APES Final Exam QUESTIONS &
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offshore oil wells - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following are a point source of water
pollution?
35 years - correct answer ✔✔If the world's population grew by 2% in 1998 and continued at
that rate, how long would it take Earth's population to double?
the carbohydrate cycle - correct answer ✔✔All of the following are general types of nutrient
cycles except
are composed of crust and core - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is false? Tectonic
plates...
uranium-235 - correct answer ✔✔The fissionable fraction of the fuel in a nuclear reactor is
the useful energy from an energy resource minus the amount of energy used and wasted in
producing it - correct answer ✔✔Net energy is
climate - correct answer ✔✔The most important factor in determining which biome is found in
a particular area is
upwellings of cold, nutrient-rich water are suppressed - correct answer ✔✔During an El Nino-
Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
,coastal zone - correct answer ✔✔The ocean zone that covers the continental shelf is the
leaching - correct answer ✔✔The dissolving of material from the upper layers of the soil and its
movement to lower horizons is called
71 - correct answer ✔✔Water covers about __% of the Earth's surface
native species - correct answer ✔✔Species that normally live and thrive in a particular
ecosystem are known as
transportation - correct answer ✔✔The greatest use of oil in the United States is for
dissolved-oxygen in nutrients - correct answer ✔✔Thriving coral reefs require
anthracite-bituminous-lignite-peat - correct answer ✔✔Which of the choices below list stages
of coal formation in order from highest to lowest heat content
all of the above - correct answer ✔✔An environmentally sustainable society
help control flooding and supply a regulated flow of irrigation water to areas below the dam -
correct answer ✔✔Hydroelectric plants
strip-cropping - correct answer ✔✔Planting crops in alternating rows of close-growing plants
bacteria - correct answer ✔✔Nitrogen fixation is accomplished by
, have more plant life at ground level - correct answer ✔✔Mature temperature deciduous forests
___ than tropical rain forests
coniferous forest - correct answer ✔✔Trees with needlelike leaves that are kept year round are
especially abundant in which biome?
yields glucose and oxygen as products - correct answer ✔✔Photosynthesis
shows little variation in population by age - correct answer ✔✔Countries that have achieved
ZPG have an age structure that
"I brought my own bag." - correct answer ✔✔At the checkout counter an environmentalist is
most likely to
exhausted and depleted - correct answer ✔✔All nonrewable resources can theoretically be
arctic tundra - correct answer ✔✔Permafrost is characteristic of the
carbon dioxide and oxygen - correct answer ✔✔Forests remove ___ from and add ___ to the
atmosphere
modifying building codes to prevent radon infiltration, requiring exhaust hoods or vent pipes for
stoves, refrigerators, or other appliances burning natural gas or other fossil fuels, setting
emission standards for building materials (ALL OF THE ABOVE) - correct answer ✔✔Indoor air
pollution could be sharply reduced by
hydrosphere - correct answer ✔✔All physical forms of water (solid, liquid, and gas) make up the
ANSWERS RATED 100%
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offshore oil wells - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following are a point source of water
pollution?
35 years - correct answer ✔✔If the world's population grew by 2% in 1998 and continued at
that rate, how long would it take Earth's population to double?
the carbohydrate cycle - correct answer ✔✔All of the following are general types of nutrient
cycles except
are composed of crust and core - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is false? Tectonic
plates...
uranium-235 - correct answer ✔✔The fissionable fraction of the fuel in a nuclear reactor is
the useful energy from an energy resource minus the amount of energy used and wasted in
producing it - correct answer ✔✔Net energy is
climate - correct answer ✔✔The most important factor in determining which biome is found in
a particular area is
upwellings of cold, nutrient-rich water are suppressed - correct answer ✔✔During an El Nino-
Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
,coastal zone - correct answer ✔✔The ocean zone that covers the continental shelf is the
leaching - correct answer ✔✔The dissolving of material from the upper layers of the soil and its
movement to lower horizons is called
71 - correct answer ✔✔Water covers about __% of the Earth's surface
native species - correct answer ✔✔Species that normally live and thrive in a particular
ecosystem are known as
transportation - correct answer ✔✔The greatest use of oil in the United States is for
dissolved-oxygen in nutrients - correct answer ✔✔Thriving coral reefs require
anthracite-bituminous-lignite-peat - correct answer ✔✔Which of the choices below list stages
of coal formation in order from highest to lowest heat content
all of the above - correct answer ✔✔An environmentally sustainable society
help control flooding and supply a regulated flow of irrigation water to areas below the dam -
correct answer ✔✔Hydroelectric plants
strip-cropping - correct answer ✔✔Planting crops in alternating rows of close-growing plants
bacteria - correct answer ✔✔Nitrogen fixation is accomplished by
, have more plant life at ground level - correct answer ✔✔Mature temperature deciduous forests
___ than tropical rain forests
coniferous forest - correct answer ✔✔Trees with needlelike leaves that are kept year round are
especially abundant in which biome?
yields glucose and oxygen as products - correct answer ✔✔Photosynthesis
shows little variation in population by age - correct answer ✔✔Countries that have achieved
ZPG have an age structure that
"I brought my own bag." - correct answer ✔✔At the checkout counter an environmentalist is
most likely to
exhausted and depleted - correct answer ✔✔All nonrewable resources can theoretically be
arctic tundra - correct answer ✔✔Permafrost is characteristic of the
carbon dioxide and oxygen - correct answer ✔✔Forests remove ___ from and add ___ to the
atmosphere
modifying building codes to prevent radon infiltration, requiring exhaust hoods or vent pipes for
stoves, refrigerators, or other appliances burning natural gas or other fossil fuels, setting
emission standards for building materials (ALL OF THE ABOVE) - correct answer ✔✔Indoor air
pollution could be sharply reduced by
hydrosphere - correct answer ✔✔All physical forms of water (solid, liquid, and gas) make up the
