Barrons AP Environmental Science

(A) Sustainability is a concept long recognized and utilized by many cultures. It results from recognition of ...

(C) In a fossil fuel power plant, the chemical energy stored in chemical bonds in the fossil fuels (such ...

(A) In landmasses influenced by polar cells, temperature rather than precipitation is the critical factor in pl ...

(E) Some of the hearing loss after exposure to excessive noise will be permanent. Indication of damage ...

(D) Enriched uranium is uranium whose uranium-235 content has been increased through the process of isotope separation ...

(D) Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a broad based ecological approach to agricultural pest control ...

(C) The primary source of CO 2 is outgassing from Earth’s interior at mid- ocean ridges, hot-spot volcanoes ...

(B) Peroxyacyl nitrates, or PANs, are powerful respiratory and eye irritants present in photochemical smog. PANs ...

(C) Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted as gases from certain solids or liquids with high vapor ...

(E) See the table below. Ocean Amount of Fish Caught(Million tons) % Fish Caught Pacific 83 71 Atlantic 24 20 Indi ...

(C) Salmon are inseparable from their freshwater, saltwater, and estuarine ecosystems. They are extremely sensitive ...

(D) Oligotrophic lakes contain very low concentrations of nutrients required for plant growth and thus the ov ...

(E) (A) The National Park Service (Interior Department) provides for the use and enjoyment of the parks by peo ...

(B) All fluorescent lightbulbs contain mercury as vapor inside the glass tubing. Because mercury is poisonous, even t ...

(B) The efficiency rating is calculated by comparing the amount of energy input to the amount of energy output ...

(E) The most probable explanation for the decline of the coyotes is removal by humans. Since the decline in coyotes ...

(A) Savannas are warm year-round with a prolonged dry season and scattered trees. The environment is interme ...

(D) The tundra is located at 60° north latitude and farther north, and the weather is influenced by the polar cel ...

(C) Selective cutting is used for the majority of shade-tolerant hardwood forests. About every 20 to 30 ye ...

(E) Swamps and marshes are the most productive biomes, producing the most biomass per year, while tropical rai ...