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 more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
sick building syndrome
trade winds
anthracite
nonrenewable resources
2. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
crop rotation
secondary consumers
loamy
biological weathering
3. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
Hadley cell
indigenous species
weathering
Gross Primary Productivity
4. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
toxin
acid
aquifer
heat islands
5. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.
assimilation
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
salinization
transform boundary
6. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
acute effect
secondary consumers
capture fisheries
drip irrigation
7. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
energy pyramid
Southern Oscillation
detritivore
delta
8. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
predation
barrier island
competitive exclusion
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
9. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
by-catch
upwelling
anthracite
agroforestry
10. Pollutants that are released directly into the lower atmosphere.
deforestation
R horizon
population density
primary pollutants
11. Says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed.
First Law of Thermodynamics
decomposer
preservation
inner core
12. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
niche
thermosphere
chronic effect
albedo
13. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
industrial smog (gray smog)
hazardous waste
subduction zone
passive solar energy collection
14. The edges of tectonic plates.
logistic population growth
LD50
topsoil
plate boundaries
15. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
Horizon
age-structure pyramids
albedo
heat islands
16. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
greenbelt
drip irrigation
acid precipitation
doldrums
17. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.
surface fires
disease
risk assessment
sludge
18. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
barrier island
photochemical smog
ozone holes
death rate (crude death rate)
19. The process by which specialized bacteria (mostly anaerobic bacteria) convert ammonia to NOy NO2 - and N2 and release it back to the atmosphere.
barrels
denitrification
tertiary consumers
nonrenewable resources
20. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
denitrification
habitat fragmentation
wetlands
assimilation
21. An introduced - normative species.
red tide
invasive species
fault
by-catch
22. The part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere.
asthenosphere
total fertility rate
detritivore
monoculture
23. The amount of the Earth's surface that's necessary to supply the needs of - and dispose of the waste from a particular population.
delta
habitat
humus
ecological footprint
24. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
deep well injection
active collection
jet stream
Gross Primary Productivity
25. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.
slash-and-burn
birth rate (crude birth rate)
photochemical smog
tertiary consumers
26. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
thermosphere
water-stressed
nitrogen fixation
transform boundary
27. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.
water-stressed
secondary pollutants
competitive exclusion
food chain
28. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
doldrums
monoculture
coral reef
acute effect
29. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
R horizon
water-scarce
ozone holes
malnutrition
30. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
conservation
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
contour farming
barrels
31. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
ED50
sick building syndrome
subduction zone
potential energy
32. The uppermost horizon of soil. It is primarily made up of organic material - including waste from organisms - the bodies of decomposing organisms - and live organisms.
barrier island
tree farms
O layer
humus
33. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
denitrification
by-catch
rain shadow
dose-response curve
34. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.
shelter-wood cutting
law of conservation of matter
riparian right
greenbelt
35. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
transpiration
malnutrition
population density
wastewater
36. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
primary pollutants
photochemical smog
second growth forests
37. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
water-stressed
energy
age-structure pyramids
38. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
stationary sources
market permits
photochemical smog
U.S. Noise Control Act
39. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
natural resources
acute effect
niche
deep well injection
40. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
First Law of Thermodynamics
pathogens
physical (mechanical) weathering
non-point source pollution
41. The low-rainfall region that exists on the leeward (downwind) side of a mountain range. This rain shadow is the result of the mountain range's causing precipitation on the windward side.
pathogens
gray smog (industrial smog)
rain shadow
solid waste
42. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
jet stream
upwelling
fault
plate boundaries
43. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.
toxicity
convection
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
coral reef
44. To convert or change into a vapor.
stationary sources
evaporation
tertiary consumers
tree farms
45. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
crude oil
symbiotic relationships
hydroelectric power
wetlands
46. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
replacement birth rate
arable
primary treatment
dose-response curve
47. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
delta
proven reserve
tropospheric ozone
food chain
48. An underground layer of porous rock - sand - or other material that allows the movement of water between layers of nonporous rock or clay. Aquifers are frequently tapped for wells.
tertiary consumers
vector
bioaccumulation
aquifer
49. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
acid precipitation
disease
loamy
natural resources
50. The region draining into river system or other body of water.
prior appropriation
watershed
Horizon
overgrazed