APES-Review 1 (earth, ecology, population, and agriculture)

Question 1

A type of lake with low primary productivity, the result of low nutrients, and high oxygen

Accepted Answer

Oligotrophic

Question 2

What type of growth would be expected by a population that has more adults than children (B)

Accepted Answer

negative

Question 3

The intertidal zone of a beach is part of the ____________ zone.

Accepted Answer

littoral

Question 4

In the burning, rotting, or decay of wood

Accepted Answer

Organic molecules are broken down into inorganicmolecules

Question 5

Plate movement occurs in which part of the earth’s crust?

Accepted Answer

lithosphere

Question 6

The _________ zone is the well-lit, open surface waters in a lake, away from the shore.

Accepted Answer

limnetic

Question 7

It takes between ________years for one centimeter of topsoil to form.

Accepted Answer

100 to 400

Question 8

Which is that portion of a lake or ocean directly affected by sunlight?

Accepted Answer

Photic

Question 9

Which of the following periods was the age of the fishes?

Accepted Answer

Devonian

Question 10

A lion eats a gazelle, vultures eat leftovers, beetles come, then bacteria, what is the order?

Accepted Answer

carnivore, scavenger, detritus feeder,decomposer

Question 11

Which of the following is the correct order of soil particles in order of increasing size?

Accepted Answer

Clay—silt—sand

Question 12

River ecosystems are prime examples of _________ecosystems

Accepted Answer

Lotic

Question 13

The Coriolis effect is a result of the Earth’s

Accepted Answer

rotation

Question 14

EPA defines___as a single identifiable source ofpollution from which pollutants are discharged

Accepted Answer

source point pollution

Question 15

Lake ecosystems are a prime example of __________ ecosystems

Accepted Answer

lentic

Question 16

Glucose reacting with oxygen is an example of

Accepted Answer

cellular respiration

Question 17

B Horizon contains minerals and clay. This layer is also known as _______?

Accepted Answer

subsoil

Question 18

What name is given to a group of interacting ecosystems in a particular area?

Accepted Answer

Landscape

Question 19

Low life expectancy and low infant mortality will cause population growth to be

Accepted Answer

very high

Question 20

What type of growth could be expected by a population with an age structure diagram found in C?

Accepted Answer

positive

Question 21

Which country shown here is representative of Kenya?

Accepted Answer

Country A

Question 22

Which is the correct sequence of steps in the demographic transition?

Accepted Answer

Pre-industrial, industrial,post-industrial, transitional

Question 23

energy is defined as

Accepted Answer

the ability to do work

Question 24

Which of these is NOT a method of soil conservation?

Accepted Answer

increasing the salinity of the soil

Question 25

Lakes with clear water and with aquatic plants and medium levels of nutrients and oxygen

Accepted Answer

Mesotrophic

Question 26

The C Horizon is positioned above the parent material. Another name for C Horizon is ________.

Accepted Answer

bedrock

Question 27

Refers to what an animal eats, where it eats,when it eats, where it lives & habitat response.

Accepted Answer

ecological niche

Question 28

Which country shown here is in the Post-Industrial stage of the Demographic Transition?

Accepted Answer

Country D

Question 29

An ocean trench is formed along the

Accepted Answer

Convergent boundaryof two colliding plates

APES-Review 1 (earth, ecology, population, and agriculture)

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