Apes Final

The upwelling of cool, nutrient rich ocean water is caused by

• Southeast trade winds

• Westerlies in southern hemisphere

• Northeast trade winds

• Westerlies in northern hemisphere

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Subsoil layer that is rich with inorganic minerals and nutrients due to leaching, aka zone of accumulation.

• O horizon

• A horizon

• C horizon

• B horizon

Sustainability is defined as…

• Consuming at a rate to satisfy the current generation.

• Rapidly increasing resource consumption over time.

• Maintaining a rate of resource consumption that will allow the population to survive indefinitely.

• Not consuming any resources at all.

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Environmental science is the study of the interaction of humans with the environment. Which of these would NOT be included as part of the environment?

• What the soil is made of.

• Animals and plants in the region and surrounding areas.

• The average temperature, wind, precipitation, and other climate factors.

• All of these would be considered part of the environment.

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Environmental science is an interdisciplinary field of study. This means that…

• It is limited to only one branch of science; ecology.

• Each environmental issue is specific to only one type of science.

• Multiple branches of science only (biology, chemistry, etc) are covered.

• Many science and non-science fields of study, such as economics and politics, are included.

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One of the three major environmental problems is resource depletion. Which is a major contributing factor to this problem?

• Developing countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others.

• Developed countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others.

• The human population overall is too small.

• Each country uses approximately the same amount of resources.

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Which example best illustrates the point behind the Tragedy of the Commons essay?

• Various nations overfishing in international waters, leading to a collapse of fish stocks.

• A property owner clear-cutting all of the trees on his land to sell for timber

• A farmer that overplants his fields one year, leading to a poor harvest

• One country declaring war on another

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Josie was performing an experiment where she grew the same kind of tomatoes in the same soil and amount of water.  She sat one in the sun and one in a closet for 14 days.  What is the independent variable in Josie's experiment?

• tomatoes

• soil

• sunlight

• water

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In which step of the scientific method do we want to use graphs?

• communicate results

• asking questions

• analyze data

• make a hypothesis

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A scientist who wants to study the effects of fertilizer on plants sets up an experiment. Plant A gets no fertilizer, Plant B gets 5 mg. of fertilizer each day, and Plant C gets 10mg. of fertilizer each day. Which plant is the control group?

• plant B

• All of them

• Plant C

• Plant A

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