AP Environmental

When plants, animals, and other organisms die, they break down and become part of the soil. What is this part of the soil called?

• sand

• silt

• clay

• humus

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

You dig a small hole in the soil and the next day it rains. The hole fills with water, but does not empty even after several days of dry weather. What is the soil mostly made of?

• clay

• sand

• humus

• silt

Soil formation begins with the weathering of_______

• Humas

• Subsoil

• Litter

• Rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which horizon contains clay, silt, and minerals, and is commonly referred to as subsoil?

• Horizon A

• Horizon B

• Horizon C

• Horizon D or R

The deep, underlying non-soil materials

• B horizon

• E horizon

• O horizon

• Bedrock

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Seawater is evaporated by sunlight and is taken to the mainland by clouds before it falls back as rain water. The water in the rivers then flow into the ocean. The process is known as ....

• Oxygen cycle

• Carbon dioxide cycle

• Water Cycle

• Nitrogen cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Tick 2 processes that involve in the Water Cycle.

• Melting

• Evaporation

• Boiling

• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The following are the components of the earth system except

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Biosphere

• Hemisfera

Which zone involves various living things such as humans, animals and plants.

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The diagram shows a natural phenomenon. Which layer is this phenomenon occurring?

• Biosphere

• Exosphere

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere