APES STUDY GUIDE

which of the following is the most inclusive example of the environment

a farmhouse, plowed fields and a stand of old growth forest nearby

if 7 students tell a zoologist that they saw Bigfoot while hiking in an Idaho forest the past weekend, an interested zoologist would most likely

return to that region to find evidence of bigfoot.

wind can be though of as air moving from an area of ____ to an area of _______

high pressure, to low pressure

what is the crustal part of the lithosphere primarily composed of

igneous rock

increasing global demands for energy is

increasing political attention to oil production and global climate change

what is earth's core composed of

iron and nickel

heat

is a measurement of how fast or slow molecules move

a storm surge

is a mound of water that is pushed landward by the winds of a hurricane

conduction

is the transfer of energy that occurs when molecules collide

what is an example of a phenomenon that occurs in a microclimate

lake-effect snow

when magma reaches Earth's surface it is called

lava

What two elements make up the majority of Earth's atmosphere

nitrogen and oxygen

what type of gas found in the Earth's atmosphere absorbs UV radiation from the Sun?

ozone

what causes the seafloor to spread

rising molten magma

how are the convection currents set in motion to help move the Earth's plates

slab push and ridge pull

what is the process called when one plate is forced beneath another at a convergent plate boundary

subduction

the natural heating of Earth's surface by the atmosphere is called

the greenhouse effect

the exchange of heat or moisture between an air mass and the underlying surface is called

air mass modification

what is the process by which could droplets collide and form larger droplets

coalescence

the change of state of matter from a gas to a liquid is called

condensation

which is not a main environmental concern

depleting supplies of coal

the constant movement of water between the atmosphere and the earth's surface is called

the water cycle

the place where two plates slide laterally past each other is called a

transform boundary

which of the following ecosystems might be considered as a bank of biodiversity

tropical forests

what layer of the atmosphere contains most of the water vapor

troposphere

globalization is largely the result of

widepsread electronic communication

rocks close to mid ocean ridges are

younger than rocks far from mid-ocean ridges