APES Unit 5 Review

What is tilling?

• Using machines to break up soil before planting

• cutting down vegetation to make farms

• Planting one species

• pulling weeds to protect crops

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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What is a surface that water cannot penetrate?

• Watershed

• Pervious Surface

• Impervious Surface

• Overburden

Meat production is efficient.

• True

• False

Drip irrigation is the most efficient irrigation method.

• False

• True

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Urban sprawl is the movement of people from suburban to urban areas.

• False

• True

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Free range grazing is

• lots of profit in a small area

• cheaper meat

• no antibiotics or growth hormones

• overgrazing

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

______ is the most effective irrigation method.

• Spray

• Flood

• Furrow

• Drip

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Maximum sustainable yield is roughly half the carrying capacity of a resource

• True

• False

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Which of the following is not an example of Tragedy of the Commons?

• Overgrazing

• Contaminating surface waters

• Overfishing

• Groundwater depletion

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Tragedy of the Commons involves using _____ resources in their own self interest.

• Public

• Private

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