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Worksheets1 Hardin- APES A-Z Vocabulary Review (31-40)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A ________ is a wetland type that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead material.
a)
Swamp
b)
Bog
c)
Compost
d)
Forest Bottom
2.
Chemicals that have the ability to neutralize acids. These materials may lessen potential adverse effects of acid rain.
a)
neutralizer
b)
acidifier
c)
buffer
d)
filter
3.
Horizon of soil that is composed of partially altered (weathered) parent material; the material could be rock or be alluvial in nature, such as river gravels in other environments.
a)
C Horizon
b)
Top Soil
c)
A Horizon
d)
Bottom Soil
4.
Combined biochemical cycles of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen. Carbon combines with and is chemically and biologically linked with the cycles of oxygen and hydrogen that form the major compounds of life.
a)
Phosphorous Cycle
b)
Water Cycle
c)
Carbon Cycle
d)
Oxygen Cycle
5.
Organisms that feed on other live organisms; usually applied to animals that eat other animals; a meat eater.
a)
Herbivore
b)
Carnivore
c)
Omnivore
d)
Decomposer
6.
Synthesis of organic compounds by energy derived from chemical reactions.
a)
chemical reaction
b)
synthesis
c)
chemosynthesis
d)
combustion
7.
The explosive leak that occurred in 1986, caused by overheating in a nuclear power plant due to violations of safety regulations.
a)
Chernobyl
b)
Three Mile Island
c)
explosion
d)
the atomic bomb
8.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (of Wild Fauna and Flora); this organization, which boasts a membership of 145 countries, bans commercial international trade in an agreed-upon list of endangered species, and regulates and monitors trade in others that might become endangered.
a)
REACH.
b)
CERCLA
c)
CITES
d)
Superfund
9.
The representative or characteristic conditions of the atmosphere at particular places on Earth. Climate refers to the average or expected conditions over long periods; weather refers to the particular conditions at one time in one place.
a)
weather
b)
currents
c)
wind patterns
d)
climate
10.
Land that belongs to the public, not to individuals. Historically a part of old English and New England towns where all the farmers could graze their cattle.
a)
mid-area
b)
commons
c)
shared commune
d)
township
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