What is the rule of 70?

70/Annual Percentage Growth Rate

What is Net Primary productivity?

Gross Primary Productivity-Respiration

What happened to the people of Bhopal, India?

Exposure to toxic cloud of pesticides

the amount of energy which is unavailable to do work

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

phase out hydrogen power subsidies

What is exponential growth?

A quantity increased at a fixed percentage

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1
How many sentences for a discuss question on an FRQ?
5-7
2-4
3-5
1-2
2
What is the rule of 70?
70/Annual Percentage Growth Rate
Natural Capital/70
Annual Doubling Time/70
70/Annual Percentage Doubling Time
3
Which fishing practice involves scraping the ocean floor?
longlining
drift net
trawler
purse-seine
4
What large American body of water has been practically drained from agricultural use?
Mono Lake
Aral Sea
Hetch Hetchy
Ogallala Aquifer
5
Which is the best kind of lumbering?
Selective Cutting
Clear-Cutting
Strip Cutting
6
What is the last resort?
Reuse
Reduce
Recycle
Repurpose
7
Growth in a place without soil is an example?
Facilitation
New Growth
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
8
Where do we live?
Ozone Layer
Atmosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
9
Which is not a solution to reducing pop growth?
Women Protection Agencies
National Population Policies
Better Health Care
Reduce unsustainable production and consumption
10
What type of mining is used in flat terrain?
Open-Pit Mining
Surface Mining
Area Strip Mining
Contour Strip Mining
11
What is unsafe working conditions?
Cultural Hazard
Physical hazard
Chemical Hazard
12
What causes oceanic ridges?
Earthquakes
Divergent Plate Boundary
Convergent Plate Boundary
Transform Fault
13
What time of the year is the ozone hole at it's greatest extent?
Antarctic Autumn
Antarctic Summer
Antarctic Spring
Antarctic Winter
14
What type of lake is lacking in nutrients?
Dead
Eutrophic
Oligotrophic
Degraded
15
What law protects the wolves of Yellowstone?
Greencorp
Yellowstone Protection Committee
The National Park Agency
US Endangered Species Act
16
Which is needed to sustain life on Earth?
Ecological Niche
Mr. Jones
Flow of High-Quality Energy
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
17
What are harming bees?
Neonicitoids
Mutagens
Neurotoxin
IPM
18
R-selected species tend to have...
Keystone Species
Cyclic Fluctuations
Small Offspring
Specialist Niche
19
What companies negligence led to the issues at Love Canal?
Carter Chemicals
Hooker Chemical
Benzine Mining Co.
Superfund Chemicals
20
What is a regions general pattern of atmospheric conditions over long periods called?
Climate
Precipitation
Temperature
Weather
21
What part of the water supply is available to humans?
.69%
.024%
.98%
1.21%
22
What is another name for field research?
Ecosystem Search
Eco-Analysis
Muddy Boots Research
Remote Sensing
23
What is Net Primary productivity?
Consumption-Respiration
Respiration-Consumption
Respiration-Gross Primary Productivity
Gross Primary Productivity-Respiration
24
Which of these places most likely did not destroy a marine ecosystem in it's development?
Santa Monica, California
Bangladesh
Southampton, New York
Guangzhou, China
25
What is SARS?
A Law
An Equation
A Neurological Disease
A Respiratory Disease
26
What is the greenhouse effect?
Cooling of Stratosphere
Cooling of Troposphere
Warming of Troposphere
Warming of Stratosphere
27
Which of these is not a moderately developed country?
Mexico
Brazil
India
Singapore
28
What are species that accidentally or purposely are introduced to an area called?
Indicator
Killer
Invasive
Takeover
29
Which Brazilian species is an invasive species in the US?
Alligators
Zebra Mussels
Killer Bees
Horned Toad
30
What happened to the people of Bhopal, India?
Exposure to DDT
Poisoned Drinking Water
Exposure to toxic cloud of pesticides
Nuclear Fusion Plant Failure
31
What is used in the tragedy of the commons?
ecological footprint
sustainable yield
yield growth
free-access resources
32
What is entropy?
the amount of matter in an ion
A part of the first law of thermodynamics
the amount of energy which is unavailable to do work
Observed energy
33
A J-Curve do not have a...
Exponential Growth
Carrying Capacity
Population Size
Biotic Potential
34
How is CO2 converted into glucose?
Fossil Fuels
Glucosication
Aerobic Respiration
Photosynthesis
35
A country with a rapid growing population will have which kind of pyramid?
Broad Based
Large Top
Equal Top and Bottom
More Females
36
Which is not a greenhouse gas?
Methane
Ozone
H20
Bicarbon
37
Which is not a greenhouse gas in the atmosphere?
Methane
H2O
Radon
CO2
38
What is a main concern with sanitary landfills?
Air Pollution
Leachate
Soil Degradation
Toxicity
39
What law regulates air pollution?
Emission Clause of the Montreal Protocol
Clean Air Act
Air Pollution Act of 1986
Kyoto Protocol
40
All Birds Have Feathers-Eagles are Birds-All Eagles Have Feathers
Inductive Reasoning
Deductive Reasoning
41
Which is not a way to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy?
phase out hydrogen power subsidies
tax credit for energy efficiency
Phase out coal subsidies
phase out nuclear power subsidies
42
Floodplain zones tend to be?
Flat valleys
Mountains
River Deltas
Oxbow Lakes
43
What period did not have a mass extinction?
Permian
Devonian
Ordovician
Silurian
44
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
45
Which of these is not a point source?
Drainpipe of a Factory
Smoke from an Industrial Plant
Exhaust from a Car
Fertilizer from a golf course
46
What is the other name for Superfund?
CERCLA
EPA
NPL
Brownfield
47
Random changes in DNA molecules are?
Mutations
Carcinogens
Teratogens
Genetic Variability
48
What is an option to replace tree cutting?
Selective Cutting
Kenaf
Cutting in Non-developed Areas
Riparian
49
What fossil fuel is most commonly used?
Natural Gas
Biomass
Coal
Oil
50
What is the human issue with grassland?
Controlled Fires
Mineral Extraction
Large Cities
Conversion to Cropland
51
What Biome covers 30% of the world's land?
Deciduous Forest
Tundra
Savanna
Desert
52
What causes salinization of soil?
Intensive irrigation in dry climates
Intensive Fertilization in dry climates
Overgrazing
Desertification of Arid Land
53
What is the process by which certain species survive and others do not?
Geographical Evolution
Natural Selection
Darwinism
Chemical Evolution
54
How much land worldwide is suffering from desertification?
70%
55%
60%
92%
55
Who is ready for the AP Exam? (Not for points)
I am
I'm Not
56
What is the pesticide treadmill?
An Example of Commensalism
Humans Poisoning Their Food With DDT
An Example of Co-evolution
An Example of Overuse of Antibiotics
57
What produces DMS?
Terrestrial Mammals
Trioxide Gas
Marine Algae
Aerial Biosulfides
58
Which is not a solution to reducing threats from invasive species?
Increase Ground Surveys
Kill Invasive Species to stop reproduction
Fund massive research programs to study invasive species
Identify Harmful Invaderss
59
Which kind of forest fire is not controlled?
Wildfire
Ground Fires
Crown Fire
Slash and Burn
60
If the old pop. was 845 and the new pop. is 925, what is percent increase?
20%
5%
9%
15%
61
What is not a problem for urban areas?
Increased Flooding
Noise Pollution
Loss of Land
Less Opportunities
62
Which does not live in the benthic zone?
Bloodworms
Detritus Feeders
Decomposers
63
What is Mr. Jones first name?
Jacob
Joseph
James
Josiah
64
What is a heritable trait that enables an organism to survive?
Mutation
Gene Swapping
Differential Reproduction
Adaption
65
What is secondary sewage treatment?
Biological
Chemical
Environmental
Physical
66
Where do tropical rainforests hold their nutrients?
The Rivers
The Soil
The Animals
The Plants
67
Who is known for exposing DDTs dangerous properties?
Rachel Carson
Darren Dennis Carlton
Silent Spring
The Sea Around Us
68
Was this a good quiz? (No Points...Maybe)
No
Yes
69
Who regulates the sale and use of pesticides?
CERCLA
FIFRA
IPM
EPA
70
Which is not a part of environmental policy?
Identify Problem
Search for Funding
Drastic Improvement
Solution Looking
71
How are CFCs affecting penguin eggs?
Migratory Birds
Albedo
Loss of Sea Ice
Traveling Through the Biosphere
72
How does large amounts of nitric oxide go into the air?
Acid Rain
Burning Fuel
Nuclear Fission Reactors
Burning Ammonia
73
What is the cite of the world's most serious nuclear power plant accident?
Three Mile Island
Yucca Mountain
Fukushima
Chernobyl
74
What law has the cradle to grave system?
Superfund
CERCLA
RCRA
NPL
75
What is a positive feedback loop?
Tragedy of Easter Island
Compound Interest
Less death due to stable environment
Flooding covering the land
76
What is an example of IPM?
Ideal Pesticide
Sterilization of male pests
Using antibiotics
Intensifying Agricultural Production
77
What is the third largest killer of all viral diseases?
Hepatitis B
West Nile Virus
AIDS
SARS
78
Which of these is not an atomic building block?
Electron
Nuetron
Proton
Nucleus
79
What crops were developed to be more productive?
Rice and Wheat
Corn and Wheat
Corn and Millet
Rice and Corn
80
What converts solar energy directly into electrical energy?
PV Cells
Hydrogen Power
Insulator
Thermal Converter
81
These are all reasons amphibians are disappearing besides...
Habitat Loss
Increased ultraviolet radiation
Prolonged Drought
Growth of native predator population
82
What is a good formula to always do with population equations?
BDIE/BIDE
Unit Conversions
Rule of 70
NO/O
83
What does succulent mean?
Fleshy
Smooth
Delicious
Prickly
84
What are lush vegetation along river beds called?
Riparian Zones
Rangeland
Eutrophication
Nitrate Enrichment
85
What is the half life formula?
1*2(x)^x
2^x/1
1/2^x
1/2x
86
Which of these is a limiting factor?
Carbon
Phosphorous
Nitrogen
Sulfur
87
How is nitrogen made available to living beings?
Nitration
Ammonification
Oxification
Nitrification
88
What is advanced sewage treatment?
Chemical
Chemical and Physical
Physical and Biological
Chemical and Biological
89
What would be the most productive way to produce food for the most people?
Urban Agriculture
Only Meat
Monoculture Farming
Only Vegetables
90
How many Americans live in urban centers?
80%
90%
70%
20%
91
What is the the risk with the highest death probability?
Fire
Nuclear Power Plant
Smoking
Poverty
92
What is spoils?
Waste Material from Sewage
A result of mountaintop removal
oil spills
Waste material from mining
93
If Logantown has 800 births, 20 Immig., 650 Deaths, and 2 Emig. what is the pop. change?
168
150
252
166
94
Which of these is not a principle of sustainability?
Population Control
Biodiversity
Reliance on Solar Energy
Lowered Urbanization
95
Which of these is a grassland?
Boreal Forest
Alpines
Taiga
Tundra
96
What is the the proportion of the incident light or radiation that is reflected by a surface?
bioluminescence
light refractor
albedo
white light
97
What is the the most useful form of coal?
Lignite
Peat
Anthracite
Bituminous
98
What is the acronym for the biogeochemical cycles?
PATRC
PLBA
CHOMPS
SPFAN
99
Mangrove forests are destroyed to build all the following except?
Dams
Coastal Cities
Shrimp Farms
Agriculture

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