AP Environmental Science Review

What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms

• an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food

• an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste

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Is wind a biotic or abiotic factor?

• biotic

• abiotic

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Is soil a biotic or abiotic factor?

• biotic

• abiotic

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An ecosystem is made up of __________.

• living things only

• non-living things only

• both living and non-living things

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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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Which of the following terms describes an area where an organism lives?

• community

• habitat

• area

What is a niche?

• The habitat that an organism lives in

• An organism’s “role” in an ecosystem

• A type of consumer

• The relationship between a producer and consumer

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In 2000, the level of ammonia in a river was 63ppm. In 2004, the level was 112ppm. what is the percent increase since 2000?

• 77%

• 0.77%

• -77%

• -0.77%

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Hydroelectric dams use ______________ to turn the turbines.

• electricity

• wind

• rushing water

• heat from the earth

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