APES First Semester Review 2019-20

Which does NOT contribute to an increase in the biodiversity of an ecosystem?

A snowy hilltop and parking lot are unequally heated by the sun due to their differing:

Which of the following is an example of a tragedy of the commons?

Biodiversity, food production, global temp. and CO2, human population, and resource loss are:

Air that travels over a mountain range is __________ than it was before going over

Withdrawal of fresh water from streams, lakes and underground sources can result in

Which of the following offers the greatest conservation of water?

If 20 plant species were in a 1m² area with only one of each species, this community has:

Which of the following is NOT an example of an anthropogenic factor?

If producers contain 10,000 kcal of energy, how much energy would be found in secondary consumers?

Organisms that tend to socialize and form packs have what kind of population distribution?

The ______________zone occurs between two converging plates, one moving under the other.

Which of these is a correct statement regarding Net Primary Productivity and Gross Primary Productivity?

The protective Ozone layer is found in which layer of the atmosphere?

Freshwater accounts for about what percent of the total water in the world. 

Which of the following is a characteristic that makes species more vulnerable to extinction?

Which of the following comparisons of confined and unconfined aquifers is correct?

Which of the following is a biotic component of an ecosystem?

Primary succession occurs when:

In general, the Earth is a(n) _________ system for matter and a(n) _________ system for energy.

Which of the following is a type of biodiversity?

Which of the following best explains why polar regions are colder than tropical regions?

Energy that changes forms in a reaction becomes lower quality and less usable (like heat) according to:

The measurement of sand, silt, and clay is a soil's:

The best method to control an invasive species is to:

Which of the following is an effect of inland wetlands?

Evaporation and ___________ from plants are responsible for moving water into the atmosphere.

Which of these must be addressed during reclamation of both surface and subsurface mines?

What stage of demographic development is South Korea currently in?

Which of the following is the approximate energy transfer efficiency between trophic levels?

Why is the ozone layer important?

Which of the following is NOT an example of an abiotic component of an ecosystem?

Rainforests are incredibly diverse but are awful for sustainable agriculture use because:

Eutrophic lakes have:

Two major processes involved in the carbon cycle are

What is the greatest factor that influences weather and climate?

If a population has a growth rate of 3%, the amount of time it will take to double in size is:

How could we reduce the species evenness of the community in the previous question?

Which of the following is an abiotic factor that limits growth of a population?

A scientific hypothesis

Deflection of an object's path due to Earth's rotation is called

Which biome is characterized by the presence of permafrost?

Freezing and thawing is an example of

El Nino brings what type of weather conditions to South America?

Which of the following is an example of a density-dependent effect?

In which layer of Earth’s atmosphere does most weather occur?

Fish ladders are constructed to assist

A problem with the distillation method of desalination is that:

Which of the following is an acronym for the major causes of extinction?

Why are sea otters considered a keystone species?

A water table is:

Phosphorus differs from other nutrients because it:

To an environmental scientist, topsoil is:

The Earth’s plates are in constant motion because

At which trophic level are fish that eat algae?

Which is the best explanation for the high amounts of rain that occur at the equator?

Why are soil bacteria valuable for growing crops?