AP Environmental Science Unit 4

This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

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The layer of soil which the topsoil is found.

• Horizon A

• Horizon B

• Horizon C

• Horizon D or R

As you travel from the crust to the inner core, how would temperature and density of the material change?

• The would all increase

• The would all decrease.

• They would stay the same.

• Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase.

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Most of Earth's freshwater is ___________

• under ground

• as a liquid on the surface

• frozen

• in Olympic swimming pools

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Sea surface temperature changes great than .5^oC for greater than 5 months across the centeral ropical Pacific OCean are known as

• the arctic effect

• the get stream 

• a typhoon

• El Nino-Southern Oscillation 

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Earth’s climate system is powered mainly by energy from:

• Tilt

• The sun

• Latitude

• The rain shadow

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Which of the following has the highest albedo?

• soil

• snow

• water

• pavement

Temperature changes in adiabatic heating occurs due to 

• water vapor condensing

• a pressure increase

• absorption of sunlight

• a pressure decrease

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Which of the following does NOT contribute to atmospheric convection currents?

• Hadley cells

• westerlies

• gyres

• polar cells

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The maximum amount of water vapor air can hold at a given temperature is called the

• saturation point

• latent heat capacity

• absolute humidity

• dew point

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