Barrons AP Environmental Science

(B) Climate is the major factor in determining the kind of plant and animal life on and in the soil. It dete ...

(D) Begin by going up the left diagonal of the triangle (percent clay) until you reach 30% (draw a h ...

(C) Sedimentary rocks are only a thin veneer over a crust consisting mainly of igneous and metamorphic rock ...

(C) Sedimentary rock is formed by the piling of material over time. If conditions are right, organisms that ...

(A) Eight elements make up 99% of Earth’s crust. In order of decreasing abundance, they are oxygen, silicon, ...

(A) If the topsoil is brown or black, it is rich in nitrogen and is good for crops. If the topsoil is gra ...

(A) The angle of sunlight determines the season, not how close Earth is to the sun. ...

(E) The Richter scale is a log 10 scale and measures the magnitude of an earthquake. 5 – 3 = 2 and 10^ ...

(A) Soil type can substantially increase earthquake risk. The worst soils to build upon include deep, ...

(C) Places where plates slide past each other are called transform boundaries. The most famous transform b ...

(B) The asthenosphere is the region below the lithosphere, estimated as being from 50 to several hundred mile ...

(C) (i) Identify AND describe the geological action that is occurring at C in the diagram. (1 point maxim ...

climate change and 1 point maximum for explaining a long-term climate change) In the short term, dust and othe ...

(C) The troposphere is the atmospheric layer closest to Earth and extends for about 11 miles (18 km) above Earth ...

(E) Nitrogen (78%), oxygen (21%), water vapor (about 0–4%), and the rest below 1%. ...

(A) Latitude expresses how far north or south of the equator a location is. The equator is 0° latitude, an ...

(D) A low-pressure air mass (low) occurs when warm air, which is less dense than cooler air, s ...

(C) During La Niña, large portions of central North America experience increased storminess, increased precipi ...

(D) The rain shadow effect occurs on the leeward side of a mountain, the side away from the ocean. Mo ...

(B) 97% of ozone (O 3 ) is found in the lower stratosphere, which is 9 to 35 miles (15–55 km) above Ea ...