AP Environmental Science

Cool air has __________ pressure.

• low

• high

• medium

• unknown

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the Coriolis Effect and how does it effect global winds?

• Curving of winds due to rotation of earth curves wind counterclockwise in Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere

• Movement of ocean currents caused by earth rotation' counterclockwise in Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in Southern Hemisphere

• curve of global winds caused by global rotation clockwise in Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in Southern Hemisphere

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Select all that apply to La Nina

• Dryer weather in the South East

• Wetter colder weather in the North

• Causes severe thunder storms

• Causes typhoons

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following best describes what causes an El Nino

• El Nino is caused by strong trade winds and weak upwelling

• El Nino is caused by weak trade winds and upwelling

• La Nina is caused by strong trade wind and upwelling

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

True or False El Nino causes warmer temperatures in the US

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Population growth rate is figured out by

• Births-deaths

• Birth + deaths

Organisms adapted to narrow habitats, limited food resources, or other specific environmental conditions.

• Specialist

• Generalist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

These organisms have:

Short life span

Short gestation-pregnancy

Very little care for babies

Produce more offspring that can survive

• R-strategist

• K-strategist

• H-strategist

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Which selection below names the six course themes in APES?

• (1) Science is a process, (2) energy conversions underlie all ecological processes, (3) the Earth itself is one interconnected system, (4) humans alter natural systems, (5) environmental problems have a cultural and social context, and, (6) human survival depends on developing practices that will achieve sustainable systems.

• (1) Ecosystem Structure, (2) Energy Flow, (3) Ecosystem Diversity, (4) Natural Biogeochemical Cycles, (5) Climate Change, and (6) Human Populations

• (1) Physiological Techniques, (2) Neuroanatomy Functional Organization of Nervous System, (3) Neural Transmission, (4) Neuroplasticity, (5) Endocrine System, and (6) Statistical anamolies

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The following are some of the course topics in APES.

• Earth Systems and Resources, Populations, Pollution

• Water and Land Use

• Energy Resources and Consumption

• Global Change and the Living World

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

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