APES Final Exam Review 2020-2021

Question 1

Which of the following is an cause of desertification?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 2

Which of the following best describes an example of resource partitioning in an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

2 birds feed from the same tree; 1 eats acorns, 1 eats insects in the bark.

Question 3

The rule of 70 can be used to determine a population’s doubling time. Doubling time is a measure of the

Accepted Answer

population growth rate

Question 4

Based on the map above, which of the following best explains why the Atacama Desert has a consistently arid climate?

Accepted Answer

It is in the rain shadow of the Andes Mountains.

Question 5

Of the following, which has the greatest permeability?

Accepted Answer

Sand

Question 6

Corn is a crop that grows best in soil that drains well. Which of the following soils is best suited to grow corn?

Accepted Answer

Sandy loam because it has large amounts of sand and less than 20% clay.

Question 7

This biome is nutrient-rich bc of falling leaves/trapped organic materials from trees and filters pollutants from water.

Accepted Answer

Freshwater wetlands

Question 8

Based on the data shown in the graph, which of the following events occurred after the glacial retreat?

Accepted Answer

Primary succession

Question 9

Which of the following cycles includes the processes of buffering ocean pH and photosynthesis, as shown in the diagram?

Accepted Answer

The carbon cycle

Question 10

Which of the following statements is best supported by the diagram of the phosphorus cycle?

Accepted Answer

The phosphates absorbed by animals through consumption return to the soil

Question 11

Which of the following best shows the process of evolution?

Accepted Answer

A population of mosquitoes develops resistance to a pesticide.

Question 12

Which of the following best describes a transform boundary?

Accepted Answer

An area where two tectonic plates slide past one another

Question 13

Which of the following best describes a difference between generalist species and specialist species?

Accepted Answer

Generalist= large range of resources specialist= limited range of resources

Question 14

Factors that affect the total fertility rate of a human population include which of the following?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

Clay—silt—sand

Question 16

Which of the following ecosystem services is categorized as regulating?

Accepted Answer

Pollination, decomposition, and water purification

Question 17

The total rate of photosynthesis in a given area.

Accepted Answer

Gross primary productivity

Question 18

Which is a characteristic of an organism that displays a Type 3 survivorship curve, as shown in the graph?

Accepted Answer

The organism produces large numbers of offspring every time it reproduces.

Question 19

Which is the best explanation for the deflection of the trade winds in both hemispheres, as seen in the diagram above?

Accepted Answer

The wind is deflected west because of Earth’s rotation.

Question 20

Which of the following terrestrial biomes has the highest net primary productivity?

Accepted Answer

Tropical Rainforest

Question 21

Based on the diagram, which describes why the summer solstice in Australia occurs in December and not in June?

Accepted Answer

The tilt of Earth causes Australia to receive highly concentrated solar rad

Question 22

Based on the trends shown in the table, in which of the following years was the owl population at carrying capacity?

Accepted Answer

2015

Question 23

Which of the following trophic levels represents a primary producer in an aquatic food chain?

Accepted Answer

Phytoplankton

Question 24

Based on the information above, which ecosystem would most likely recover the fastest from a natural disruption?

Accepted Answer

Ecosysem B

Question 25

Which of the following best describes what is represented by the arrows in the food web?

Accepted Answer

The flow of energy

Question 26

Represents the biotic potential of the species

Accepted Answer

A

Question 27

The majority of ozone is found in which of the following atmospheric layers?

Accepted Answer

Stratosphere

Question 28

Based on the is. biogeography theory, which of the islands would likely have the highest number of species living on it?

Accepted Answer

An island 30 hectares in size that is 10 km off the coast of the mainland

Question 29

Which of the following types of organisms are required to complete the nitrogen cycle, including denitrification?

Accepted Answer

Bacteria

Question 30

Which of the following reservoirs of freshwater are missing from the diagram?

Accepted Answer

Ice caps

Question 31

Energy moves in food chains from one stage to the next. Which statement best explains how the energy is transferred?

Accepted Answer

Primary producer= 10,000kcal energy, tertiary consumer= 10kcal energy

Question 32

A country with an age distribution like that shown in the figure above, is most likely a country that

Accepted Answer

is experiencing slow or no population growth

Question 33

Which is the most likely explanation for a decline in anchovy during an El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) event?

Accepted Answer

Less nutrient-rich water reaches surface waters, disrupting the food web.

Question 34

Which statement best describes why BR and DR are changing in a country that is in Phase 2 of the demographic transition?

Accepted Answer

Individuals have better sanitation and access to clean drinking water.

Question 35

Which of the following claims is best supported by the data in the table?

Accepted Answer

Black rhino= K-selected b/c it has a low number of offspring per rep event

APES Final Exam Review 2020-2021

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APES Final Exam Review 2020-2021

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