Which is not a way to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy?

phase out hydrogen power subsidies

What is Net Primary productivity?

Gross Primary Productivity-Respiration

the amount of energy which is unavailable to do work

These are all reasons amphibians are disappearing besides...

Growth of native predator population

Which is not a solution to reducing threats from invasive species?

Kill Invasive Species to stop reproduction

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1
What is the pesticide treadmill?
An Example of Co-evolution
An Example of Commensalism
An Example of Overuse of Antibiotics
Humans Poisoning Their Food With DDT
2
Was this a good quiz? (No Points...Maybe)
Yes
No
3
What law has the cradle to grave system?
CERCLA
Superfund
NPL
RCRA
4
How many sentences for a discuss question on an FRQ?
3-5
2-4
5-7
1-2
5
Mangrove forests are destroyed to build all the following except?
Coastal Cities
Dams
Shrimp Farms
Agriculture
6
Which of these is a limiting factor?
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
Sulfur
Carbon
7
Which is not a way to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy?
phase out hydrogen power subsidies
Phase out coal subsidies
phase out nuclear power subsidies
tax credit for energy efficiency
8
How is nitrogen made available to living beings?
Nitration
Ammonification
Oxification
Nitrification
9
If the old pop. was 845 and the new pop. is 925, what is percent increase?
20%
5%
15%
9%
10
What is used in the tragedy of the commons?
sustainable yield
ecological footprint
yield growth
free-access resources
11
What is the other name for Superfund?
EPA
CERCLA
Brownfield
NPL
12
What is a positive feedback loop?
Less death due to stable environment
Tragedy of Easter Island
Flooding covering the land
Compound Interest
13
What Biome covers 30% of the world's land?
Deciduous Forest
Desert
Savanna
Tundra
14
What is unsafe working conditions?
Cultural Hazard
Chemical Hazard
Physical hazard
15
Which of these is a grassland?
Boreal Forest
Alpines
Taiga
Tundra
16
What is the the risk with the highest death probability?
Smoking
Nuclear Power Plant
Fire
Poverty
17
What large American body of water has been practically drained from agricultural use?
Ogallala Aquifer
Aral Sea
Hetch Hetchy
Mono Lake
18
What is spoils?
oil spills
A result of mountaintop removal
Waste material from mining
Waste Material from Sewage
19
What is a good formula to always do with population equations?
BDIE/BIDE
NO/O
Unit Conversions
Rule of 70
20
Which fishing practice involves scraping the ocean floor?
trawler
longlining
drift net
purse-seine
21
Which of these places most likely did not destroy a marine ecosystem in it's development?
Southampton, New York
Santa Monica, California
Guangzhou, China
Bangladesh
22
What is Net Primary productivity?
Respiration-Gross Primary Productivity
Gross Primary Productivity-Respiration
Respiration-Consumption
Consumption-Respiration
23
How is CO2 converted into glucose?
Photosynthesis
Glucosication
Fossil Fuels
Aerobic Respiration
24
What is the greenhouse effect?
Cooling of Stratosphere
Cooling of Troposphere
Warming of Troposphere
Warming of Stratosphere
25
Which is needed to sustain life on Earth?
Flow of High-Quality Energy
Mr. Jones
Ecological Niche
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
26
What is secondary sewage treatment?
Environmental
Physical
Biological
Chemical
27
What is the process by which certain species survive and others do not?
Geographical Evolution
Darwinism
Natural Selection
Chemical Evolution
28
Which kind of forest fire is not controlled?
Ground Fires
Slash and Burn
Crown Fire
Wildfire
29
Who regulates the sale and use of pesticides?
EPA
CERCLA
IPM
FIFRA
30
What is not a problem for urban areas?
Less Opportunities
Loss of Land
Increased Flooding
Noise Pollution
31
What time of the year is the ozone hole at it's greatest extent?
Antarctic Autumn
Antarctic Spring
Antarctic Winter
Antarctic Summer
32
What law protects the wolves of Yellowstone?
Yellowstone Protection Committee
Greencorp
The National Park Agency
US Endangered Species Act
33
What is a tree?
Empty choice
Empty choice
34
How does large amounts of nitric oxide go into the air?
Burning Ammonia
Acid Rain
Burning Fuel
Nuclear Fission Reactors
35
What is entropy?
the amount of energy which is unavailable to do work
A part of the first law of thermodynamics
Observed energy
the amount of matter in an ion
36
Which is not a greenhouse gas?
Ozone
Methane
H20
Bicarbon
37
What is a heritable trait that enables an organism to survive?
Differential Reproduction
Mutation
Gene Swapping
Adaption
38
What is another name for field research?
Remote Sensing
Muddy Boots Research
Eco-Analysis
Ecosystem Search
39
What are species that accidentally or purposely are introduced to an area called?
Indicator
Takeover
Invasive
Killer
40
These are all reasons amphibians are disappearing besides...
Habitat Loss
Prolonged Drought
Increased ultraviolet radiation
Growth of native predator population
41
What is the the most useful form of coal?
Lignite
Peat
Anthracite
Bituminous
42
What is the half life formula?
1/2x
1/2^x
2^x/1
1*2(x)^x
43
What does succulent mean?
Smooth
Fleshy
Delicious
Prickly
44
Which is not a solution to reducing pop growth?
Reduce unsustainable production and consumption
National Population Policies
Better Health Care
Women Protection Agencies
45
What fossil fuel is most commonly used?
Oil
Biomass
Natural Gas
Coal
46
What produces DMS?
Terrestrial Mammals
Aerial Biosulfides
Trioxide Gas
Marine Algae
47
What type of mining is used in flat terrain?
Area Strip Mining
Contour Strip Mining
Open-Pit Mining
Surface Mining
48
What is Mr. Jones first name?
Jacob
Josiah
James
Joseph
49
Where do we live?
Atmosphere
Ozone Layer
Stratosphere
Troposphere
50
Which is not a solution to reducing threats from invasive species?
Increase Ground Surveys
Kill Invasive Species to stop reproduction
Identify Harmful Invaderss
Fund massive research programs to study invasive species
51
What type of lake is lacking in nutrients?
Degraded
Dead
Oligotrophic
Eutrophic
52
Which is the best kind of lumbering?
Clear-Cutting
Selective Cutting
Strip Cutting
53
What law regulates air pollution?
Emission Clause of the Montreal Protocol
Air Pollution Act of 1986
Kyoto Protocol
Clean Air Act
54
What is advanced sewage treatment?
Chemical and Biological
Chemical
Physical and Biological
Chemical and Physical
55
Where do tropical rainforests hold their nutrients?
The Animals
The Plants
The Soil
The Rivers
56
What companies negligence led to the issues at Love Canal?
Superfund Chemicals
Carter Chemicals
Hooker Chemical
Benzine Mining Co.
57
How much land worldwide is suffering from desertification?
55%
60%
92%
70%
58
What is the cite of the world's most serious nuclear power plant accident?
Yucca Mountain
Fukushima
Three Mile Island
Chernobyl
59
What happened to the people of Bhopal, India?
Exposure to DDT
Exposure to toxic cloud of pesticides
Poisoned Drinking Water
Nuclear Fusion Plant Failure
60
Floodplain zones tend to be?
Mountains
Flat valleys
Oxbow Lakes
River Deltas
61
A country with a rapid growing population will have which kind of pyramid?
Equal Top and Bottom
More Females
Broad Based
Large Top
62
Who is known for exposing DDTs dangerous properties?
Darren Dennis Carlton
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
The Sea Around Us
63
What causes salinization of soil?
Overgrazing
Desertification of Arid Land
Intensive irrigation in dry climates
Intensive Fertilization in dry climates
64
What part of the water supply is available to humans?
.024%
.69%
.98%
1.21%
65
What is the human issue with grassland?
Controlled Fires
Conversion to Cropland
Mineral Extraction
Large Cities
66
If Logantown has 800 births, 20 Immig., 650 Deaths, and 2 Emig. what is the pop. change?
166
168
252
150
67
Which of these is not an atomic building block?
Electron
Nucleus
Nuetron
Proton
68
What is a regions general pattern of atmospheric conditions over long periods called?
Weather
Climate
Precipitation
Temperature
69
Which of these is not a point source?
Fertilizer from a golf course
Exhaust from a Car
Smoke from an Industrial Plant
Drainpipe of a Factory
70
What is the acronym for the biogeochemical cycles?
SPFAN
CHOMPS
PATRC
PLBA
71
Which is not a greenhouse gas in the atmosphere?
Radon
CO2
H2O
Methane
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What is an option to replace tree cutting?
Riparian
Selective Cutting
Cutting in Non-developed Areas
Kenaf
73
What are lush vegetation along river beds called?
Riparian Zones
Rangeland
Eutrophication
Nitrate Enrichment
74
What causes oceanic ridges?
Divergent Plate Boundary
Earthquakes
Transform Fault
Convergent Plate Boundary
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What is the last resort?
Reuse
Repurpose
Recycle
Reduce
76
All Birds Have Feathers-Eagles are Birds-All Eagles Have Feathers
Inductive Reasoning
Deductive Reasoning
77
Who is ready for the AP Exam? (Not for points)
I am
I'm Not
78
A J-Curve do not have a...
Exponential Growth
Population Size
Biotic Potential
Carrying Capacity
79
What is SARS?
A Neurological Disease
An Equation
A Law
A Respiratory Disease
80
What is a main concern with sanitary landfills?
Air Pollution
Toxicity
Leachate
Soil Degradation
81
What crops were developed to be more productive?
Corn and Wheat
Rice and Corn
Rice and Wheat
Corn and Millet
82
What is an example of IPM?
Using antibiotics
Sterilization of male pests
Intensifying Agricultural Production
Ideal Pesticide
83
Which Brazilian species is an invasive species in the US?
Killer Bees
Alligators
Horned Toad
Zebra Mussels
84
Growth in a place without soil is an example?
New Growth
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
Facilitation
85
What period did not have a mass extinction?
Permian
Silurian
Ordovician
Devonian
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What would be the most productive way to produce food for the most people?
Monoculture Farming
Urban Agriculture
Only Vegetables
Only Meat
87
Which of these is not a principle of sustainability?
Population Control
Reliance on Solar Energy
Biodiversity
Lowered Urbanization
88
What converts solar energy directly into electrical energy?
PV Cells
Hydrogen Power
Thermal Converter
Insulator
89
How are CFCs affecting penguin eggs?
Traveling Through the Biosphere
Migratory Birds
Albedo
Loss of Sea Ice
90
What is the third largest killer of all viral diseases?
AIDS
SARS
Hepatitis B
West Nile Virus
91
What is the the proportion of the incident light or radiation that is reflected by a surface?
light refractor
albedo
bioluminescence
white light
92
How many Americans live in urban centers?
20%
70%
90%
80%
93
Random changes in DNA molecules are?
Carcinogens
Teratogens
Mutations
Genetic Variability
94
What is the rule of 70?
Natural Capital/70
70/Annual Percentage Growth Rate
Annual Doubling Time/70
70/Annual Percentage Doubling Time
95
Which is not a part of environmental policy?
Identify Problem
Drastic Improvement
Solution Looking
Search for Funding
96
Which does not live in the benthic zone?
Bloodworms
Decomposers
Detritus Feeders
97
Which of these is not a moderately developed country?
Brazil
India
Mexico
Singapore
98
R-selected species tend to have...
Specialist Niche
Keystone Species
Small Offspring
Cyclic Fluctuations
99
What is exponential growth?
An increase at a varying percentage
A J-Curve
A quantity increased at a fixed percentage
A decreasing unit of measurment
100
What are harming bees?
Neurotoxin
Mutagens
Neonicitoids
IPM

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