Barrons AP Environmental Science

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1
(A) Desert
(B) Coniferous forest
(C) Temperate deciduous forest
(D) Grassland
(E) Chaparral


  1. How does the great ocean conveyor belt moderate Earth’s climate?


I.  It  brings  more    precipitation   to  the lower   latitudes.
II. It brings heat from tropical regions to northern latitudes.
III. It brings cold air from the polar regions to the tropics.

(A) I   only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II
(E) II and III


  1. An agricultural consequence of higher CO 2 levels in the atmosphere for


most    crops   is  I.  decreased   nitrogen    levels  in  the crop    and their   seeds   II.
increased nitrogen levels in the crop and their seeds III. larger crop yields

(A) I   only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and III
(E) II and III


  1. Cars, trucks, and buses account for __ of U.S. greenhouse gas
    emissions.


(A) less    than    5%
(B) between 10% and 20%
(C) between 20% and 33%
(D) between 35% and 75%
(E) more than 75%


  1. The amount of the environment necessary to produce the goods and
    services necessary to support a particular lifestyle is known as (A) a
    resource partition

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