APES Final Exam Practice Test |100 Answered Questions
What is the underlying issue to all Environmental Problems?
A. Human population growth
B. The growth of the Automobile industry
C. Increased use of GMOs
D. Coal burning power plants - -A. Human Population Growth
-What is Carrying Capacity (In reference to Earth)?
A. How much weight the Earth can hold
B. How many people needed to hold the Earth
C. The max number of individuals Earth can support
D. All of the above - -C. The max number of individuals Earth can support.
-What is Earths estimated carrying capacity?
A. 7 billion
B. 12 billion
C. 15 billion
D. Depends on who you ask - -D. It depends on who you ask.
-What is the Gaia hypothesis?
A. The Earth supports everything
B. The Earth does not support everything
C. Everything is here to support Earth
D. All of the above - -everything is here to support Earth.
-What is an observation agreed upon by most scientists?
Fact
Theory
Hypothesis
Experiment - -A Theory
-What is a scientific statement that can be proven or disprove?
Fact
Hypothesis
Experiment
Theory - -Hypothesis
-What is an experiment that can be compared to a standard? - -A controlled experiment
-What is the scientific method? - -Observing nature and applying observations
-Define Doubling time - -The time it takes a population to double
-Change that tends to stabilize a system is____________ - -Negative feedback
, -Change that tends to destabilize a system is_________ - -Positive feedback
-What is environmental unity? - -Everything in an environment affects everything else.
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What type of growth does this picture represent? - -Exponential Growth
-Biosphere is where what occurs? - -Life
-True or False: An open system allows things to come in and out - -True
-True or False: uniformitarianism means present principles were also the same in the past
- -True
-What is the doubling time of a population with the growth rate of 7%? - -10 years
-a bacteria in a jar with a population of 1 doubles every two minutes starting at 9:00. The
jar was full at 10:00. What time was it half full? - -9:58
-Lead primarily causes what? - -Nerve damage
-What removes particulates from smoke stacks? - -Electrostatic precipitators
-Carbon monoxide attaches to what? - -Hemoglobin
-Radon is found primarily where? - -Bed rock.
-is methane flammable? - -Yes
-Methane comes from where naturally? - -Cow farts
-Most glazes and paints contain ___________. - -Lead
-formaldehyde is found where Primarily? - -Furniture
-What layer is ozone a pollutant in? - -The troposphere
-Weather occurs in what layer ? - -The troposphere
-Global warming occurs in what layer? - -Surprise, its also the troposphere
-The Montreal Protocol banned what? - -CFCs
-True or False: Seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth - -True
What is the underlying issue to all Environmental Problems?
A. Human population growth
B. The growth of the Automobile industry
C. Increased use of GMOs
D. Coal burning power plants - -A. Human Population Growth
-What is Carrying Capacity (In reference to Earth)?
A. How much weight the Earth can hold
B. How many people needed to hold the Earth
C. The max number of individuals Earth can support
D. All of the above - -C. The max number of individuals Earth can support.
-What is Earths estimated carrying capacity?
A. 7 billion
B. 12 billion
C. 15 billion
D. Depends on who you ask - -D. It depends on who you ask.
-What is the Gaia hypothesis?
A. The Earth supports everything
B. The Earth does not support everything
C. Everything is here to support Earth
D. All of the above - -everything is here to support Earth.
-What is an observation agreed upon by most scientists?
Fact
Theory
Hypothesis
Experiment - -A Theory
-What is a scientific statement that can be proven or disprove?
Fact
Hypothesis
Experiment
Theory - -Hypothesis
-What is an experiment that can be compared to a standard? - -A controlled experiment
-What is the scientific method? - -Observing nature and applying observations
-Define Doubling time - -The time it takes a population to double
-Change that tends to stabilize a system is____________ - -Negative feedback
, -Change that tends to destabilize a system is_________ - -Positive feedback
-What is environmental unity? - -Everything in an environment affects everything else.
-🌙
What type of growth does this picture represent? - -Exponential Growth
-Biosphere is where what occurs? - -Life
-True or False: An open system allows things to come in and out - -True
-True or False: uniformitarianism means present principles were also the same in the past
- -True
-What is the doubling time of a population with the growth rate of 7%? - -10 years
-a bacteria in a jar with a population of 1 doubles every two minutes starting at 9:00. The
jar was full at 10:00. What time was it half full? - -9:58
-Lead primarily causes what? - -Nerve damage
-What removes particulates from smoke stacks? - -Electrostatic precipitators
-Carbon monoxide attaches to what? - -Hemoglobin
-Radon is found primarily where? - -Bed rock.
-is methane flammable? - -Yes
-Methane comes from where naturally? - -Cow farts
-Most glazes and paints contain ___________. - -Lead
-formaldehyde is found where Primarily? - -Furniture
-What layer is ozone a pollutant in? - -The troposphere
-Weather occurs in what layer ? - -The troposphere
-Global warming occurs in what layer? - -Surprise, its also the troposphere
-The Montreal Protocol banned what? - -CFCs
-True or False: Seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth - -True
