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APES semester 1 exam review questions and answers replacement level fertility - ANSWERS-total fertility rate needed for a population to remain constant biomagnification - ANSWERS-accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain bioaccumulation - ANSWERS-the build up of a substance (usually a toxin) as it passes through a food chain demographic transition - ANSWERS-change in a population from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates intercropping -...

APES Final Exam Questions with Complete Solutions The United States Environmental Protection Agency has determined that all four pesticides could have negative health consequences to humans if applied at high concentrations and has set a maximum application concentration of 500g/cm3. Based on the data in the graph, which pesticide would be the most effective at that concentration? - ANSWERS-d Other than potential negative health effects on humans, which of the following is a disadvantage...

APES Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers Stewardship Worldview - ANSWERS-Worldview holding that we can manage the earth for our benefit but that we have an ethical responsibility to be caring and responsible managers, or stewards, of the earth. It calls for encouraging environmentally beneficial forms of economic growth and discouraging environmentally harmful forms. Sustainability - ANSWERS-Ability of earth's various systems, including human cultural systems and economies, to sur...

APES Mock Exam Review Questions and Answers External benefits or positive externalities are... - ANSWERS-Advantageous impacts External costs and negative externalities are... - ANSWERS-Detrimental impacts Full-Cost Pricing - ANSWERS-Includes the external cost in the price of goods and services, including overheads and profit margin to the direct cost of the product Optimal-Pricing - ANSWERS-Profit-maximized price, the demand price for the full capacity output of the product Cost...

APES EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS Between 1960 and 1970, world oil consumption approximately doubled. Which of the following explanations is consistent with this increase? - ANSWERS-the number of cars on the road increased Which of the following practices is consistent with the production of organic crops according to the United States Department of Agriculture? - ANSWERS-using chemicals known as pheromones to disrupt insect mating cycles Which of the following best describe...

APES Final Exam Practice Questions and Answers Mortality rate means..... - ANSWERS-Death rate Life expectancy is..... - ANSWERS-How long you are expected to live Type 1 survivorship means _______ ________ - ANSWERS-Late loss Type 2 survivor ship means ______ _______ - ANSWERS-Constant loss Type 3 survivor ship means _______ _______ - ANSWERS-Early loss An expanding population graph looks like a _____. - ANSWERS-Triangle A stable population graph looks like a ______. - ANSW...

APES EXAM MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Which of the following would have the least effect on how successful a species is at adapting to a new environment? A. population size B. genetic variation C. generation time D. amount of parental care - ANSWERS-D Which two scientists are credited with developing the theory of evolution by natural selection? A. Mendel and Darwin B. Muir and Carson C. Watson and Crick D. Darwin and Wallace - ANSWERS-D

APES REVIEW TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What waste makes up the bulk of a landfill? - ANSWERS-Paper products What is the Love Canal? - ANSWERS-A residential community built on an hazardous waste dump created by the Hooker Company near Niagara Falls. Polluted drinking water, major problems. What are major laws impacting water? - ANSWERS-Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Water quality act What are major laws concerning wildlife protection? - ANSWERS-Endangered Species Act, CIT...

APES Final Review Vocabulary Exam Questions and Answers Rachel Carson - ANSWERS-published Silent Spring in 1962; documented the environmental damage done by DDT and other pesticides. Heightened public awareness at start of the modern environmental movement John Muir - ANSWERS-founded Sierra Club in 1892; fought unsuccessfully to prevent the damming of the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park Gifford Pinchot - ANSWERS-first chief of the US Forest Service; advocated managing re...

APES Review 1 Earth Systems and Resources Exam Questions and Answers illuvation - ANSWERS-deposit of leached material in lower soil layers (B) monoculture - ANSWERS-A large expanse of a single crop; more efficient, increases output; devastates biodiversity; susceptible to disease and pests; narrows human diet. green revolution - ANSWERS-The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivit...