AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

• EARTHS INTERDEPENDENT SYSTEMS
• AP EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS

Answer the following questions on a sheet of
paper. Check your answers by the final slide.
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• 1. A seismograph is used to measure
• a. tectonic plate size.
• b. the magnitude of an earthquake.
• c. the temperature of volcanic
• materials.
• d. the frequency of earthquakes in a
• region.
• e. soil fertility.

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• 2. The aurora borealis occurs in which
• of the following parts of the
• atmosphere?
• a. troposphere
• b. thermosphere
• c. mesosphere
• d. hydrosphere
• e. stratosphere

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• 3. Which of the following are the two
• most important factors in
• determining a habitats climate?
• a. temperature wind speed
• b. wind direction precipitation
• c. wind speed rate of evaporation
• d. rate of evaporation temperature
• e. temperature precipitation

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• 4. The atmosphere is warmed as gases such
• as water vapor and carbon dioxide absorb
• the infrared heat radiated from the earth.
• This process is best described as
• a. ozone depletion.
• b. the greenhouse effect.
• c. biomagnification.
• d. ionization.
• e. convection.

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• 5. The hydrosphere includes all of the
• following EXCEPT
• a. watershed.
• b. wetlands.
• c. parent rock.
• d. rivers.
• e. lakes.

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• 6. An area where there are cold waters,
• low oxygen levels, and bottom-dwelling
• fish. This description best fits the
• a. benthic zone.
• b. littoral zone.
• c. limnetic zone.
• d. open water zone.
• e. profundal zone.

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• 7. The amount of the earths surface
• that is covered by water is
• approximately
• a. 12 percent.
• b. 36 percent.
• c. 50 percent.
• d. 75 percent.
• e. 93 percent.

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• 8. An area where salt and freshwater
• mix that has a very high level of
• productivity is correctly called
• a. the open ocean.
• b. the abyssal zone.
• c. the headwaters.
• d. an estuary.
• e. the littoral zone.

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• 9. Which of the following describes the
• waters in an upwelling area?
• a. cold nutrient rich
• b. warm nutrient poor
• c. cold nutrient poor
• d. heavily polluted by human waste
• e. shallow full of light

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• 10. Which of the following best
• describes an unconfined aquifer?
• It is an area where
• a. water always comes to the surface.
• b. water is free to flow in all directions.
• c. water is held in place by impenetrable
• rocks.
• d. pollutants enter the aquifer.
• e. an aquifers discharge area is located.

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• 11. Which of the following organisms
• is not likely to be found as a
• member of the detritus food web?
• a. ants
• b. earthworms
• c. fungi
• d. deer
• e. bacteria

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• Select the one lettered choice that best answers
  each question or best fits each statement. A
  choice may be used once, more than once, or not
  at all.
• a. atmosphere
• b. troposphere
• c. wind
• d. convection currents
• e. stratopshere
• 12. ozone in this layer blocks UV light from the
  sun
• 13. the location of our daily weather
• 14. the vertical heating cooling of air
• 15. the movement of air between masses with
  different pressures
• 16. the collection of all gases held to the earth
  by gravity

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ANSWERS

• 1. B 9. A
• 2. B 10. B
• 3. E 11. D
• 4. B 12. E
• 5. C 13. B
• 6. A 14. D
• 7. D 15. C
• 8. D 16. A