APES Review #3
1.
Some solar energy systems produce high
temperature water for industrial
applications and produce steam to run
turbines that generate electricity. What
type of solar energy system is needed for
these kinds of applications?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
A flat panel solar collector system
A solar collector system using mirrors to
concentrate sunlight
A passive solar system that uses building
design to block summer light
A flag non-tracking array of photovoltaic
panels
A passive solar system that uses building
design to collect winter sunlight
2.
Which of the following is the correct
order of soil particles in order of
increasing size?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Clay, sand, silt
Clay, silt, sand
Sand, clay, silt
Sand, silt, clay
Silt, clay, sand
3.
Which of the following elements is
most likely to limit primary production
in freshwater lakes?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Oxygen
Calcium
Phosphorous
Carbon
Iron
4.
As a country goes through the
demographic transition, the greatest
rate of population growth takes place
during which phase?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The preindustrial
The pretransitional
The transitional
The industrial
The postindustrial
5.
The process of extracting &
separating gold in remote regions
often results in environmental
contamination with which of the
following?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ozone
Cyanide
CFC’s
Asbestos
Selenium
6.
Which of the following is true of the
Clean Air Act?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
It was passed by Congress during
the 1950’s
It regulates the amount of CO2
emitted by power plants
It has remained largely unmodified
since it was originally signed into law
It established a cap and trade
program for SO2 in 1990
It is set to expire in 2015
7.
Which of the following is true of
sewage treatment plants in the US?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
They release wastewater before
solids are removed from the sewage
They use stormwater runoff to assist
in the treatment process
They are not designed to remove
pharmaceutical chemicals from
wastewater
They have largely eliminated cultural
eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay
The release wastewater that is not
regulated by the Clean Water Act
8.
Some toxic compounds are ingested
& remain in the tissues. These
pollutants pose special risks to
humans & other organisms high on
the food chain because of what
process?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Synergism
Compound contamination
Biomagnification
Threshold effect
Carcinogenesis
9.
Which of the following is an
appropriate remediation strategy for
removing radon gas from the home?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Use filtered water for drinking and
bathing
Do not occupy the basement of the
home
Place monitors in suspect areas of
the home
Remove and replace soil in crawl
spaces under the home
Seal or ventilate places where radon
enters living space
10.
Which of the following is the best
example of a keystone species?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Sea otter
Sea urchin
Spotted owl
Snail darter
Condor
11.
Which of the following is the best
illustration of the tragedy of the
commons?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Depletion of fishing stocks in the N.
Atlantic
Collective farming of wine grapes in
communities in France
Using national forests for wood
production and harvesting
Allocation of all nuclear wastes to
one site in Nevada
Agreements among western
ranchers to jointly manage common
grazing land
12.
Which of the following has the
largest proven coal reserves?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
South America
The United States
Australia
Indonesia
Africa
13.
Which of the following is generally
true of k-strategist species as
compared to r-strategist species?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
They reach sexual maturity earlier
They have more young
They are more likely to be invasive
species
They have longer life spans
Their population cycles are more
rapid
14.
The largest area of old-growth forest
in the US is located in
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Alaska
Montana
California
N. Carolina
Michigan
15.
The country of Sudan has an
estimated annual growth rate of 2
percent. At this rate of growth, ~how
many years will it take for the
population of Sudan to double?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
30 years
35 years
50 years
80 years
140 years
16.
Waste from which of the following is
an example of nonpoint source
pollution?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Overflow from a sewage treatment
plant
Outgassing from a municipal landfill
Dumping at a food-processing plant
Drainage from an abandoned mine
Runoff from agricultural fields
17.
Which of the following laws gave the EPA
the authority to control hazardous waste
from “cradle-to-grave”, including the
generation, transportation, treatment,
storage, and disposal of hazardous
waste?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Resource Conservation & Recovery Act
(RCRA)
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation & Liability Act (CERCLA)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Pollution Prevention Act (PPA)
18.
Between 1960 and 1970, world oil
consumption approximately doubled.
Which of the following explanations
is consistent with this increase?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The number of passengers per car
increased
People drove less, conserving
gasoline
The price of gasoline increased
The number of cars on the road
increased
Cars that were more fuel efficient
were manufactured
19.
Which of the following is part of a
positive feedback mechanism
associated with global climate
change?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Increased gas mileage in cars
Increased cloudiness caused by
more moisture in the atmosphere
Melting of Arctic sea ice
Increased acidity of seawater
Increased growth of CO2 absorbing
trees and grasses
20.
Although the use of DDT was banned in
the US in 1972, a test of the body tissue
on an average US resident today would
most likely reveal the presence of DDT
because
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
DDT is the breakdown product of newer
pesticides on the market
DDT is water soluble
Other countries that export produce to the
US still use DDT
Mary farmers in the US are still using DDT
illegally
DDT is naturally produced by many plants
21. Which continent has the highest
deforestation rate?
a) Africa
b) Asia
c) Europe
d) S. America
e) Australia/Oceania
22.
Excavating and hauling soil off-site
to an approved soil
disposal/treatment facility would be
an example of:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Sustainability
Remediation
Conservation
Preservation
Mitigation
23. India’s family-planning program has
yielded disappointing results for all of
the following reasons EXCEPT:
a) poor planning and bureaucratic
inefficiency
b) failure to employ sterilization
c) extreme poverty
d) a cultural preference for female
children
e) too little administrative and
financial support
24.
The largest user of freshwater
worldwide is:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Mining
Irrigation
Industry
Home use
Production of electrical power
25.
This type of economy exists when
supplies and natural resources seem
unlimited;
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Frontier economy
Free-marked economy
Communal resource management
economy
Command economic system
Natural resource economy
26.
The concept of net primary productivity:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Is the rate at which producers
manufacturer chemical energy through
photosynthesis
Is the rate at which producers use
chemical energy through respiration
Is the rate of photosynthesis plus the rate
of respiration
Can be thought of as the basic food source
for decomposers in an ecosystem
Is usually reported as the energy output of
an area of producers over a given time
period
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Bhopal, India
Chernobyl, Ukraine
Love Canal, NY
Minamata Bay,
Japan
3 Mile Island, Penn.
27. Site of a hazardous
chemical dumping
C
ground over which
homes and schools
were built.
28. Site of mercury
d poisoning.
29. The most serious
e commercial nuclear
incident in US history.
30. Leakage of
a poisonous gases from
a pesticide
manufacturing plant.
31.
What amount of cultivated land is
used to produce over 95% of the
world’s food?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
~75%
Between 50% and 75%
~ 50%
Between 15% and 50%
Less than 15%
32.
The type of succession that begins
in an area where the natural
community has been disturbed,
removed, or destroyed but in which
the bottom soil or sediment remains
is known as:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Allogenic
Autogenic
Primary
Secondary
Progressive
33.
In general, parasites tend to:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Become more virulent as they live
within the host
Destroy the host completely
Become deactivated as they live
within the host
Be only mildly pathogenic
Require large amounts of oxygen
34.
Which of the following is not a
chronic condition?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Asthma
Measles
Diabetes
Cancer
malnutrition
35.
First levels of defensive behaviors,
used by both predators & prey, to
avoid detection would include all of
the following EXCEPT:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Camouflage
Predator swamping
Countershading
Batesian mimicry
Masquerading
36.
Which of the following are examples
of trace elements necessary in the
human diet?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ca, Mg and Na
Al and Fe
I, Cu and Zn
S, N and P
C, H and O
37.
Which of the following is the best
example of a r-selected species?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Dog
Whale
Condor
Tree
Mouse
38.
The process in which ammonia is
oxidized to nitrite and nitrate, the
forms most usable by plants, through
the action of bacteria is called:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Nitrogen fixation
Nitrification
Assimilation
Ammonificaiton
Denitrification
39.
Which US president was responsible
for creating the National Park
System?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
40.
The largest earthquake in the 20th
century occurred:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Off the coast of Alaska
Off the coast of Japan
Off the coast of S. America
Off the coast of California
In Missouri