AP Environmental Science Test Review

Catalytic converters reduce which of the following pairs of pollutants from car exhaust?

• Carbon dioxide and Ozone

• Carbon dioxide and Particulates

• Carbon Monoxide and Hydrocarbons

• Lead and Mercury

Red Pine trees are only growing in the northern most cool areas of the US. How will climate change impact distribution of Red Pine in the future?

• Red pine will only grow in the wetter climates of the southeast

• Red pine will spread to the southwest

• Red pine will shift to northward into Canada

• Red pine will expand southward to Caribbean nations

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

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Which of the following statements identifies a concern associated with the increased proportion of GM crops being grown?

• GM crops cannot be grown in marginal soils

• Runoff from GM crop fields can lead to increased eutrophication

• Use of GM seeds can lead to loss of genetic diversity in crops

• GM crops cannot withstand herbicide application, reducing crop yield

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Brown pelicans eat fish, as a result of El Nino, the population in southern California of brown pelicans as declined. Which of the following best explains the relationship between El Nino event and the population decline?

• Warmer ocean temps can cause fish to move to colder water away from pelican nests

• Lower surface heights can result in nest sites being isolated too far from food supply

• Male pelicans get disoriented due to the lack of moisture and fail to return to the nest with food

• Predatory seal populations increase dramatically due to decreased rainfall

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The two main agents of erosion are...

• wind and flowing water

• gravity and frost wedging

• oxygen and water

• carbon dioxiede and wind

The rate at which water flows through the soil is called soil percolation or ______.

• Groundwater

• Permeability

• Soil Pores

• Porosity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following has shifted the storage of carbon from sediment to the atmosphere?

• Mining of coal

• Combustion of fossil fuels

• Increased occurrence of acid precipitation

• Extraction of crude oil

• Industrial smog

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Which of the following could be described as "non-point source" pollution?

• A farmer dumps her waste into a stream that runs through her property.

• A mining impoundment pond overflows.

• Over 100,000 acres of continuos farmland has water with excess levels of nitrates.

• Waste water from a nuclear plant spills into a nearby waterway.

What factor describes when populations decrease because animals are moving out of a population?

• Emigration

• Limiting Factors

• Immigration

• Exponential Growth

Which limiting factor is independent of the number of individuals in a population?

• competition

• parasitism/disease

• stress

• natural disasters