Practice Test 1<br>Section I (Multiple-Choice Questions)

An APES class went on a field trip and took a soil sample. The sample was analyzed back at school and the results presented below.

• Poor nutrient-holding capacity
• Good water infiltration capacity
• Poor water-holding capacity
• Good aeration properties

The site that they most likely visited was

• a coniferous forest
• a sandy beach
• a temperate grassland
• a tropical rainforest

Refer to the following diagram to answer the question.

An APES class was studying how the proximity to oceans affects climate. They began their experiment by filling a beaker with two cups of room-temperature water, placing it on a hot plate set at medium heat, and taking temperature readings every minute. When the water began to boil, they removed the beaker and continued taking temperature readings until the temperature returned to its original temperature. They repeated the experiment with four cups of water, keeping everything else the same. According to the results above, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• Boiling water has the same specific heat capacity as cold water.
• It takes the same amount of time to boil two cups of water as it does four cups of water.
• The rate of cooling for two cups of water is the same as the rate of cooling for four cups of water.
• It takes twice as long to heat four cups of water to the boiling point as it takes for two cups of water.

Which of the following descriptions of air temperature from the ground up best depicts the existence of an inversion layer?

• Cool, cooler, cold
• Cool, warm, cool
• Hot, warm, cool
• Warm, cool, cooler

Refer to the diagram of the water cycle below to answer the question.
Which of the following relationships is correct?

Refer to the following diagram to answer the question.
The world population is expected to grow from 7.6 billion in 2018 to 12 billion by 2100. Which of the following would NOT be a viable strategy for ensuring adequate nutrition for 12 billion people?

• Developing new hybrid crops that are more drought- and pest-resistant
• Expanding the use of non-toxic and environmentally friendly methods of pest control
• Increasing the efficiency of food distribution
• Converting large amounts of agricultural land to grazing lands, which provides a more concentrated form of protein in meat

• 3.65 kWh/yr
• 36.5 kWh/yr
• 365 kWh/yr
• 3,650 kWh/yr

Which of the following choices lists land use in order from the smallest collective area on Earth to the largest?

• Agricultural < cities < forests
• Agricultural < forests < cities
• Cities < forests < agricultural
• Forests < agricultural < cities

The major sink for phosphorus is

• atmospheric gases
• marine sediments
• plants
• seawater

Refer to the following graph to answer the question.
The factor that was probably most responsible for the trend in carbon monoxide concentration in the atmosphere from 1976 to 1995 was

• catalytic converters
• clean coal technology
• more efficient mufflers
• scrubbers on smokestacks