Barrons AP Environmental Science

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1
energy  intake?

(A) Meat,   fish,   and milk    or  milk    products
(B) Rice, corn (maize), and wheat
(C) Millet, sorghum, roots, and tubers
(D) Rice and fish
(E) Beans, rice, corn


  1. Among adults, which of the following represents the most preventable
    cause of death?


(A) Cardiovascular  disease
(B) AIDS
(C) Alcoholism
(D) Use of tobacco
(E) Traffic accidents


  1. The process in which ammonia is oxidized to nitrite (NO 2 – ) and nitrate


(NO 3 – ),  the forms   most    usable  by  plants, through the action  of
Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter bacteria is known as (A) nitrogen fixation
(B) nitrification
(C) assimilation
(D) ammonification
(E) denitrification


  1. Which of the following sections of Earth contains most of Earth’s mass, is
    mostly solid, and is primarily composed of iron, magnesium, aluminum,
    and silicon-oxygen compounds?


(A) Continental crust
(B) Oceanic crust
(C) Core
(D) Moho
(E) Mantle


  1. Examine the following graph, which shows the predator-prey relationship
    between hares and lynxes.

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