decisionmaking
International policy conflicts and agreements
Differing cultural and societal values
Future issues of population, food supply, energy, and pollution
Customer Submitted Test Results
166 users submitted test results since January, 2009160 of those users reported a passing score (96%)
The following are a sample of the test results submitted by members who’ve taken the Environment and Humanity DSST exam after using InstantCert’s study program. These are unfiltered, unedited results and this list is automatically updated to show the ten most recent results:
| January 26, 2012 | User passed | with a score of | 53 out of 80 |
| January 25, 2012 | User passed | with a score of | 58 out of 80 |
| January 19, 2012 | User passed | with a score of | 67 out of 80 |
| January 19, 2012 | User passed | with a score of | 62 out of 80 |
| January 18, 2012 | User passed | with a score of | 59 out of 80 |
| January 16, 2012 | User passed | with a score of | 58 out of 80 |
| January 14, 2012 | User passed | with a score of | 53 out of 80 |
| January 10, 2012 | User passed | with a score of | 69 out of 80 |
| January 9, 2012 | User passed | with a score of | 62 out of 80 |
| January 6, 2012 | User passed | with a score of | 51 out of 80 |
Free Sample Questions For The Environment & Humanity DSST
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Related Exams with Overlapping Subject Matter
Environment and Humanity does not have a significant amount of overlap with any of the other CLEP or DSST exams.