SAMPLE ES 2022 Quiz

What does the letter K in the graphic represent?

• production rate

• carrying capacity

• limiting factor

• demographic transition

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The population of the Giant Panda is decreasing due to changes in their habitat. Which occurrence has the greatest impact on the panda’s habitat?

• Rainfall

• Air pollution

• Increasing carnivore population

• Destruction of vegetation

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Exponential growth causes a population to double in a fixed amount of time. The doubling time depends on the annual growth rate according to the formula T = 0.7/r. If the annual growth rate (r) of Kenya’s population is 10%, how long will it take for Kenya’s population to double?

Answer explanation

remember

10%=10/100=0.10

When a predator species invades an ecosystem, survival usually becomes —

• more difficult for native predators, because they must compete for food

• easier for native predators, because they will crossbreed

• more difficult for prey, because they must compete with the invading species for food

• easier for prey, because the invading species will compete with native predators

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Which consequence is a direct result of rapid human population growth?

• More natural resources

• Reduced sewage

• Higher standard of living

• Less available lumber

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The increased rate of eutrophication of a body of water due to agricultural and residential runoff is an example of —

• Acid precipitation

• nonpoint source pollution

• rising carbon levels

• strategic irrigation

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The United States government declined to participate in the —

• Montreal Protocol

• Antarctic Agreement

• Kyoto Protocol

• North American Free Trade Agreement

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Which environmental issue is directly addressed by the Clean Air Act?

• Ozone depletion

• Acid rain

• Vehicle emissions

• Industrial pollution

If the pesticide gets rid of all the insects, what effect will it have on the given food web ?

• An increase in the weasel population

• decrease in the mouse population

• An increase in the shrew population

• A decrease in the bat population

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Recent forest fires of California completely destroyed the vegetation in areas where they occurred.

As California recovers, the first organisms to repopulate the burned areas are —

• grasses

• herbivores

• slow-growing trees

• Lichens and mosses

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