APES Exam Final

This comes from the decay of uranium in underlying bedrock and can cause cancer

• radon
• lead
• copper
• iron

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

Sushi containing fish higher in the food chain (tuna, grouper, sea bass, etc.) could cause health risks due to bioaccumulation of

• lead
• radon
• mercury
• asbestos

Which region would you expect to contain the most methane hydrates that could contribute to global climate change?

• Anything near the arctic
• Central America
• Australia and New Zealand
• Near the editerranian

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Which region of the world has exported the most petroleum over the last few decades?

• Middle east 
• USA
• China
• United Kingdom

Anthropogenic climate change has resulted in the largest average annual temperature change in 

• arctic regions
• desert regions
• savannas 
• tropical rainforests

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Seafloor spreading creates new crust at

• a divergent plate boundary (usually middle of the ocean)
• convergent plate boundary
• fault line
• all of these

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Phytoplankton live near the surface of the water because

• they eat krill which only are abundant near the surface of the water
• there are less predators near the surface of the ocean
• sunlight cannot reach great depths and they need it for photosynthesis
• they are blown there from the land and end up floating on the surface of the water until they are consumed

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NGSS.HS-LS1-5

Catalytic converters were added to cars in the 70s to reduce which pollutant?

• carbon dioxide
• carbon monoxide 
• particulate matter
• methane

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

A hybrid vehicle uses _______________ while a fuel cell vehicle uses __________________.

• an internal combustion engine and battery, hydrogen to generate electricity
• hydrogen to generate electricity, an internal combustion engine and battery
• ethanol, hydrogen to generate electricity
• an internal combustion engine and battery, methane or natural gas

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NGSS.HS-PS3-3

Which type of soil would be used for the liner of a landfill?

• soil high in gravel
• soil high in sand
• soil high in clay
• soil high in silt

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