AP Environmental Science

Seawater is evaporated by sunlight and is taken to the mainland by clouds before it falls back as rain water. The water in the rivers then flow into the ocean. The process is known as ....

• Oxygen cycle

• Carbon dioxide cycle

• Water Cycle

• Nitrogen cycle

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Tick 2 processes that involve in the Water Cycle.

• Melting

• Evaporation

• Boiling

• Condensation

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Which of the Earth's layer consists of magma?

• Crust

• Inner core

• Mantle

• Outer core

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Which type of the rock is formed from the above phenomena?

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

Particulate matter can increase global warming by

• reacting with chlorofluorocarbons

• reducing surface absorption of ultraviolet radiation

• producing additional nitrous oxides

• reflecting radiation

• lowering surface albedo

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What is the evidence that solar radiation is less important to global warming than the increase in greenhouse gases?

• temperatures have increased more in the summer than in winter

• temperatures have increased more in the winter than in summer

• temperature increases have been uneven across the globe

• there is a historic correlation of CO₂ and temperature

• There is a lack of temperature change in some areas

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The following are the components of the earth system except

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Biosphere

• Hemisfera

Which zone involves various living things such as humans, animals and plants.

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

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Which is TRUE about the stratosphere layer ?

• Has a distance 50-80 km

• Known as ionosphere

• Suitable and stable for aircraft flights

• Contains light gases such as helium and hydrogen

The diagram shows a natural phenomenon. Which layer is this phenomenon occurring?

• Biosphere

• Exosphere

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

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