APES Unit 3 Review
Authored by Caroline Howard
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This quiz comprehensively covers population ecology and human demographics, which is the central focus of Unit 3 in Advanced Placement Environmental Science (APES). The content is appropriate for grades 11-12 students who are tackling college-level environmental science concepts. Students need a solid foundation in mathematical reasoning to calculate growth rates, apply the rule of 70, and interpret population formulas. They must understand the distinction between exponential and logistic growth patterns, density-dependent versus density-independent limiting factors, and the complex relationship between carrying capacity and environmental resistance. The quiz also requires students to analyze age structure diagrams, interpret demographic transition theory across its phases, and understand key demographic measures including total fertility rate, infant mortality rate, and replacement level fertility. Students need to synthesize concepts about how economic, social, and environmental factors influence population dynamics in both developing and developed nations. Created by Caroline Howard, a Science teacher in US who teaches grade 9. This comprehensive review quiz serves multiple instructional purposes in the APES classroom, functioning effectively as a unit review before summative assessments, homework practice to reinforce complex population concepts, or formative assessment to identify areas where students need additional support. The quiz structure allows teachers to use it in segments for targeted practice on specific subtopics like demographic transition theory or population calculations, or as a complete review covering all major Unit 3 concepts. Teachers can implement this as a warm-up activity by selecting 5-10 questions daily, or assign the full quiz as homework to prepare students for the AP exam's multiple-choice format. The content aligns with AP Environmental Science Course and Exam Description standards, particularly those addressing population dynamics (Topic 3.1), carrying capacity (Topic 3.2), survivorship curves (Topic 3.3), and human population dynamics (Topics 3.4-3.6), providing students with essential practice in the quantitative and analytical skills required for AP success.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
If a population of 100 birds increases to 120 birds the following year, r= _____.
a. 0.16
b. 0.20
c. 1.2
d. 2
e. 20
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NGSS.HS-LS2-2
NGSS.HS-LS2-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
The intrinsic growth rate of a population
a. directly affects environmental resistance.
b. causes changes in birth rates without affecting death rates.
c. causes changes in death rates without affecting birth rates.
d. is the maximum rate at which a population may increase.
e. all of the above
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NGSS.HS-LS2-2
NGSS.HS-LS4-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
An ecosystem’s carrying capacity for a population is determined by all of the following factors EXCEPT
space.
energy.
water.
food.
climatic events, such as tornadoes.
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NGSS.MS-LS2-1
NGSS.MS-LS2-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
An exotic species is one which _____ an ecosystem
is rare in
is foreign to
does not interact with other species in
is the most dominant species in
destroys
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NGSS.HS-LS2-6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Rapid growth may be temporarily be observed in a population in response to all of these EXCEPT
elimination of a pollutant.
elimination of predators.
increase in food supply.
introduction of a new parasite.
introduction into a new habitat.
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NGSS.HS-LS2-6
NGSS.HS-LS4-5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which of the following is a density-independent event that could limit the size of a population?
a mild winter, which reduces death rates
the accidental spill of a pesticide that causes the population to decrease
an increase in a predator population
the reduction of a competitor species
an outbreak of a parasite that spreads through close contact
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NGSS.HS-LS2-6
NGSS.HS-LS4-5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
The birth rate of a population is expressed as a
decimal.
ratio.
fraction.
logarithmic equation.
percentage.
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