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WorksheetsAPES Unit 1-4 Review
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins
What type of plate boundary is shown here?
Convergent
Subduction
Divergent
Transform
What type of plate boundary is shown here?
Convergent
Subduction
Divergent
Transform
In which layer of the atmosphere does weather take place?
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Exosphere
Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Exosphere
Which wind system is closest to the equator?
Doldrums
Westerlies
Polar easterlies
Trade winds
What type of population growth is being shown in this population pyramid?
Rapid growth
Stable growth
Declining growth
Which month has the highest precipitation?
July
August
September
June
Which of the following is the largest carbon sink?
Atmosphere
Plants
Animals
Ocean
What is a horizon in soil science?
A distinct layer within the soil profile
The top layer of soil that contains organic matter
The layer of soil that is rich in nutrients
The layer of soil that is closest to the bedrock
Four Types of Soil Texture
Sandy soil, Silt soil, Clay soil, Loam Soil
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Rain Shadow
What are Hadley Cells?
Atmospheric circulation cells near the equator
Atmospheric circulation cells in the mid-latitudes
Atmospheric circulation cells near the poles
Atmospheric circulation cells that cause hurricanes
What is the Coriolis effect?
An apparent deflection of the path of moving objects caused by the Earth's rotation
A type of cloud formation
A phenomenon caused by volcanic activity
A region with heavy rainfall due to mountainous terrain
what are parts of the ENSO climate pattern?
Coriolis Effect
El Niño/El Niña
Thermohaline Circulation
Polar Cells
An experiment is designed to determine if wheat grows better when it is planted alone or with clover. The design calls for 3 pans of each treatment. Pans A, B, and C contain only wheat. Pans D, E, and F contain clover and wheat planted in alternating rows. Each pan contains a total of
100 seeds. All treatments contain the same type of soil, are planted in the same size pan, are exposed to the same amount of sunlight, and are maintained at the same temperature throughout the course of the experiment.
Which statement provides a hypothesis for this experiment?
Wheat grows taller when planted by itself than when it is alternated with clover.
Clover grows better when planted by itself.
Wheat grows better when planted together with clover.
Clover grows better when planted together with wheat.
Both A and C are legitimate hypotheses for this experiment.
One species benefits and the other is not affected is an example of which symbiotic relationship?
Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
Predation
Human activities such as the ____ release large amounts of Carbon into our atmosphere.
Burning of fossil fuels
burning of wood
use of synthetic fertilizers
use of detergents
Which of the following biogeochemical cycles does not have an atmospheric phase?
Hydrolic Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
Sulfur Cycle
Carbon Cycle
Phosphorous Cycle
In which biome would you expect to find an area with an average temperature of 10oC and 200 cm of precipitation annually?
Temperate seasonal forest
Temperate rainforest
Woodland/shrubland
Tropical seasonal forest
What law best relates to energy loss within an ecosystem?
First law of thermodynamics
Second law of thermodynamics
Third law of thermodynamics
Law of conservation of matter
Approximately what percent of the water on Earth is freshwater?
75%
25%
2.5%
What is the percent change in striped bass catch at Lake Sagamore from 1994 to 1999?
500%
50%
100%
200%
Place the ecology levels of organization in proper order (smallest to largest)
organism > population > community > ecosystem > biosphere
community > organism > ecosystem > biosphere > population
organism > community > biosphere > population > ecosystem
population > biosphere > ecosystem > community > organism
As prey populations increase...predator populations would _____________
increase
decrease
remain the same
Gross Primary Productivity (GPP)
The amount of money a plant makes.
The energy that is used during respiration
The actual amount of energy a plant produces after respiration loss
The total amount of energy a plant produces excluding respiration loss (before taxes)
Net Primary Productivity (NPP)
All of the above
The amount of energy a plant makes after respiration loss.
The amount of energy a plant makes before respiration loss (before taxes)
How much money a plant has
Which pair of biogeochemical cycles are most associated with inorganic fertilizer and sewage waste?
Carbon and Nitrogen cycles
Carbon and Sulfur cycles
Phosphorus and Nitrogen cycles
Sulfur and Nitrogen cycles
Sulfur and Water cycles
A forest has a GPP of 3.8 kilograms C/m^2/year and the rate of cellular respiration is 2.4 kilograms C/m^2/year. What is the NPP?
6.2 kg C/m^2/year
1.4 kg C/m^2/year
1.0 kg C/m^2/year
9.12 kg C/m^2/year
1.58 kg C/m^2/year
According to the law of conservation of matter,
I. matter can be created
II. matter can not be destroyed
III. after a chemical reaction, the original atoms remain
I only
II only
I and II
II and III
Greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere
are in steady state
are decreasing
are increasing
can not be measured
Choose the correct sequence for energy flow within an ecosystem
Herbivores --> producers --> carnivores --> scavengers
Producers --> herbivores--> carnivores --> scavengers
Producers --> carnivores --> herbivores--> carnivores
Scavengers--> carnivores --> herbivores--> producers
Humans have a considerable effect on the hydrologic cycle. Which of the following human activities have(has a) direct effect(s) on the cycle?
I. Deforestation
II. Urbanization
III. Mining of fossil fuels
I
II
III
I and III
I, II, and III
In a mark-and-recapture sample, you first capture 20 cheetahs and mark them. You release them into the wild and then sample again a few weeks later. You capture 25 in the second sample and 5 of them are marked. What is the estimated population of cheetahs?
100
125
500
50
Phosphate (PO4) is locked in rocks, which can be released by the (a) of rocks. Plants can absorb the dissolved (b) from the soil. Animals get phosphorus when they eat plants. When plants and animals die, (c) return (d) to the soil. Some of the nitrogen in soil leaches into groundwater and may become locked in sediments. Then geologic processes may (e) the rocks/sediments and expose them to weathering and the cycle continues again.
During cellular respiration, cells use glucose sugar (C6H12O6) and break it down into (a) gas and water, and release ATP (b) for the cell to use to power itself.
Plants take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere when they do (a) . Animals take in carbon when they eat (b) . Animals use the carbon glucose-sugars from plants and use them for energy and growth during a process called (c) . Both plants and animals can do cellular respiration. During this process, they release carbon dioxide to the (d) . When plants and animals die, some of the carbon in their bodies is returned to the soil by decomposers. When (e) are extracted and burned, carbon dioxide gas is released into the air.
The atmosphere is filled with (a) gas, however this form is unusable by organisms. (b) turn nitrogen gas into ammonium, which is then converted to nitrate by (c) . Plants can then take in (d) from the soil, and animals can get nitrogen when they eat plants. When plants and animals die, the nitrogen in their bodies is returned to the soil by decomposers. Another type of bacteria called (e) take nitrate and return it as nitrogen gas back to the atmosphere.
Water cycle. Energy from the (a) drives the global water cycle. It begins when water is warmed by sun and changes from liquid to gas (water vapor) during a process called (b) . Also, When plants lose some water to evaporation it is called transpiration. As the water vapor cools, it (c) into clouds (gas --> liquid) and returns as (d) as it falls back to the earth's surface in the form or rain or snow depending on the temperature. Water flows down hill as surface runoff and returns back into streams, rivers, and lakes. Along the way the water may soak into the ground and become (e) .
On average, only about (a) energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next. Producers obtain their energy from the (b) . They convert that energy into the chemical energy by making their own food/sugars through a process called (c) . If the producers have 10,000 kcal of energy, then the primary consumers will get (d) and the secondary consumers would get (e) of energy.
Grass is a (a) , grasshopper is a (b) , frog is a (c) , and snake is a (d) .
(a) is the total amount of chemical energy (glucose) used for photosynthesis by a plant. The plant does (b) to drive cellular processes that keep it functioning & alive. (c) is the remaining chemical energy the plant can use to build tissues and grow. NPP is the energy available which can be transferred to (d) .
Tropical rainforest and (a) have the highest primary productivity. Primary productivity is the rate by which producers are carrying out (b) . Tundra and (c) have the lowest primary productivities. In aquatic ecosystems, (d) have the highest productivity, and (e) has the lowest productivity.
What type of growth is this graph representing?
Logistical Growth
Exponential Growth
In the graph to the right, what is the population of deer at the carrying capacity of the environment?
3
7
70
40
A small city of has a CBR of 20 people a year, what is its doubling time?
35 days
35 years
3.5 years
350 years
The theory of island biogeography suggests that species richness is affected by which of the following factors?
I. island distance from mainland
II. how the island is formed
III. island size
II only
III only
I and III
II and III
Mosquitos
K-selected
R-selected
Elephant
K-selected
R-selected
Describes organisms with a high death rate (or low survivorship rate) immediately following birth. Examples include bacteria, fishes, and invertebrates.
Type I
Type II
Type III
Type IV
These organisms typically live in unstable, unpredictable environments & are able to reproduce rapidly (exponentially). They do not take care of their young & are subject to predation.
k-strategist
r-strategist
m-strategist
s-strategist
