APES Semester Review

Majority of the earth's water is used for

• drinking

• irrigation

• raising livestock

• swimming pools

At which type of plate boundary do plates move apart?

• convergent

• transform

• fault block

• divergent

Which type of irrigation results in the least water loss?

• center pivot

• drip

• flood

• furrow

Maximum population of a species that a habitat can sustain indefinitely without being degraded

• carrying capacity

• k selected

• exponential growth

• biotic potential

which statement about the image is most likely to be true?

• The population is growing rapidly

• The population is declining

• The population is growing slowly

• The population is stable

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the doubling time in years for a country with an annual growth rate of 2.0%?

• 140 years

• 70 years

• 35 years

• 20 years

Lack of genetic diversity can lead to

• increased susceptibility to disease

• speciation

• increased adaptability to changes in the ecosystem

• genetic immunity

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which nutrient cycle is most altered by humans when deforestation occurs?

• nitrogen

• phosphorus

• sulfur

• carbon

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which biome is characterized by coniferous trees and long winters?

• temperate seasonal forest

• tiaga

• savanna

• chaparral

The net primary productivity of a wetland is 4,000k/cal/m²/yr. If the gross primary productivity is 12,000 kcal/m²/yr, how much is respiration?

• 16000 kcal/m²/yr

• 3000 kcal/m²/yr

• 8000 kcal/m²/yr

• 48000 kcal/m²/yr

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3