SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
AP Environmental Science
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
science
,
ap
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The observed effect of the Coriolis force - especially the deflection of an object moving above the Earth - rightward in the Northern Hemisphere - and leftward in the Southern Hemisphere.
watershed
pioneer species
Coriolis effect
nitrification
2. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
Hadley cell
tertiary consumers
age-structure pyramids
selective cutting
3. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.
acid precipitation
pathogens
acid
underground mining
4. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
thermosphere
respiration
potential energy
subbituminous
5. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
radiant energy
bioaccumulation
Uneven-aged management
shelter-wood cutting
6. The result of a pathogen invading a body.
heterotrophy
riparian right
underground mining
Infection
7. To convert or change into a vapor.
decomposer
evaporation
market permits
deep well injection
8. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
driftnets
biological weathering
gray smog (industrial smog)
nuclear fusion
9. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.
poison
silt
consumption
subbituminous
10. An influential theory that concerns the long - term rate of conventional oil (and other fossil fuel) extraction and depletion. It predicts that future world oil production will soon reach a peak and then rapidly decline.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
barrier island
clear-cutting
food web
11. The removal of select trees in an area; this leaves the majority of the habitat in place and has less of an impact on the ecosystem.
transpiration
doldrums
selective cutting
energy
12. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
threshold dose
sand
U.S. Noise Control Act
tropical storm
13. A bloom of dinoflagellates that causes reddish discoloration of coastal ocean waters. Certain dinoflagellates of the genus Gonyamfox produce toxins that kill fish and contaminate shellfish.
red tide
closed-loop recycling
petroleum
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
14. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
clay
weathering
energy pyramid
tertiary consumers
15. A succession of organisms in an ecological community that constitutes a continuation of food energy from one organism to another as each consumes a lower member and - in turn - is preyed upon by a higher member.
traditional subsistence agriculture
overburden
overgrazed
food chain
16. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
physical treatmen
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
Half-life
LD50
17. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
toxicity
acid
industrial smog (gray smog)
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
18. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
ecosystem capital
tropical storm
active collection
U.S. Noise Control Act
19. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.
El Nino
energy pyramid
B layer
green tax
20. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.
low-level radioactive waste
disease
abiotic
arable
21. Says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed.
First Law of Thermodynamics
low-level radioactive waste
photosynthesis
replacement birth rate
22. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
topsoil
demographic transition model
by-catch
replacement birth rate
23. The structure obtained if we organize the amount of energy contained in producers and consumers in an ecosystem by kilocalories per square meter - from largest to smallest.
Southern Oscillation
energy pyramid
bituminous
Infection
24. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
by-catch
C layer
nonrenewable resources
low-level radioactive waste
25. Bacteria - virus - or other microorganisms that can cause disease.
wind farm
ecological succession
fission
pathogens
26. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
land degradation
heat islands
community
arable
27. The second-purest form of coal.
bituminous
traditional subsistence agriculture
carrying capacity
erosion
28. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
petroleum
climax community
autotroph
clay
29. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
population density
ozone holes
albedo
tertiary consumers
30. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
photochemical smog
water-stressed
C layer
active collection
31. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
monoculture
detritivore
nonrenewable resources
bituminous
32. A plate boundary at which plates are moving away from each other. This causes an upwelling of magma from the mantle to cool and form new crust.
high-level radioactive waste
divergent boundary
tropical storm
pioneer species
33. The edges of tectonic plates.
salinization
green tax
plate boundaries
by-catch
34. When materials - such as plastic or aluminum - are used to rebuild the same product. An example of this is the use of the aluminum from aluminum cans to produce more aluminum cans.
closed-loop recycling
Southern Oscillation
Hadley cell
surface fires
35. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.
consumer
competitive exclusion
old growth forest
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
36. Any water that has been used by humans. This includes human sewage - water drained from showers - tubs - sinks - dishwashers - washing machines - water from industrial processes - and storm water runoff.
wastewater
watershed
consumption
Hadley cell
37. Involves the sinking of shafts to reach underground deposits. In this type of mining - networks of tunnels are dug or blasted and humans enter these tunnels in order to manually retrieve the coal.
underground mining
by-catch
petroleum
bituminous
38. An introduced - normative species.
invasive species
secondary pollutants
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
watershed
39. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
climax community
second growth forests
solid waste
weathering
40. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.
fishery
emigration
subbituminous
composting
41. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
primary consumers
noise pollution
erosion
R horizon
42. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
tropospheric ozone
malnutrition
physical (mechanical) weathering
hazardous waste
43. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
proven reserve
prior appropriation
biotic potential
primary consumers
44. The movement of individuals into a population.
risk management
Immigration
divergent boundary
transpiration
45. A soil horizon - horizon C is made up of larger pieces of rock that have not undergone much weathering.
wetlands
competitive exclusion
C layer
humus
46. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.
lithosphere
physical (mechanical) weathering
trade winds
secondary pollutants
47. Says that the entropy (disorder) of the universe is increasing. One corollary of the Second Law of thermodynamics is the concept that - in most energy transformations - a significant fraction of energy is lost to the universe as heat.
lithosphere
Second Law of Thermodynamics
sand
monoculture
48. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
Southern Oscillation
extinction
energy pyramid
fossil fuel
49. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
weathering
indigenous species
abiotic
acid
50. The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in countries since the 1960s.
Green Revolution
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
closed-loop recycling
high-level radioactive waste