AP Environmental Science Review

What are the two most common greenhouse gases?

• Water Vapor (H₂O) and Methane (CH₄)
• Carbon Dioxide CO₂ and Methane (CH₄)
• Water Vapor (H₂O) and Carbon Dioxide CO₂
• Water Vapor (H₂O) and Nitrous oxide (N₂O)

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Which in the atmosphere protects us from harmful UV radiation?

• Ozone

• Water Vapor

• Methane

• Sulfur Dioxide

• Carbon Dioxide

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What type of waves get trapped inside the greenhouse?

• Sunlight
• Ultraviolet
• Microwaves
• Infrared

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What results from livestock and other agricultural practices and by the decay of organic waste in municipal solid waste landfills?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Water Vapor

• Fluorinated Gases

• Nitrous Oxide

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These gases are typically emitted in smaller quantities, but because they are potent greenhouse gases, they are sometimes referred to as High Global Warming Potential gases ("High GWP gases").

• Fluorinated Gases

• Methane

• Carbon Dioxide

• Nitrous Oxide

• Water Vapor

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Chlorofluorocarbons and HCFCs are being phased out under an international agreement, called the __________.

• Paris Agreement

• Kyoto Protocol

• Montreal Protocol

• Endangered Species Act

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The step in the nitrogen cycle where plants take up nitrate and use it to make biological molecules is:

• nitrification
• ammonification
• nitrogen fixation
• assimilation

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The step in the nitrogen cycle where bacteria convert ammonia (NH₃) to nitrate (NO₃^-) is:

• nitrification
• ammonification
• nitrogen fixation
• assimilation

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The process where some bacteria remove nitrate from the soil by converting it to nitrogen gas is:

• nitrification
• nitrogen fixation
• denitrification
• nitrification

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What is the first step in the nitrogen cycle, in which gaseous nitrogen is converted into ammonia?

• nitrification
• ammonification
• denitrification
• nitrogen fixation

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