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AP Environmental Science Vocabulary Quiz (Ecology and Population)
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What part of the water cycle is it when water is traveling down the soil?
Percolation
Infilitration
Sublimation
Runoff
2
The minimum amount of kids a couple will need to have to replace themselves is called...
Crude birth rate
Replacement level
Total fertility rate
Infant mortality rate
3
A mosquito and a human is an example of what kind of relationship?
Mutualism
Commensalism
Predation
Parasitism
4
Barnacles and Whales are an example of what kind of relationship?
Parasitism
Commensalism
Predation
Mutualism
5
What part of the water cycle is it when glaciers and icecaps turns directly to water vapor?
Percolation
Infilitration
Sublimation
Runoff
6
What is an Isotope?
An atom of the same element with a different atomic mass
An alpha particle
An atom with a charge
An beta particle
7
What is Environmental Science?
the study of food
the study of the solution of environmental problems
the study of the environment
the study of the enviro, and the solution of enviro problems
8
Which of the following is the interaction of different organisms in the environment?
Ecosystem
Population
Species
Community
9
Emigration is the process when...
A species dies in that area
A species is born in that area
A species moves into an area
A species moves out of an area
10
Which organism would mostly likely be at the at the top of the trophic level pyramid?
Hawk
Rabbit
Snake
Tree
11
Any species intentionally or accidentally moved and released by man into an environment is...
Native Species
Specialist Species
Exotic Species
Generalist Species
12
An example of a pioneer species is...
Flower
Tree
Lichens
Grass
13
What is an example of a nonrenewable resource?
Wind
Biomass
Oil
The Sun
14
What island would be more biodiversed according to the theory of island biogeography?
a large island that's far from the mainland
a large island that is close to the mainland
a small island that is close to the mainland
A small island that's far from the mainland
15
The expected age in which someone is expected to live is called...
Total fertility rate
Replacement level
Infant mortality rate
Life expectancy
16
The following image shows an example of what?
Bioaccumulation
Biomagnification
Biomass
Biodiversity
17
A Lion and a Zebra is an example of what kind of relationship?
Parasitism
Mutualism
Predation
Commensalism
18
Biodiversity is....
the similarity of the species and ecosystem
variability within species, between species and ecosystems
the similarity between ecosystem
the variability of the ecosystem
19
The image below shows an example of a...
Population Pyramid
Immigration
Emigration
Demographic Transition model
20
Which of the following means clearing the Earth's forests on a massive scale?
depletion
deforestation
declaration
desertification
21
A Bee and a Flower is an example of what kind of relationship?
Commensalism
Predation
Parasitism
Mutualism
22
What does the atomice number of an atom tell us?
the number of neutrons
The number of protons
the number of electrons
the weight of the atom
23
Which layer of the atmosphere is where weather occurs?
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
24
What island would be least biodiversed according to the theory of island biogeography?
a small island that is close to the mainland
a large island that's far from the mainland
a large island that is close to the mainland
A small island that's far from the mainland
25
Which of the means the rate of babies dying?
Crude Birth Rate
Crude Death Rate
Infant Immortality
Infant Mortality
26
Immigration is the process when...
A species moves into an area
A species dies in that area
A species is born in that area
A species moves out of an area
27
What is inversly related with the dissolved oxygen amount
Turbidity
Nutrients
Amount of planktons in it
BOD
28
What is an example of a renewable resource/energy?
Geothermal
Solar
All of the above
Wind
29
What is the definition of a Keystone Species?
species that an ecosystem can survive without
species that are made from a stone.
species who are not native to the ecosystem
species on which other species are largely depended on
30
What continent has the highest TFR?
South America
Africa
Asia
Europe
31
Which layer of the atmosphere is where the ozone layer is located?
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Troposphere
Thermosphere
32
The total amount of kids a women will have in her lifetime is called...
Replacement level
Crude birth rate
Infant mortality rate
Total fertility rate
33
What word means all the individuals of a species in an area or region at a certain time?
Ecosystem
Community
Species
Population
34
Which of the following words means the state at which a species is no longer existing?
Evolution
Extant
Excretion
Extinction
35
The water cycle part when the water doesn't enter the ground and travels to a nearby source?
Infilitration
Runoff
Sublimation
Percolation
36
species that can only thrive in a narrow range of environmental conditions is a
Exotic Species
Generalist Species
Specialist Species
Native Species
37
Which of the following is a pronatalist force?
Women recievng education
High income
Expensive childcare
Need for extra help
38
Which of the following is a antinatalist force?
Living in a third world country
Government providing birthcontrol
cheap child's education
Need for extra help
39
The image below shows an example of a...
Demographic Transition model
Population Pyramid
Emigration
Immigration
40
Things that prevents a population from growing any larger is called a....
Limiting factor
Crude death rate
Life expectancy
Infant Mortality rate
41
What part of the water cycle is it when the water is entering the ground?
Percolation
Infilitration
Runoff
Sublimation
42
Which of the following means a measure of human impact on Earth's ecosystems?
Measured waste
Ecological footprint
Life expectancy
Ecological fingerprint
43
A __________ is able to thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions
Specialist Species
Native Species
Exotic Species
Generalist Species
44
What is DDT?
A Pesticide
A Rodentcide
A Herbicide
A Birdicide
45
What is basically the theory of evolution?
Organisms will the best traits to survive and reproduce
Organisms with the most complex traits will die
Organisms with the worst traits will survive and reproduce
Organisms with the most unique trait will survive then die
46
The graph shown below shows that species 5 reached its what?
Undershoot
Overshoot
Limited factor
Carrying Capacity
47
species
that can found only within a particular region
Generalist Species
Specialist Species
Exotic Species
Native Species
48
Which organism would mostly likely be at the at the bottom of the trophic level pyramid?
Hawk
Snake
Rabbit
Tree
49
What is the definition of indicator species?
A species who is able to indicate the presence of preys
A species who is not native to the ecosystem
A species who is able to indicate the presence predators
A species that can show the overall health of its ecosystem
50
Who was is the author of the book Silent Spring written in 1962?
Alexander Fleming
Garrett Hardin
Rachel Carson
Clara McMillen
