APES Review Unit 1-5

Do Now (5 min):

1. Login to Quizziz

2. Take out environmental science journal

   
   

Multiple Choice

Do Now: In an experiment the group that serves as a standard for comparison and receives no experimental treatment.

• Dependent Variable

• Experimental Group

• Independent Variable

• Control Group

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Do Now: The condition in an experiment that is changed or manipulated.

• Dependent Variable

• Experimental Group

• Independent Variable

• Control Group

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Do Now: The condition in an experiment that is observed or measured

• Dependent Variable

• Experimental Group

• Independent Variable

• Control Group

Match

Do Now: Match these symbiosis terms

• Mutualism 
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

both organisms benefit

one organism harms the other

one benefits; the other doesn't care

• both organisms benefit

• one organism harms the other

• one benefits; the other doesn't care

Multiple Choice

Do Now: What are the two main reservoirs for carbon dioxide?

• Ocean, fossil fuels

• Ocean, atmosphere

• Atmosphere, fossil fuels

• Calcium Carbonate, ocean

Multiple Choice

Do Now: What would happen to this nitrogen cycle if a virus killed all the bacteria?

• Nitrogen would just keep on cycling

• The cycle would stop

• Plants would take over for the bacteria

• Fish would grow more because there's no bacteria

Multiple Choice

Do Now: If 25,000 kg of vegetation is planted in this ecosystem, how much energy does the lion obtain?

• 2,500 kg

• 25,000 kg

• 250 kg

• 250,000

​Tragedy of the Commons

​The tragedy of the commons suggests that individuals will use shared resources in their own self-interest rather than keeping with the common good, thereby depleting resources.

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​ Image - mid 1870's

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Fish

​​Forrest

​​Water

​Examples of Common Resources

Common resources are that are non-excludable; meaning that they are free to the public for use.​

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​These resources are not owned by anyone.

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of the tragedy of the commons?

• When humans overuse a natural resource

• When the short-term, positive effects go to the individual, while the long-term, negative effects are spread out to the group

• When humans act selfishly, thinking of their own self-interest

• When plants and animals compete for space, resources, and/or food

Multiple Choice

What are considered "the commons"

• Common house hold items like knifes, spoons, and forks.

• A renewable resource owned by no one and available for use by anyone at little or no charge

• A field where college students can sit outside in between classes

Multiple Choice

What is the best definition for irrigation?

• Growing high-yield crops

• All of the water used by a consumer

• Diverting water from a natural source to farm in a place that typically doesn't have enough water.

• Modern farming

​Benchmark Review Unit 1-5

By JASMINE RODRIGUEZ

Multiple Choice

What can be done to solve problems related to the tragedy of the commons?

• Privatization
• Regulations, restrictions and quotas
• Public education
• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Name the relationship.

• Intraspecific Competition

• Territorial Imperitive

• Cooperation

• Social Hierarchy

Multiple Choice

Name the relationship.

• Intraspecific Competition

• Territorial Imperitive

• Cooperation

• Social Hierarchy

Multiple Choice

When a pine tree grows real tall and blocks sunlight to another pine tree it is _______ competition.

• Interference
• Intraspecific
• Interspecific
• Exploitative

Multiple Choice

Interactions occurring between two or more species.

• Interference Competition

• Competition

• Photosynthesis

• Inter-specific interactions

Multiple Choice

Hawks and foxes compete for mice for food.

• Interference competition

• Inter-specific interactions

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

Multiple Choice

a relationship between two species in which both species compete for limited resources such that both species are negatively affected by the relationship

• Symbiosis

• interspecific competition

• species richness

• species-area effect

Multiple Choice

The close relationship between two different species in an ecosystem

• Biosphere

• Ecology

• Symbiosis

• Environment

Multiple Choice

A symbiotic relationship where one organism (the parasite) benefits from and hurts another (the host).

Usually the parasite is getting food from the hosts body.

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Competition

Multiple Choice

A symbiotic relationship that benefits both members of two different species.

• Predator-Pray

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

Multiple Choice

A symbiotic relationship where one species obtains food or benefits from another species without benefitting or harming the other.

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Parasitism

Multiple Choice

Organisms that “fight” for limited resources such as food, water or mates. It can be between organisms from different species or between organisms of the same species.

• Predator-Prey

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Parasitism

Multiple Choice

Which climograph has the most precipitation during the winter?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Which climograph has the most precipitation during the summer?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Which climograph has the most precipitation during the summer?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Which biome is represented by the climatograph?

• Grassland

• Tundra

• Desert

• Tropical Rainforest

Multiple Choice

Which climograph most likely has the most biodviv?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

This reservoir of carbon is the air and gasses that surround the Earth.

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

Multiple Choice

According to the diagram, geologic activity, such as volcanoes,

• Increases the levels of CO₂ in the atmosphere.

• Decreases the levels of CO₂ in the atmosphere.

Multiple Select

How would increasing concentrations of antibiotics in soil most likely affect the nitrogen cycle?

• by causing a decrease in nitrogen-fixation reactions

• by increasing the rate nitrogen to the atmosphere

• by providing nitrogen compounds and eliminating the need for nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the soil

• by increasing the rate of nitrogen fixation so that excess nitrates and ammonia are released into the atmosphere

Multiple Choice

Which organisms are responsible for nitrogen fixation in the nitrogen cycle?

• Plants and animals

• Viruses and protists

• Fungi and algae

• Bacteria

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of how biogeochemical cycles are important in sustaining life? LT4 DOK2

• The atoms of water molecules are destroyed during a drought.

• Oxygen atoms are recycled into carbon during cellular respiration.

• Phosphorus in wastes are recycled into useful nutrients for other organisms.

• New gold atoms are created during the carbon cycle.

Multiple Choice

Which scenario will MOST LIKELY result in a change to the nitrogen cycle that negatively affects plant growth?

• Increasing the variety of legumes (bean plants) in a field

• Planting crops that do not need nitrogen for survival

• Decreasing the amount of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the soil

• Increasing the amount of fertilizers used on farms

Multiple Select

Which of the following describes why farmers use fertilizers on their crops?

• Fertilizers increases nitrogen that plants use to grow

• Fertilizers increase the absorption of water by plants

• Fertilizers decreases nitrogen that plants use to grow

• Fertilizers decreases the number of insects the eat plants

Multiple Choice

Humans and animals can use nitrogen directly from the atmosphere (N₂).

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The direction of the flow of energy in a food web is represented by ___.

• Light bulbs
• Dotted Lines
• Arrows
• Bubbles

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of an autotroph?

• Sunflower
• Krill
• Leopard
• Hummingbird

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a consumer

• grass
• dog
• shark
• fish

Multiple Choice

In the diagram, which organism provides nutrients for the

largest number of other organisms?

• Seal

• Herring

• Snapper

• Bluefish

Multiple Choice

What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Organisms

Multiple Choice

Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

• Plant

• Rabbit

• Mouse

• Hawk

Multiple Choice

True or False. In this Food Web Pyramid the consumers on each level only get about 10 percent of energy that the plants have stored.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

How much energy is available to be passed on to the next trophic level in an ecosystem?

• 100%
• 10%
• 50%
• 75%

Multiple Choice

What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?

• The insects in the habitat would increase.
• The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
• The willow tree population would decrease.
• Foxes would dies due to no food source. 

Multiple Choice

Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?

• More than one organism may eat them. 
• They may eat more than one other organism. 
• This organism gets its energy from multiple sources. 
• They have no resources available to them.

Multiple Choice

Arrows represent ______________

• flow of organisms

• what eats what

• flow of energy

• percent of energy

Multiple Choice

What is the primary consumer?

• grass

• grasshopper

• mouse

• snake

• red hawk

Multiple Choice

What is the producer?

• grass

• grasshopper

• mouse

• snake

• red hawk

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What is the tertiary consumer?

• grass

• grasshopper

• mouse

• snake

• red hawk

Multiple Choice

What is the secondary consumer?

• grass

• grasshopper

• mouse

• snake

• red hawk

Multiple Choice

What is the decomposer?

• sun

• grasshopper

• water

• snake

• mushrooms

Multiple Choice

Where does the rabbit get its energy from?

• snake

• shrub

• cricket

• robin

Multiple Choice

Which organism gets its energy from 3 organisms?

• mountain lion

• hawk

• squirrel

• snake

Multiple Choice

Which organism is at the 3rd trophic level?

• grass

• grasshopper

• mouse

• snake

• red hawk

Multiple Choice

What would happen to the bird if the green fish died out?

• the bird population would grow

• the bird population would die out

• the smaller fish will die out

Multiple Choice

What would happen if their were no producers?

• Every population would grow larger

• Everything would die out

• The animals would make their own food

Multiple Choice

What would happen if the primary consumers died out?

• the producers would grow and the secondary and tertiary consumers would die

• producers would die out

• consumers would grow

Multiple Choice

Where do crickets get their energy?

• Cattails
• Marsh Grass
• Grasshoppers
• Shrews

Multiple Choice

Which organisms in the diagram have the largest total energy to give to other organisms?

• Cattails and Marsh Grass
• Hawks and Snakes
• Crickets and Grasshoppers
• Shrews and Frogs

Multiple Choice

If the secondary consumers have 350 units of energy available in their level, how many units of energy are available in the PRODUCER level?

• 35

• 350

• 3,500

• 35,000

Multiple Choice

If the secondary consumers have 350 units of energy available in their level, how many units of energy are available in the PRODUCER level?

• 35

• 350

• 3,500

• 35,000

Multiple Choice

If the secondary consumers have 200 units of energy available in their level, how many units of energy are available in the primary consumer level?

• 2

• 20

• 200

• 2000

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If the secondary consumers have 890 units of energy available in their level, how many units of energy are available in the tertiary consumer level?

Multiple Choice

If the producer level has 15,000 units of energy available in it, how many units will the primary consumers have?

• 15

• 150

• 1,500

• 15,000

Multiple Choice

What is the 10% rule?

• The 10% rule states that 10% of a population can survive in extreme conditions.
• The 10% rule indicates that 10% of resources are allocated to the top management.
• The 10% rule suggests that only 10% of species can coexist in an ecosystem.
• The 10% rule states that only 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next in a food chain.

Multiple Choice

Breaking up large areas of habitat into smaller pieces is called...

• Destruction

• Conservation

• Logging

• Fragmentation

Multiple Choice

A species that is not supposed to be in an ecosystem (non-native) and has no competition

• invasive species

• fossil fuels

• direct harvesting

• indicator species

Multiple Select

Fragmentation of habitat causes problems because (check all that apply)...

• It reduces the amount of food that may be available

• It reduces the number of mates available

• It keeps predators out of the habitat

• It increases how much land is available

Multiple Select

When a habitat is destroyed, ____ (check all that are true)

• Only organisms that can adapt quickly will survive

• Only organisms that can move out of the area quickly will survive.

• No plants or animals will survive.

• Most plants will survive because their seeds are still in the ground.

Multiple Choice

A good example of the fragmentation of habitat would be _____.

• Cutting down a forest to build a housing development.

• Draining a swamp to develop the land.

• Building a road through the woods.

• Polluting the James River

Multiple Choice

The four types of ecosystem services are

• Provisioning, regulating, cultural, moderating

• Provisioning, regulating, supervision, intervention

• Regulating, provisioning, supporting, cultural

• Regulating, provisioning, moderating, reoccurring

Multiple Choice

Plants removing CO2 from the air is

• Provisioning

• Regulation

• Cultural

• Supporting

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Bees pollinating crops is

• Provisioning

• Regulation

• Cultural

• Supporting

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Wetlands slowing hurricane surges is

• Provisioning

• Regulation

• Cultural

• Supporting

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Plants used to remove oil from the gulf spill is

• Provisioning

• Regulation

• Cultural

• Supporting

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Snails consuming dead leaves and aiding in soil formation is

• Provisioning

• Regulation

• Cultural

• Supporting

Multiple Choice

What term describes the variety of different organisms found in an ecosystem?

• population
• biodiversity
• ecosystem services

Multiple Choice

What are examples of pioneer species in a primary succession?

• Bushes and Shrubs
• Oak trees
• Mossess and Lichens 
• A rose Bush

Multiple Choice

A climax community is ….

• the beginning of a new ecological succession.
• the rocks in a new environment.
• the fire that will cause destruction.
• an area that reaches its greatest growing potential.

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between primary and secondary succession?

• Primary succession already has soil.
• Primary has soil and secondary does not
• soil is present in both
• primary has no soil and secondary has soil

Multiple Choice

Why does primary succession take longer to reach climax community?

• Because trees do not perform photosyntheses.
• Because climax community is in a forrest.
• Because primary succession already has soil
• Because primary succession does not have soil

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct order in primary succession?

• Rocks, Lichens & Mosses, Bushes & Shrubs, Trees
• Lichens & Mosses, Rocks, Trees, Bushes & Shrubs 
• Trees, Bushes and Shrubs, Lichens & Mosses, Lichens & Mosses
• Rocks, Grass, Trees, Bushes & Shrubs

Multiple Choice

The picture shows what type of succession?

• primary
• secondary
• tertiary
• quadanary

Multiple Choice

The picture shows what type of succession?

• primary
• secondary
• tertiary
• quadanary

Multiple Choice

What is the first species you will see after a primary succession? (in picture)

• lichens
• grasses
• small plants

Multiple Choice

Which community has a greater species RICHNESS?

• Community A

• Community B

• They both have EQUAL species richness

• NEITHER

Multiple Choice

Long life span

• K-selected

• r-selected

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many years to reach reproductive maturity

• K-selected

• r-selected

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many reproductive events

• K-selected

• r-selected

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many offspring

• K-selected

• r-selected

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size of offspring is small

• K-selected

• r-selected

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substantial parental care is given

• K-selected

• r-selected

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population dynamic; stable, near carrying capacity

• K-selected

• r-selected

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elephant

• K-selected

• r-selected

Multiple Choice

mosquitos

• K-selected

• r-selected

Multiple Choice

An unknown species employs a K-selected reproductive strategy. Which of the traits listed in the figure would accurately describe this species?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Multiple Choice

What is a limiting factor?

• Factors that always increase a population

• Factors that always decrease a population

• Resources that are unlimited

• Factors/resources that limit how many organisms can live in an area at the same time

Multiple Choice

What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

• around 500
• more than 500
• less than 500
• around 600

Multiple Choice

The image shows an example of a:

• R- Strategist

• K- Strategist

Multiple Choice

The image shows an example of a:

• R-Strategists

• K-Strategists

Multiple Choice

The image shows an example of a:

• R-Strategists

• K- Strategists

Multiple Choice

Tracks organisms that tend to live long lives (low death rate and high survivorship rate); toward the end of their life expectancies, however, there is a dramatic increase in the death rate.

• Type I

• Type II

• Type III

• Type IV

Multiple Choice

Describes organisms with a high death rate (or low survivorship rate) immediately following birth. Examples include bacteria, fishes, and invertebrates.

• Type I

• Type II

• Type III

• Type IV

Multiple Choice

In a forest, which type of survivorship curve would be associated with a species of tree that produces thousands of seeds, most of which do not survive to become saplings?

• Type I

• Type II

• Type III

• Type IV

Multiple Choice

What is a characteristic of species with a Type I survivorship curve regarding offspring care?

• No care for offspring

• Minimal care for offspring

• Lots of care for offspring

• Occasional care for offspring

Multiple Choice

What age groups does the bottom of a population pyramid represent?

• The elderly

• The working adults

• The children

• Males

Multiple Choice

What does the whole right side of the population pyramid represent?

• Males

• Females

• Unemployed

• Young people

Multiple Choice

What age group does the top of the population pyramid represent?

• The working people

• The rich people

• The elderly

• The young people

Multiple Choice

What growth rate does this population pyramid represent?

• Rapid Growth

• Slow Growth

• Negative Growth

• Zero Growth

Multiple Choice

What population growth rate does this population pyramid represent?

• Zero Growth

• Negative Growth

• Slow Growth

• Rapid Growth

Multiple Choice

Which growth rate does this population pyramid represent?

• Slow Growth

• Zero Growth

• Rapid Growth

• Negative Growth

Multiple Choice

Which population growth rate does this pyramid represent?

• Rapid Growth

• Slow Growth

• Negative Growth

• Zero Growth

Multiple Choice

Does this population pyramid represents a More Developed Country (MDC) or a Less Developed Country (LDC)?

• MDC

• LDC

Multiple Choice

Does this population pyramid represent a MDC or a LDC?

• MDC

• LDC

Multiple Choice

Does this population pyramid represent a MDC or a LDC?

• MDC

• LDC

Multiple Choice

Which of the following leads to a decrease in birthrates among women?

• Higher Education
• High Infant Mortality Rate
• No Prenatal Care
• No contraceptives

Multiple Choice

The average number of births women bear in the lifetime is:

• crude birth rate.
• crude death rate.
• total fertility rate.
• natural increase rate.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following countries has a high infant mortality rate, whereby women compensate by having more children during their childbearing years?

• Japan
• Angola
• Sweden
• Canada

Multiple Choice

Why do women in more developed countries (MDCs) have lower rates of fertility?

• they are engaged in business and political activities
• they have access to medical care and birth control
• they pursue education opportunities, thus delaying child birth
• all of the above

Multiple Choice

average number of children that die before reaching the age of one that were born alive per 1,000 births annually.

• infant mortality rate

• baby death rate

• child death rate

• infant and maternal rate

Multiple Choice

Replacement rate refers to

• the # of people who must join the workforce to support the elderly population
• the crude death rate in order to balance the population pyramid
• the average # of babies a woman should have to stabilise the population
• the average # of people in the dependent population who need to replace those in the independent population as a %

Multiple Choice

Which describes the birth and death rate of Stage 1 of the DTM?

• The death rate is high but the birth rate is low

• Both the death and birth rate are high

• The death rate is low but the birth rate is high

• Both the death and birth rate are low

Multiple Choice

Which describes the birth and death rate of Stage 2 of the DTM?

• The death rate is decreasing and birth rate remains high

• Both the death and birth rate are high

• The death rate is low but the birth rate is high

• Both the birth rate and death rate are decreasing

Multiple Choice

Which describes the birth and death rate of Stage 3 of the DTM?

• The death rate is decreasing and birth rate remains high

• Both the death and birth rate are high

• The death rate is low but the birth rate is high

• Both the birth rate and death rate are decreasing

Multiple Choice

Which describes the birth and death rate of Stage 4 of the DTM?

• The death rate is decreasing and birth rate remains high

• Both the death and birth rate are high

• Both the death and birth rate are low and fluctuating

• Both the birth rate and death rate are decreasing

Multiple Choice

The time it takes for the world population to go from 3 billion to 6 billion or 6 billion to 12 billion is called

• overPopulation

• Natural Increase rate

• Doubling time

• LIfe expectancy

Multiple Choice

The equation in this image depicts

• Crude Birth Rate (CBR)

• • Crude Death Rate (CDR)

• • Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

• infant mortality rate (IMR)

Match

Match the charateristics of the Demographic transition model

• Stage 4

• Stage 3

• Stage 2

• Stage 1

very low crude birth rate and an aging p

a declining crude birth rate and moderat

has a very high crude birth rate

1. Low Growth (very high CBR and CDR, very

• very low crude birth rate and an aging p

• a declining crude birth rate and moderat

• has a very high crude birth rate

• 1. Low Growth (very high CBR and CDR, very

Fill in the Blank

___________ is the starting point for most soil development and is the basic geological material in a particular location

Multiple Choice

The porosity of soil is a measure of

• its cation exchange capacity.

• how deep its topsoil layer is.

• how much biological material it contains.

• how quickly it drains.

• none of these answers are correct.

Multiple Choice

Select the correct order of physical size of sediment particles from largest to smallest.

• sand-silt-clay

• silt-sand-clay

• loam-silt-clay

• loam-sand-silt

• clay-silt-sand

Multiple Choice

Topsoil is the

• O horizon.

• A horizon.

• B horizon.

• C horizon.

• parent material.

Multiple Choice

Use Figure 8 Which hozizon is often the least eroded and commonly called the parent rock?

• O horizon.

• A horizon.

• B horizon.

• C horizon.

• Both B and C horizon

Multiple Choice

Use Figure 8

Which horizon is known to have organic matter or humus?

• O horizon.

• A horizon.

• B horizon.

• C horizon.

• None of the Above

Multiple Choice

The Coriolis effect is responsible for

• the convergence of two ascending Hadley cells
• the location of atmospheric currents caused by the unequal heating of Earth
• the cooling effect of air as it rises and expands
• the deflection of atmospheric currents

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct order of the convection cells starting from the equator?

• polar, ferrell, hadley
• ferrell, hadley, polar
• polar, hadley, ferrell
• hadley, ferrell, polar

Multiple Choice

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Plate Boundary

Multiple Choice

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake

• Volcano Eruption

• Tornado

• Mountain Building

Multiple Choice

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart

• Come together

• Slide past each other

• subducting

Multiple Choice

Which horizon is made up of partially weathered rocks?

• Horizon A
• Horizon B
• Horizon C
• Horizon D or R

Multiple Choice

_______ is the type of soil used most often with plants. It is a mixture of clay, sand, and silt.

• loam
• humus
• mud
• dirt

Multiple Choice

Soil sample that is 60% clay, 30% silt, and 10% sand has which texture? 

• clay
• clay loam
• sandy loam
• silt 

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct order of soil horizons starting at the surface?

• A, B, E,C, O
• O, A, B, C, E
• O, E, A, B, C
• O, A, E, B, C

Multiple Choice

The rate at which water flows through the soil is called soil percolation or ______.

• Groundwater

• Permeability

• Soil Pores

• Porosity

Multiple Choice

Which soil component has the least capacity for holding water?

• silt
• clay
• sand
• humus

Multiple Choice

You dig a small hole in the soil and the next day it rains. The hole fills with water, but does not empty even after several days of dry weather. What is the soil mostly made of?

• clay
• sand
• humus
• silt

Multiple Choice

Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. It is that

• the oceanic crust is melting.

• the denser ceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust

• volcanic islands are forming.

• the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.

Multiple Choice

The Coriolis Effect is caused by

• Earth rotating around the sun
• Earth rotating on its axis
• The tides
• Gravity

Multiple Choice

What is "upwelling"?

• when wind near a shore pushes surface water away, nutrient rich cold water rises from the depths
• water rises from springs at the bottom of lakes
• it is when cold water sinks in the Norwegian Sea
• It is when the Coriolis effect makes currents go around in a circle

Multiple Choice

This is the side of the mountain that is often drier and warmer.

• Leeward Side
• Wet Lapse Rate
• Windward Side
• Wild Side

Multiple Choice

What are the proportions of sand, silt, and clay for the soil at point X ?

• 5% Sand, 95% Silt, 5% Clay

• 5% Sand, 20% Silt, 5% Clay

• 65% Sand, 30% Silt, 10% Clay

• 60% Sand, 30% Silt, 10% Clay

Multiple Choice

What is the correct sequence of layers of the earth's atmosphere from earth's surface to space?

• troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere.

• mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, troposphere.

• troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere.

• stratosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere.

Multiple Choice

Which two factors allow earth to experience four distinct seasons?

• latitude & solar intensity

• tilt of axis & rotation of axis

• tilt of axis & rotation around sun

• distance from sun & place in orbit around sun

Multiple Choice

Which is a direct result of the Coriolis Effect?

• Upwellings

• tides

• ocean conveyor belt

• Tsunami

• Ocean gyres

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______ is a distinct layer of soil

Fill in the Blank

_____ Is the cross-section of a soil as a

whole, from the surface to the bedrock.

Multiple Select

Types of soil textures

• Sand

• Silt

• Clay

• Loam

Fill in the Blank

The_____extends from earth’s surface

Match

Match the following

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere

extending from earth’s surface

Third closest to earth’s surface

Second closest to earth surface

Fourth the closest to the earth surface

• extending from earth’s surface

• Third closest to earth’s surface

• Second closest to earth surface

• Fourth the closest to the earth surface

Fill in the Blank

_______ contains the thinnest air out of all the layers of the atmosphere

Multiple Choice

shields us and other living things from the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation

• Ozone layer

• Stratosphere

• Trees

• Thermosphere

Fill in the Blank

_____ are low-latitude overturning circulations that have air rising at the equator and air sinking at roughly 30° latitude

Fill in the Blank

_______ refers to a model that belongs to the mid-latitude region of the Earth's wind flow.

Fill in the Blank

At higher latitudes, air rises and travels toward the poles and these are called

Fill in the Blank

circulating air is deflected toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere and toward the left in the Southern Hemisphere. This deflection is called______________

.

Dropdown

a region having little rainfall because it is sheltered from prevailing rain-bearing winds by a range of hills. ​

Select answer

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________ describes the movement of ocean currents due to differences in temperature and salinity in different regions of water

Multiple Choice

Which community has a greater species EVENESS?

• Community A

• Community B

• They BOTH have EQUAL species eveness

• NEITHER

Multiple Choice

Which community has the LOWEST species RICHNESS?

• Community A has the LOWEST species RICHNESS

• Community B has the LOWEST species RICHNESS

• Community C has the LOWEST species RICHNESS

• NONE of THEM