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AP Environmental Science Unit 1-5 Comprehensive Review The field of study that looks at interactions among human systems and those found in nature - Answer>> Environmental Science a particular location on Earth distinguished by its mix of interacting biotic and abiotic components - Answer>> Ecosystem a person who participates in environmentalism - Answer>> Environmentalist the processes by which life-supporting resources such as clean water, timber, fisheries, and a...

AP Environmental Science Practice Test 1 with Answers 1. life has existed on earth for - Answer>> 3.8 billion years 2. water covers _ of earth - Answer>> 3/4 3. earth is well suited because - Answer>> -water covers 3/4 4. -habitable temps 5. -moderate sunlight 6. -oxygen and carbon dioxide provided 7. -soil has essential minerals for plants

AP Environmental Science Chapters 1-4 Exam Questions and answers 1. A community of interdependent organisms and the physical environment they inhabit. - Answer>> ecosystem 2. All the living organisms that inhabit an environment. - Answer>> biotic 3. Include all the non-living things in an ecosystem (example: light, temperature, and soil composition). - Answer>> abiotic 4. all processes through which natural ecosystems help sustain human life. - Answer>> ecosyste...

AP Environmental Science Exam Practice Questions with Answers A fuel's net energy yield is correctly defined as - Answer>> a comparison between the cost of mining, processing, and transporting a fuel and the amount of useful energy the fuel generates A regular light bulb has an efficiency rating of 3 percent. For every 1 joule of energy that bulb uses, the amount of energy produced is - Answer>> 0.03 joules of light Methane gas and ethanol are two examples of biogases that ar...

AP Environmental Science Exam Practice Questions with Answers A fuel's net energy yield is correctly defined as - Answer>> a comparison between the cost of mining, processing, and transporting a fuel and the amount of useful energy the fuel generates A regular light bulb has an efficiency rating of 3 percent. For every 1 joule of energy that bulb uses, the amount of energy produced is - Answer>> 0.03 joules of light Methane gas and ethanol are two examples of biogases that ar...

AP Environmental Science (All Units) 2024 Exam study guide Ecology The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment. Biosphere Parts of the earth's air, water, and soil where life is found. Ecosystem A community of different species interacting with one another and with their nonliving environment of matter and energy. Community The population of different species living in a particular place, and potentially interacting with each other.

AP Environmental Science 2024 Exam Review one that preserves natural capital and lives off its income - Answer>> sustainable society 70/percentage growth rate - Answer>> doubling time the annual market value of all goods and services produced by all firms and domestic, operating within a country (the most commonly used measure of the economic growth of a country) - Answer>> gross domestic product high life expectancy, food production low infant mortality, pollution, ...

AP Environmental Science Final Exam Succession - Answer>> -recovery after disaster Photosynthesis - Answer>> -the process by which producers use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose Cellular Respiration - Answer>> -the process by which cells convert glucose and oxygen into energy (ATP), carbon dioxide, and water Food Chain - Answer>> -the sequence of consumption from producers through tertiary consumers

Environment - Answer>> A sum of all conditions System - Answer>> A set of interacting components that influence one another Eco- system - Answer>> The living and non living components of a particular place on Earth Eco- system service - Answer>> Environments provide life supporting services (water, air, timber, crops,...etc.) To live sustainable - Answer>> Why is Diversity important? - Answer>> It helps drive a gene pool and allows further gene...