AP Environmental Science Final Exam Question Pool for the 2012-2013 School Year ____ 1.The water-holding capacity of soil is LEAST likely to be affected by the addition of which of the following? (A) Clay (B) Humus (C) Manure (D) Pesticide (E) Sand ____ 2.Which of the following is likely to minimize soil erosion? (A) High-yield crops (B) Deforestation (C) Herbicide use (D) Annual plowing (E) No-till agriculture ____ 3.As urbanization increases and natural soil surfaces are covered, the groundwater supply is reduced due to (A) increased evaporation and transpiration (B) decreased surface runoff (C) loss of recharge area (D) confinement of aquifers (E) capping of artesian wells ____ 4.Which of the following best illustrates the concept of the tragedy of the commons? (A) Destruction of landscape by surface mining on private land (B) Selective harvesting of trees by a timber company in a national forest (C) Legislation of catch limits to avoid depletion of fish stocks in a shared lake (D) Inadvertent destruction of beneficial species while attempting to control pests (E) Depletion of an aquifer by regional farmers ____ 5.Which of the following is the usual cause of cultural eutrophication in surface waters of both developed and developing countries? (A) Lack of proper filtration devices for power plant effluents (B) Introduction of cyanobacteria to .streams and rivers (C) Runoff of metal ions in bodies of water (D) Runoff of nitrate compounds into bodies of water (E) Runoff of herbicides into bodies of water ____ 6.Which of the following best describes soils in many tropical rain forests? (A) They lack soil horizons. (B) They are quickly depleted of nutrients when the forest is removed. (C) They are similar to soils in grasslands. (D) They are well suited for growing a wide variety of crops. (E) They are deep and well drained.
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AP Environmental Science Final Exam Question Pool for the 2012-2013 School Year
____ 1. The water-holding capacity of soil is LEAST likely to be affected by the addition of which of the following? (A) Clay (B) Humus (C) Manure (D) Pesticide (E) Sand
____ 2. Which of the following is likely to minimize soil erosion?
____ 3. As urbanization increases and natural soil surfaces are covered, the groundwater supply is reduced due
to (A) increased evaporation and transpiration (B) decreased surface runoff (C) loss of recharge area (D) confinement of aquifers (E) capping of artesian wells
____ 4. Which of the following best illustrates the concept of the tragedy of the commons?
(A) Destruction of landscape by surface mining on private land (B) Selective harvesting of trees by a timber company in a national forest (C) Legislation of catch limits to avoid depletion of fish stocks in a shared lake (D) Inadvertent destruction of beneficial species while attempting to control pests (E) Depletion of an aquifer by regional farmers
____ 5. Which of the following is the usual cause of cultural eutrophication in surface waters of both
developed and developing countries? (A) Lack of proper filtration devices for power plant effluents (B) Introduction of cyanobacteria to .streams and rivers (C) Runoff of metal ions in bodies of water (D) Runoff of nitrate compounds into bodies of water (E) Runoff of herbicides into bodies of water
____ 6. Which of the following best describes soils in many tropical rain forests? (A) They lack soil horizons.
(B) They are quickly depleted of nutrients when the forest is removed.
(C) They are similar to soils in grasslands.
(D) They are well suited for growing a wide variety of crops.
(E) They are deep and well drained.
AP Environmental Science Final Exam Question Pool for the 2012-2013 School Year
____ 7. Which of the following elements constitutes the highest percentage of mass in Earth’s crust? (A) Oxygen
(B) Aluminum
(C) Carbon
(D) Potassium
(E) Nitrogen
____ 8. Most volcanism in the world is associated with (A) plate boundaries
(B) midcontinental hot spots
(C) faulting
(D) aquifer depletion
(E) desertification
Questions 1-3 refer to the following processes.
(A) Photosynthesis
(B) Eutrophication
(C) Denitrification
(D) Decomposition
(E) Transpiration
____ 9. The rapid rate of this process in tropical forests results in low-nutrient soils
____ 10. The process in which glucose is synthesized by plants.
____ 11. The process by which a soil nutrient is reduced and released to the atmosphere as a gas
____ 12. Ozone in the stratosphere is most important to life at Earth’s surface because it absorbs (A) gamma rays (B) microwaves (C) ultraviolet light (D) visible light (E) x-rays
AP Environmental Science Final Exam Question Pool for the 2012-2013 School Year
____ 13. Which of the following is a greenhouse gas that is also a by-product of anaerobic respiration?