AP Environmental Science Unit 4

disintegration of rocks caused by chemical reactions

• Physical

• Chemical

• Biological

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

breakdown of rocks by plant roots, burrowing animals and lichen

• Physical

• Chemical

• Biological

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This layer of soil is most similar to parent material

• O horizon

• A horizon

• B horizon

• C horizon

layer of soil in some acidic soils, metals and minerals are leached from above

• O horizon

• A horizon

• B horizon

• E horizon

Layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer

• Exosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

Layer of the atmosphere where the aurora borealis can be found

• Exosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

Which latitude of the Earth receives the greatest amount of solar energy

• Equator

• Mid-latitudes

• Polar

When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun it experiences

• Winter

• Fall

• Summer

• Spring

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun it experiences

• Winter

• Fall

• Summer

• Spring

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

If the Earth did not rotate on its axis, there would be no

• Greenhouse effect

• Coriolis effect

• Global warming

• Convection

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6