AP Environmental Science Unit 4

All of the land that drains into a particular body of water is called a(n):

• watershed

• bedrock

• island

• aquifer

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The layer of the atmosphere that contains all of the water vapor and weather is

• troposphere

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

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Which gas makes up the largest component of Earth's atmosphere?

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• argon

• carbon dioxide

This is the side of the mountain that is often drier and warmer.

• Leeward Side

• Wet Lapse Rate

• Windward Side

• Wild Side

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At the Equator, air is hit by more solar energy.  As it warms and rises, a _____ is formed, which nearby air flows toward.

• Low pressure zone

• High pressure zone

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If the Earth did not rotate on its axis, there would be no

• Greenhouse effect

• Coriolis effect

• Global warming

• Convection

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What is salinity?

• how warm the water is

• how cold the water is

• how deep the water is

• how salty the water is

What is "upwelling"?

• when wind near a shore pushes surface water away, nutrient rich cold water rises from the depths

• water rises from springs at the bottom of lakes

• it is when cold water sinks in the Norwegian Sea

• It is when the Coriolis effect makes currents go around in a circle

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One consequence of El Nino is _______ and increased rainfall in South America..

• flooding

• stronger Tradewinds

• strong winter storms

• drought

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In a transform plate boundary, the ...

• plates are the same age

• convergent plate is older, oceanic plate is younger

• convergent plate is younger, divergent plate is older

• closer the plates are the younger they are