AP Enviro Unit 4 Review

Question 1

What are the proportions of sand, silt, and clay at point U?

Accepted Answer

50% sand, 20% silt, 30% clay

Question 2

Why does climate vary in different parts of the earth?

Accepted Answer

All of the options are correct reasons.

Question 3

Which of the following does NOT describe the process of upwelling?

Accepted Answer

Occurs when cold water is pushed away & warm water rises.

Question 4

Large bodies of water create more stable temperatures on nearby land areas.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Which of the following causes the air to rise high into the atmosphere in the areas labeled A, B, and C on the diagram?

Accepted Answer

Warm, moist air that is less dense than surrounding air

Question 6

Characterize the following by plate boundary: Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Himalayas, San Andreas fault

Accepted Answer

Divergent; convergent; transform

Question 7

What is seafloor spreading?

Accepted Answer

Formation of new ocean crust as result of magma upwelling from the mantle.

Question 8

Please list the layers of the atmosphere in order (starting from layer nearest to surface).

Accepted Answer

Troposp., Stratosp., Mesosphere, Thermosphere

Question 9

What type of boundary forms when plates slide & grind past one another along fractures?

Accepted Answer

A transform fault

Question 10

During an El Nino event, which of the following best describes conditions in the tropical eastern Pacific?

Accepted Answer

High sea surface temperature, high rainfall

Question 11

What causes Earth's seasons?

Accepted Answer

Its revolution, Its tilted axis

Question 12

Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

Accepted Answer

Troposphere

Question 13

Which of the following is used to determine soil texture?

Accepted Answer

the relative proportions of different particle sizes

Question 14

Organically rich surface material; contains partially decomposed plants,animals,bacteria&fungi.

Accepted Answer

O horizon

Question 15

Which of the following describe the Ring of Fire?

Accepted Answer

All of preceding options are correct.

Question 16

Which of these is not associated with divergent plate boundaries?

Accepted Answer

Subduction Zones

Question 17

Which region of the atmosphere contains the majority of molecules in the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Troposphere

Question 18

What is the lithosphere?

Accepted Answer

The combination of both the solid crust and the upper mantle.

Question 19

What are Hadley cells? (Choose all that apply).

Accepted Answer

Large scale atmospheric convection cells, Where air rises at equator and sinks at medium latitudes.

Question 20

Which latitude on the diagram experiences 24 hours of daylight on June 20?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 21

Soil particle size affects

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 22

What defines a watershed?

Accepted Answer

Topography

Question 23

The soil layer most similar to the parent material is the:

Accepted Answer

C horizon

Question 24

Which soil particle has the greatest impact on a soil's water holding capacity?

Accepted Answer

Clay

Question 25

What causes the Coriolis Effect?

Accepted Answer

Earth's rotation

Question 26

100 mL of water were poured through the sample. 98 mL were collected. What is the composition of the soil?

Accepted Answer

5% clay, 10% silt, 85% sand

Question 27

Which of the following describe an El Niño effect (see image below)?

Accepted Answer

I, II, III, and IV.

Question 28

Where two crustal plates collide and one plate is forced under the other it is called a

Accepted Answer

subduction zone

Question 29

Subsoil layer that is rich with inorganic minerals, aka zone of accumulation.

Accepted Answer

B horizon

Question 30

Which of the following best explains the pattern of vegetation in the image below?

Accepted Answer

The rain shadow effect is causing precipitation on the windward side

Question 31

Where do active volcanoes occur?

Accepted Answer

Where magma reaches the earth's surface through a vent/crack

Question 32

The roots of most plants and the majority of a soil's organic matter are concentrated in:

Accepted Answer

The O horizon and A horizon

Question 33

What are trade winds? (Choose all that apply).

Accepted Answer

Winds that blow from 0 to 30 degrees North & South, Surface winds that blow East to West, Pattern of easterly surface winds in the tropics

Question 34

Which of the following correctly lists, by (%), the present-day composition of the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon, CO2, Water vapor, trace gases

Question 35

What type of plate boundary is this?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Question 36

In which layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer located?

Accepted Answer

Stratosphere

Question 37

Which of the following describe La Niña?

Accepted Answer

Occurs along the tropical west coast of South America., Usually causes cooler than normal temperatures., Climate pattern that describes cooling of surface waters

Question 38

Which type of soil is best for agriculture?

Accepted Answer

Loam

Question 39

At which location is new crust being created at a divergent plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 40

Which type of soil allows the most water to infiltrate?

Accepted Answer

sand

AP Enviro Unit 4 Review

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AP Enviro Unit 4 Review

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