AP Environmental Science Test Review

Which biome has warm temperatures, high precipitation, and little seasonal variation due to its location near the equator?

• Boreal forest

• Tropical rainforest

• Woodland/shrubland

• Subtropical desert

The direction of an arrow in a food chain represents

• the flow of energy from organism B to A

• the movement of organisms

• the directionality of the sun

• the flow of energy from organism A to B

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What is an omnivore?

• receives energy from the sun

• only eats meat

• only eats plants

• eats both plants and meat

Which of the following best describes the process of photosynthesis?

• Oxygen, water, and solar energy are used to produce carbon dioxide and sugar.

• Oxygen, sugar, and solar energy are used to produce carbon dioxide and water.

• Carbon dioxide, water, and solar energy are used to produce oxygen and sugar.

• Carbon dioxide and oxygen combine to from water and sugar.

• Carbon dioxide and water are used to produce oxygen, sugar and more carbon dioxide.

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The Mississippi River carries agricultural runoff to the Gulf of Mexico.  What phenomenon results?

• a dead zone

• regular flooding of the Mississippi delta

• return of mining refuse water

• Gold tides

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What is happening at the 'A' on the graph?

• the population overshoots above the carrying capacity

• the population stops growing

• growth begins to slow down due to limited resources

• growth is speeding up due to an abundance of resources

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Desertification usually occurs when

• humans leave an area alone to undergo secondary succession

• soil productivity decreases due to drought and poor farming practices

• winds carry large amounts of sand from nearby deserts

• irrigation water is continually used in arid regions of the country

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What three components have to be present to create photochemical smog?

• VOCS, PANS, Carbon Dioxide

• VOCS, Ozone, Nitrogen Monoxide

• Nitrogen Dioxide, Sunlight, and VOCS

• Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, and Ozone

What device reduces SO₂ emissions in power plants?

• scrubber units

• electrostatic precipitators

• catalytic converters

• afterburners

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Which of the following 2 use PASSIVE solar energy?

• south-facing room with windows

• solar oven

• solar panels

• photovoltaic cells

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