APES Final Exam Semester 1

Which is an example of sustainability

• using natural resources faster than they can regenerate

• not using too much of any resource so that future generations aren't negatively impacted

• switching from fish farming to offshore fishing

• having the government artificially reduce the price of coal and oil so that it is more affordable

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

a scientific experiment can be conducted in each of the following places (select all that apply)

• a rain forest

• a laboratory setting

• an enclosed area made to simulate the environment of an organims

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

environmental science includes all of the following disciplines EXCEPT

• ecology

• biology

• geology

• chemistry

• psychology

"anthropogenic" means caused by

• natural causes

• supernatural causes

• humans

• nematodes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

locals harvest timber from a publicly owned forest faster than the trees can be reproduced. after only a short period of time the forest is entirely depleted of mature trees. this is an example of

• not using renewable resources

• government subsidies

• cultural eutrophication

• tragedy of the commons

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

conducting an experiment in the field (compared to in a lab setting) often results in a lack of

• controlled variables

• independent variables

• dependent variables

• limiting nutrients

• an open system

Edgar wants to see if attaching a limestone filter to the tailpipe of his truck reduces the CO2 emissions. He drives the same route to and from school and work with the filter for 7 days and then does the same thing without the filter. He purchased a device that measures the CO2 output that is attached to his vehicle for both weeks. What is the independent variable for this experiment?

• limestone filter vs. no filter

• CO2 emissions

• route and distance driven

• average temperatures during week 1 vs week 2

Ernestina wants to conduct an experiment on the impacts of lawn fertilizer runoff on her neighborhood retention pond. What would NOT be a recommended controlled variable/constant for the proposed experiment

• same pond tested

• same temperature during sampling

• same test kit used for both trials

• same amounts of fertilizer used for trial 1 vs trial 2

• same nutrients in the fertilizer(s) tested

A hypothesis should include each of the following words (select all that apply)

• if

• then

• because

• aforementioned

• hereby

why aren't energy transfers 100% efficient?

• the energy "lost" is converted into a lower-quality energy (example: lost as heat)

• they are 100% efficient in machines, but not in animals

• the animal saves some energy up before it allows itself to be eaten by the organism on the next trophic level

• all of these are correct

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5