Unit 9 AP Environmental Science

Which is NOT a way to reduce Ozone Depletion

• Buy products with HCFCs

• Get new appliances/products frequently

• Recycle more products

• Constantly get your appliances checked

What is one example of an increasing greenhouse gas?

• Ethanol

• Carbon Dioxide

• Neon

• Argon

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Which is NOT a true example of Ocean Warming?

• A warmer habitat/environment for the aquatic life

• Fish to adapt to the warmer layers of their home

• Glaciers to make the warmer water cold again

• Corals to bleach and eventually die

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Which accurately describes an invasive species?

• A non-native species in that area

• A native species to that area

• An organism whose population is well under control

• An organism that has many natural predators

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Human population numbers, use of land, and their lifestyles, causing damage to habitats for species affect what?

• Invasive Species

• Biodiversity

• Ocean Acidification

• Global Warming

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What happens during Ozone Depletion?

• Ozone layer is simply diminishing

• The Ozone Depletion gradually gets smaller

• Has major effects on Ozone

• One Chlorine Atom destroys less than 800 Ozone

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What is the "Greenhouse Effect"

• The growing of plants

• Makes temperatures wonky on Earth

• Trapping of the sun’s heat in the atmosphere

• Gases that cause the atmosphere to trap necessary products in there

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What is the correct definition for “Global Climate Change”?

• Raising temperatures around the world

• Unexpected weather affecting regions where it is not supposed to

• A short-term change in the atmospheric conditions around the world

• Change in the long-term weather patterns that are specific to different regions

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Ocean acidification is the ongoing decrease in the pH of what?

• Earth's Ocean

• Earth's Rivers

• Earth's Lakes

• The Jersey Shore

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What is an endangered species?

• A species that is no longer alive

• A species that lives in an environment they are supposed to be living in

• A species dangerously close to extinction

• A species that is being harmed by their surroundings

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