APES Unit 9 Exam Review

Coral bleaching is most directly caused by:

• Increasing plastic pollution

• A parasitic symbiotic relationship

• Increasing ocean temperatures

• Invasive species

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Invasive species tend to be:

• Generalists and K-selected

• Generalists and r-selected

• Specialists and K-selected

• Specialists and r-selected

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Which of the following is considered an indirect source of methane caused by human-lead climate change?

• Increasing factory farming of cattle

• Sea level change flooding wetlands

• Droughts causing large wildfires

• Melting of permafrost

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Where is the ozone layer located?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Exosphere

Which of the following agreements lead to the reduction of CFC production?

• Montreal Protocol

• Kyoto Protocol

• CITES

• The Endangered Species Act

Which of the following GHGs does NOT have a global warming potential greater than 1?

• Methane (CH4)

• Nitrous Oxide (N2O)

• HCFCs

• Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

The type of energy that is trapped by greenhouse gases is:

• Visible light

• Ultraviolet (UV) radiation

• Gamma radiation

• Infrared (IR) radiation

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The most severe effect resulting from an increase in insect species globally would likely be:

• an increase in disease vectors

• a reduction in water quality

• an increase in soil erosion

• a decline in food crop pollination

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Which of the following aquatic species provides a habitat for thousands of other species?

• coral reefs

• zooxanthellae

• phytoplankton

• dolphins

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The international legislation that establishes a list of species susceptible to international trade and thus endangerment is called the:

• Endangered Species Act

• Lacey Act

• Marine Mammal Protection Act

• CITES Treaty

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