AP Environmental Science Final Review Spring

What does sustainability mean?

• Using lots of resources.

• Maintaining the world we live in for future generations.

• Cutting down trees.

• Using lots of water and electricity.

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What is a resource?

• Anything that is used for a purpose.

• Anything that has a purpose.

• Anything that we use for information.

• Anything that is renewable.

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What is renewable energy?

• Energy that comes from resources such as fossil fuels.

• Energy that comes from resources that humans have to replenish over time.

• Energy that comes from resources which are naturally replenished on a human timescale.

• Energy that comes from resources that are available in nature.

What are examples of non-renewable resources?

• Oil, coal and solar energy.

• Gas, coal and water.

• Oil, gas and wind.

• Oil, gas and coal.

Which of these is not an example of a commons?

• Aquifers
• The ocean
• Privately owned farms
• Highways

What are considered "the commons"

• Common house hold items like knifes, spoons, and forks.

• A renewable resource owned by no one and available for use by anyone at little or no charge

• Personal property

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Behavioral changes of individuals of a species that allow for better survival. (Acquired traits)

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Environment

When every organism of a species has died.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artificial Selection

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On a safari at night, a lion hunts and feeds on an antelope. In this relationship, the lion is the ____________________ and the antelope is the _________________.

• Parasite/host
• Predator/prey
• Prey/Predator

What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?

• 1000
• 8000
• 800
• 600

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