Barrons AP Environmental Science

Permeability The measure of the capacity of the soil to allow water and oxygen (needed by roots and soil organ ...

Figure 1.16 Soil food web Soil Erosion Soil erosion is the movement of weathered rock or soil comp ...

of the soil, and removing crop wastes instead of plowing the organic material back into the soil. Soil eros ...

does not “sit” in one location; use organic or salt-free fertilizer; add humus to the soil; plant vegetation in ...

Landslides occur when masses of rock, earth, or debris move down a slope. Mudslides, also known as ...

■ METAMORPHIC—formed by intense heat and pressure. Those with high quartz content form sandy soil (e.g., ...

(D) basalt (E) volcanic Which of the following is an example of an igneous rock? (A) Marble (B) Slate (C) Limestone ...

(E) Mount Rainier Which of the following is at a convergent boundary where two continental plates are presen ...

(A) clay (B) sandy loam (C) clay loam (D) sandy clay loam (E) loamy sand Weathering contributes to the formation ...

A rock that would most likely contain a fossil would be (A) igneous (B) metamorphic (C) sedimentary (D) vol ...

A B Unconsolidated sand Bedrock C Clay Bedrock D Sand and mud Clay E Water-saturated sand Sand Which of the choices abov ...

(E) stratosphere FREE-RESPONSE QUESTION By: Dr. Ian Kelleher, Brooks School, North Andover, MA B.S. University of ...

Explain how the eruption of Mount Pinatubo might affect short-term and long-term climate change. Answer IMPORTANT ...

2: The Atmosphere COMPOSITION Earth’s atmosphere is composed of seven primary compounds: Nitrogen (N 2 ) 78% Fundam ...

Nitrous Oxide (N 2 O) <<<1% Concentration increasing about 0.3% per year. Sources include burning of fossi ...

Temperature increases with height due to gamma rays, X-rays, and UV radiation. Molecules are converted into ...

Figure 2.1 Changes in temperature in the atmosphere Conduction involves the transfer of heat through solid subst ...

nearer to the poles and are consequently much warmer. These latitudinal differences in surface tem ...

(subjective), and data from material present at the time. These materials consists of tree rings, fossili ...

Figure 2.2 Change in temperature in response to change in altitude ANGLE OF SUNLIGHT In the Northern Hemisp ...