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APES AP Exam Review #2

Authored by Micha Nowak

Science

10th - 12th Grade

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APES AP Exam Review #2
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Fragmenting one large park or preserve into many small parks with human habitation in between them is most likely to lead to which of the following?

Reduction in species diversity

Stabilization of microclimates

Decrease in the proportion of edge habitat

Increase in population size of carnivores

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The factor that likely poses the greatest threat of extinction of species worldwide is

black market trade in endangered species

aggressive collecting of specimens by museums and zoos

increasing loss of habitat

weakening of environmental legislation

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following best shows the process of evolution?

A population of mosquitoes develops resistance to a pesticide

A bear goes into hibernation

A lizard’s color becomes brown as it sits on a log

A population of foxes increases as more prey becomes available

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The net annual primary productivity of a particular wetland ecosystem is found to be 10,000 kcal/m2 per year. If respiration by the aquatic producers is 21,000 kcal/m2 per year, what is the gross annual primary productivity for this ecosystem, in kcal/m2 per year?

11,000

21,000

31,000

41,000

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Characteristics that tend to increase the risk of a species becoming endangered include which of the following?

Having a very limited distribution

Being a specialist at the end of a long food chain

Having a small population size

All of these are correct

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In general, which of the following is the best long-term method of preventing extinctions?

Protecting the habitats of endangered species

Paying people not to kill endangered species

Removing predators from areas that contain endangered species

Providing food to endangered species in the wild

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If mean global temperature keeps on increasing as predicted by contemporary scientists, which of the following is most likely?

There will be fewer insect pests and disease-carrying organisms

Specialist species living in fragile ecosystems will risk extinction

There will be an increase in the reproductive rate of mammals

The geographical range of many plants will move toward the equator

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