APES PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS9
form of nitrogen that plants use directly - ANSWERS-nitrates
effects of thermal inversion - ANSWERS-polluted air at the surface cannot rise because it is
blocked by warm air above it
shift to a pattern of more sustainable development - ANSWERS-shifting taxes to tax pollution
and waste rather than taxing the cost of products will allow people to
most damaging to stratospheric ozone - ANSWERS-chlorofluorocarbons
exponential growth - ANSWERS-2 4 8 16 32
samples of atmospheric gases from past eras can most easily be done from - ANSWERS-gases
trapped in polar ice caps
most affected by loss of decomposers - ANSWERS-nitrogen cycling
trace element necessary for plant growth - ANSWERS-magnesium
environmental justice movement - ANSWERS-concern that people of color and poor people are
enevenly exposed to environmental pollution
Troposphere - ANSWERS-The later that contains the earth's daily weather
, Mesosphere - ANSWERS-Extends from 50-80 km above Earth
Stratosphere - ANSWERS-The earths ozone layer exists in this layer of the atmosphere
Thermosphere - ANSWERS-The highest layer of the atmosphere above 80 km
Troposphere - ANSWERS-the layer of the atmosphere that's heated by infrared radiation from
the earth
E horizon - ANSWERS-silt and sand are concentrated here
O horizon - ANSWERS-litter layer mostly un decayed materials
Bedrock - ANSWERS-the deep underlying non soil materials
B horizon - ANSWERS-the layer where minerals that were leached out of layers above
accumulate
A horizon - ANSWERS-a mixture of soil loam and detritus, the topsoil
AIDS - ANSWERS-the virus that causes this disease is transmitted through bodily fluids
Earthquake - ANSWERS-Can cause massive destruction
Asbestosis - ANSWERS-caused by microscopic fibers of a mineral
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS9
form of nitrogen that plants use directly - ANSWERS-nitrates
effects of thermal inversion - ANSWERS-polluted air at the surface cannot rise because it is
blocked by warm air above it
shift to a pattern of more sustainable development - ANSWERS-shifting taxes to tax pollution
and waste rather than taxing the cost of products will allow people to
most damaging to stratospheric ozone - ANSWERS-chlorofluorocarbons
exponential growth - ANSWERS-2 4 8 16 32
samples of atmospheric gases from past eras can most easily be done from - ANSWERS-gases
trapped in polar ice caps
most affected by loss of decomposers - ANSWERS-nitrogen cycling
trace element necessary for plant growth - ANSWERS-magnesium
environmental justice movement - ANSWERS-concern that people of color and poor people are
enevenly exposed to environmental pollution
Troposphere - ANSWERS-The later that contains the earth's daily weather
, Mesosphere - ANSWERS-Extends from 50-80 km above Earth
Stratosphere - ANSWERS-The earths ozone layer exists in this layer of the atmosphere
Thermosphere - ANSWERS-The highest layer of the atmosphere above 80 km
Troposphere - ANSWERS-the layer of the atmosphere that's heated by infrared radiation from
the earth
E horizon - ANSWERS-silt and sand are concentrated here
O horizon - ANSWERS-litter layer mostly un decayed materials
Bedrock - ANSWERS-the deep underlying non soil materials
B horizon - ANSWERS-the layer where minerals that were leached out of layers above
accumulate
A horizon - ANSWERS-a mixture of soil loam and detritus, the topsoil
AIDS - ANSWERS-the virus that causes this disease is transmitted through bodily fluids
Earthquake - ANSWERS-Can cause massive destruction
Asbestosis - ANSWERS-caused by microscopic fibers of a mineral
