Duplicate of APES EXAM REVIEW 2016

Which of the worlds energy supplies are in order from longest lasting to running out sooner

 i eat candy-gain weight-the more I gain-the more candy I eat so I gain even more weight

The uranium oxide pellets used in typical nuclear reactors are primarily composed of

James Hutton realized that most geological changes occur as a result of

What single issue underlies all environmental issues

A genetically diverse population is more likely to include the individuals that..

What type of environment is frost wedging prevalent?

If a city experiences earthquake damage of intensity XI, its Richter scale equivalent would be

Which is the correct sequence of the earth's atmospheric layers from earth's surface to space?

calcium carbohydrate shells dissolve as it collects at a shallower depth the dividing line is

The Coriolis effect is the result of

Water is stored and an average of 8 to 10 days in which of the following reservoirs?

When a populations growth adjusts to approximate the environments carrying capacity it is:

Farmers use terracing to prevent soil erosion. Which best describes this practice:

Which of the following lists of terms is organized from most specific to most inclusive?

Air pressure is measured using a

. Why do famines happen even if we have lots of food for the world?

which one is a "Secondary source" that must be produced using another nonrenewable energy

The portion of earth's biosphere that is closest to the core is

<p>When groundwater is removed, the soil sinks in a process known as..  </p>

In the earth's interior, hot, molten rock rises, and cooler rock sinks in a process known as

Elevated levels of carbon dioxide from global warming have which of the following effects?

energy sources ordered from greatest to smallest percentage of total energy usage in the u.s ?

The topsoil is composed of:

The growth of a crop can be prevented by a shortage of a chemical element known as:

An agricultural field that is not harvested for at least a season is

When a population exceeds the environments carrying capacity:

The greatest amount of organic matter in the soil is found in

In 1998 scientists signed a statement explaining problems to the public. It was called?

On average, an ENSO event occurs every

Calculatethe doubling time of Pottsville. The annual populationgrowth in this town is 10 %.

A neutron strikes a uranium atom nucleus which splits releasing a great deal of energy, this is

A temperate rain forest, such as the one on the west coast of North America, primarily has

In addition to cooling a nuclear reactors core, a fluid known as coolant serves the purpose of

Which of the following are renewable energy sources ?

Most of the worlds oil is located beneath countries in

Which of the following clues can tell seismologists where an earthquake is likely to occur?

Which continent has the greatest percentage area of agriculture?

A system with a greater input than output wouldexperience._____ in storage

The one major pollutant released by natural gas is

sugars and carbohydrates are products of

The three general survivorship curves are:

looking at the rainforest as ecotourism.  What justification does this represent??

What's the difference between an El Nino event and a La Nina event? 

How does the amount of water warm air can hold compare to colder water air?

Themovement of a nation from a high population growth to a low population growth is

Most Atlantic Hurricanes form off the coast of 

Herbicides account for what percentage of pesticides in U.S. Waters?

Why is the nitrogen cycle so important?: Nitrogen is ____

Decreaseddeath rate and the accelerated rate of human population growth are related to

Which crops have the benefit of conserving soil, retaining nutrients and saving energy?

Unconventional natural gas sources include

Most divergent plate boundaries are difficult for scientists to study because most are located

Bt, or Bacillus thuringiensis, belongs to which category of pesticide?

Which of the following is often a disadvantage of damming rivers to generate electricity?

The two final products of nitrification are

According to the law of conservation of energy,

all of the following are major carbon storage reservoirs EXCEPT

Compared with the "calorie" unit , how large is the "calorie" that use for types of energy

What is the benefit of contour plowing?

The major determinants of forest type are

A rock composed of pebble-sized sediment with edges not well rounded is called

Approximately what percentage of crops are destroyed by pests, spoilage, and disease?

 density of the first farmers was muchhigher than density of hunters and gatherers because

subduction zones tend to produce deep undersea trenches as a result of

Of earth's three major layers, which one contains the greatest amount of molten rock?

Which of the following lists calcium reservoirs biggest to smallest? 

Land masses hold what percentage of the earth's crust?

TheGaia hypothesis proposes that:

Of oil drilled offshore In U.S. Waters, about 90% is recovered from under

The two main elements that compose fossil fuels are

The global impact of an ENSO includes all of the following EXCEPT

What percentage of the earth's original rain forests have been cleared?

All of the following are steps in the process of DIAGENESIS,...... EXCEPT

What kind of power plant produces water flowing through a control rate generating electricity

what 3 processes are needed to convert igneous/metamorphic rock into sedimentary?

According to Nicolaus Steno, if rock layer 1 sits above rock layer 2, rock layer 1 is

Rainwater mixes with which of the following to form carbonic acid?

Genetic diversity, species diversity, ecological diversity, and functional diversity are best

“environmental unity” means

Which of the following ecological levels of organization are arranged from largest to smallest?

The s-shaped curve  which a population grows rapidlybut eventually reaches a  constant pop.

placing the health of the entire ecosystem  above all other things are______ justification

In the context of biochemical cycles, “flux” refers to

A transform fault, two tectonic plates move

All of the following are typically derived from fossil fuels Except

Igneous rocks are grouped according to

Vernal pools are

Which of the following forces helps keep rock in the earth's interior hot and molten?

The oxidation of a rock may produce...

Most of the carbon in the earth's crust is stored in

on the richter scale, earthquake of magnitude 5.0 is how many times more powerful than  3.0

magma fills the gap between tectonic plates, forming new crust at 

Which did not cause the rapid population increase since the Industrial Revolution.

Resources such as groundwater that are being consumed faster can be resupplied as

Which characteristic is typical of a K-selected species?

Topsoil, the layer that supports crops, is also known as the

unless these 2 natural phenomena are in balance global atmospheric co2 accumulates rapidly

The types of crops that are used directly by a farmer or sold locally are...

to construct their shells, phytoplankton get carbon dioxide directly from

Igneous rock granite is subjected to intense heat and pressure but doesn't melt, it becomes..

The purpose of the Wilderness Act of 1964 was

Heating methods involve the most efficient conversion from its naturally occurring form to heat

Agriculture that alternates two or more crops to reduce wind and water erosion is known as...

A tropical storm is renamed a hurricane when wind speeds exceed

Which of the following human activities adds sulfur dioxide to the environment?

An influent stream is? (the other type is called effluent)

volcanoes tend to occur nearest to

Nicolaus Steno's law of horizontality says that sediments get thinner at

Trees are adapted to their own particular environmental conditions, also known as a(n)

As energy travels up an energy pyramid, available energy _______ each trophic level

The following factors contribute to an increase in a populations size:

Soil erosion has increased due to all of the following activities EXCEPT:

Which of the following examples orders geological time units from shortest to longest

Which of the following is characteristic of an El Nino year?

Which of the following is best described as storage of potential energy?

without these organism, the geological carbon cycle could not take place: