APES midterm2. Which letter on the population growth curve below represents a period of time in which the growth rate is negative?

Characteristics or requirements of monsoons include all the following EXCEPT

heating and cooling rates between the oceans and the continents that are equal

Along the equator...

warm, moist air rises

The most abundant non-anthropogenic greenhouse gas is

water vapor

Which of the following describes a nonanthropogenic secondary succession?

wildflowers grow in an area that was previously destroyed by fire

In 1995, a population of a small island in Malaysia was 40,000. The birth rate was measured at 35 per 1000 population per year, while the death rate was measured at 10 per 1000 population per year. Immigration was measured at 100 per year while emigration was measured at 50 per year. How many people would be on the island after one year?

41,050

An AP Environmental Science class conducted and experiment to illustrate the principles of Thomas Malthus. On day 1, three male and three female fruit flies were placed in a flat bottom flask that contained a cornmeal/banana medium. No other flies were added or removed during the course of this experiment. The students counted the number of flies in the flask each week. the graph shows the results that the class obtained after 55 days. The rate of reproduction is equal to the rate of death on day

1 and 55

The world's population in 2000 was approximately 6 billion. If the growth rate were 2%, in what year would the world's population be 12 billion

2035

The population of a country in 1994 was 200 million. Its rate of growth was 1.2%. Assuming that the rate of growth remain the unchanged and all other factors remain constant, in what year will the population of the country reach 400 million?

2054

Usually, fair and dry/hot weather is associated with high pressure around ______________ latitude with rainy and stormy weather associated with low pressure around __________ latitude.

30 degrees N/S, 50-60 degrees N/S

In 1900 the amount of carbon dioxide gas released into the atmosphere by human activity was estimated to be 250 million metric tons per year. By the year 2000, this amount had increased to just over 350 million metric tons per year. What is the approximate percent increase in carbon dioxide concentration from 1990 to 2000?

40%

The specific form of radiation largely responsible for the formation of the ozone in the stratosphere is

uvc

550 parts per million would be equivalent to

550000 parts per billion

If a city of population 100,000 experiences 10 births/1000, 6 deaths per 1000, 500 immigrants, 100 emigrants, what would be the annual growth

800

. If a city with a population of 525,000 experiences birth rate of 5.2 per 1000, a death rate of 1.2 per 1000, a total immigration of 8000, and a total emigration of 2000 over the course of the year, what is the total growth in population.

8100

Which is NOT an advantage of using nuclear fuel?

All are advantages

In addition to absorbing harmful solar rays, how do ozone molecules help to stabilize the upper atmosphere?

All of the above are correct

Which of the following forms of energy is a renewable energy

Biomass

99% of the volume of gases in the lower atmosphere, listed in descending order of volume, are

Nitrogen, Oxygen, Water, and Carbon Dioxide

Which of the following is NOT a phenomenon associated with La Nina?

Substantial decrease in the number of hurricanes.

A nuclear power plant accident that released 30 to 40 times the radiation of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Chernobyl, Ukraine

Which of the following alternatives would NOT lead to a sustainable energy future

Decrease fuel efficiency standards for automobiles

Which of the following alternatives would NOT lead to a sustainable energy future?

Decrease fuel efficiency standards for cars, appliances, and HVAC systems (furnaces and air conditioners)

Which legislation was signed into law almost 25years ago by President Nixon that sets out the conditions under which a species can be listed as threatened or endangered, call for the development of a plan for the recovery of the species, and allows for designating and protecting habitat critical to the species survival.

Endangered Species Act

emographic transition leads to stabilizing population growth and is generally characterized as having four separate stages. Place the following stages in the proper order as they would most likely occur.

II, IV, III, I

Which of the following statements are true

Land masses influenced primarily by Ferrel cells have defined seasons with strong annual cycles of temperature and precipitation

The are structure diagram above would be typical for what country

Mexico

Which letter on the population growth curve below represents a period of time in which the growth rate is negative?

None of the Above

Which of the following statements is FALSE

The Kyoto protocol would have allowed the United States to increase its greenhouse gas emissions - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide - by only 2% per year based on 1990 levels.

This region is mostly heated by transfer of energy from the surface

Troposphere

The specific form of radiation largely responsible for the formation of the ozone in the stratosphere is

UVC

Which of the following is not an effect caused by the increased levels of ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth's surface?

Warming of the stratosphere

An electrical power plant that uses X joules of energy derived from natural gas can generate a maximum of Y joules of electrical energy within the same amount of time. Which of the following is always true?

X>Y due to the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Darwin's finches are a good example of this biological principle

adaptive radiation

Rising sea levels due to global warming would be responsible for all of the following EXCEPT

all the above are caused by rising sea level

Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels

are about 20% higher than they were at the time of the Industrial Revolution

One of the greatest successes of the Endangered Species Act has been the

bald eagle

A low pressure air mass is generally associated with

cloudy or stormy weather

The annual productivity of an ecosystem is greater than the annual increase in biomass of the herbivores in the ecosystem because

during each energy transformation, some energy is lost

"We can burn coal to produce electricity to operate a refrigerator" is and example of the _________________ and "If we burn coal to produce electricity to operate a refrigerator, we lose a great deal of energy to in the form of heat" is an example of the ____________________

first law of thermodynamic, second law of thermodynamics

The location of where an organism lives would be best described as its

habitat

Members of the same species of moths are prevented from interbreeding because they live on opposite sides of the mountain range, is an example of

isolation

On the leeward side of the mountain range, one would expect

less clouds and less rain than on the windward side

The biggest threat to species is

loss of habitat

The circulation of air in the Hadley cells results in

low pressure and rainfall at the equator

This atmospheric layer is the coldest of the four layers and it is also associated with shooting stars (meteors burn up in this layer)

mesosphere

Today, most of the world's energy comes from

natural gas, coal, and oil

In the evolutionary history of the horse, the early horse (Eohippus) was replaced by the modern one-toed horse. This is an example of

natural selection

The main difference between primary succession and secondary succession is that

primary succession occurs on barren, rocky areas and secondary succession does not

Only 10% of potential energy of gasoline is used in powering an automobile. The remaining energy is lost as low quality heat. this is an example of

second law of thermodynamics

Only 10% of the potential energy of gasoline is used in powering an automobile. The remaining energy is lost as low quality heat.This is an example of the

second law of thermodynamics

All of the following are factors that increase population size EXCEPT

specialized niche

According to the data table, the survival curves indicate * For the following table, the following assumptions are true: 1) All individuals of a given population are the same 2) No new individuals enter the population, and 3) No individuals leave the population.

starving fruit flies live out their full lifespan

Region where UVC is filtered out

stratosphere

Two-thirds of Iceland's energy sources come from clean, renewable hydroelectric and geothermal sources. Research in Iceland is currently underway in developing hydrogen fuel cells. Iceland is an example of a country that is practicing

sustainability

According to the data table, it can be assumed that

there is high mortality rate among young oysters

The atmospheric zone where most weather occurs is known as the

troposphere