Unit 5 APES FRQs Test Questions with Answers Rated A
1. a) Oil spills in the ocean can negatively affect marine Oil kills organisms when
ecosystems. ingested.
i. Describe one environmental problem in a marine
ecosystem that could result from an oil spill.
2. ii. Propose a solution to lessen the effect of the prob- Burn the oil on the surface
lem you described in (a)(i). of the ocean before it can
attect organisms
3. b) Over 70% of the oil consumed in the United States Improve eflciency of auto-
is used by the transportation industry. One way to mobiles, etc.
reduce the likelihood of oil spills is to reduce the use
of oil to produce fuel for transportation.
i. Propose one solution to reduce the use of oil in the
production of transportation fuel.
4. ii. Besides reducing the likelihood of an oil spill, justify Save money/less air pol-
your solution by describing an additional potential ad- lution (e.g. ground-level
vantage. ozone, greenhouse gases,
etc.)
5. (c) On April 20, 2010, a blowout on the deep water, correct set up and per-
offshore drilling ring, Deepwater Horizon, resulted in centage (check image)
the largest accidental marine oil spill in history. The
flow of escaping oil from the well was finally stopped
on September 19, 2010.
i. Crude oil released from the well washed up on ap-
proximately 1,313 miles of coastline around the Gulf
of Mexico. The total length of the coastline of the Gulf
of Mexico is approximately 3,540 miles. Calculate the
percentage of the coastline along the Gulf of Mexico
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that was directly affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil
spill.
6. ii. Crude oil escaped from the well at an average rate correct set up and calcula-
of 60,000 barrels per day. Calculate how many barrels tion (check image)
of crude oil flowed from the well from May 1 to May 31,
2010.
7. iii. An oil refinery can refine about 20 gallons of gaso- correct set up and calcula-
line from one barrel of crude oil. If an automobile has tion (check image)
a fuel economy of 25 miles per gallon, calculate the
maximum number of miles an automobile could theo-
retically travel using the quantity of gasoline that could
have been refined from the crude oil that escaped
from the well in May of 2010.
8. (a) Air pollutants are a concern because they can lead Combustion of fossil fuels
to a variety of negative environmental and human
health consequences. One group of such pollutants is
nitrogen oxides.
i. Identify one way nitrogen oxides (NOx) are common-
ly introduced into the atmosphere.
9. ii. Explain how nitrogen oxides released into the at- Nitrogen oxides can react
mosphere can lead to the formation of a secondary with oxygen and water in
pollutant that can lead to acid deposition. the atmosphere to form
nitric acid.
10. iii. Describe one method for reducing nitrogen oxide Decrease the temperature
emissions into the atmosphere from anthropogenic during the combustion of
sources. fossil fuels
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1. a) Oil spills in the ocean can negatively affect marine Oil kills organisms when
ecosystems. ingested.
i. Describe one environmental problem in a marine
ecosystem that could result from an oil spill.
2. ii. Propose a solution to lessen the effect of the prob- Burn the oil on the surface
lem you described in (a)(i). of the ocean before it can
attect organisms
3. b) Over 70% of the oil consumed in the United States Improve eflciency of auto-
is used by the transportation industry. One way to mobiles, etc.
reduce the likelihood of oil spills is to reduce the use
of oil to produce fuel for transportation.
i. Propose one solution to reduce the use of oil in the
production of transportation fuel.
4. ii. Besides reducing the likelihood of an oil spill, justify Save money/less air pol-
your solution by describing an additional potential ad- lution (e.g. ground-level
vantage. ozone, greenhouse gases,
etc.)
5. (c) On April 20, 2010, a blowout on the deep water, correct set up and per-
offshore drilling ring, Deepwater Horizon, resulted in centage (check image)
the largest accidental marine oil spill in history. The
flow of escaping oil from the well was finally stopped
on September 19, 2010.
i. Crude oil released from the well washed up on ap-
proximately 1,313 miles of coastline around the Gulf
of Mexico. The total length of the coastline of the Gulf
of Mexico is approximately 3,540 miles. Calculate the
percentage of the coastline along the Gulf of Mexico
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that was directly affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil
spill.
6. ii. Crude oil escaped from the well at an average rate correct set up and calcula-
of 60,000 barrels per day. Calculate how many barrels tion (check image)
of crude oil flowed from the well from May 1 to May 31,
2010.
7. iii. An oil refinery can refine about 20 gallons of gaso- correct set up and calcula-
line from one barrel of crude oil. If an automobile has tion (check image)
a fuel economy of 25 miles per gallon, calculate the
maximum number of miles an automobile could theo-
retically travel using the quantity of gasoline that could
have been refined from the crude oil that escaped
from the well in May of 2010.
8. (a) Air pollutants are a concern because they can lead Combustion of fossil fuels
to a variety of negative environmental and human
health consequences. One group of such pollutants is
nitrogen oxides.
i. Identify one way nitrogen oxides (NOx) are common-
ly introduced into the atmosphere.
9. ii. Explain how nitrogen oxides released into the at- Nitrogen oxides can react
mosphere can lead to the formation of a secondary with oxygen and water in
pollutant that can lead to acid deposition. the atmosphere to form
nitric acid.
10. iii. Describe one method for reducing nitrogen oxide Decrease the temperature
emissions into the atmosphere from anthropogenic during the combustion of
sources. fossil fuels
11.
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