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APES PRACTICE EXAM Questions and Answers Troposphere The later that contains the earth's daily weather Mesosphere Extends from 50-80 km above Earth Stratosphere The earths ozone layer exists in this layer of the atmosphere Thermosphere The highest layer of the atmosphere a...

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APES PRACTICE EXAM Questions and
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Troposphere - answer The later that contains the earth's daily weather

Mesosphere - answer Extends from 50-80 km above Earth

Stratosphere - answer The earths ozone layer exists in this layer of the atmosphere

Thermosphere - answer The highest layer of the atmosphere above 80 km

Troposphere - answer the layer of the atmosphere that's heated by infrared radiation
from the earth

E horizon - answer silt and sand are concentrated here

O horizon - answer litter layer mostly un decayed materials

Bedrock - answer the deep underlying non soil materials

B horizon - answer the layer where minerals that were leached out of layers above
accumulate

A horizon - answer a mixture of soil loam and detritus, the topsoil

AIDS - answer the virus that causes this disease is transmitted through bodily fluids

Earthquake - answer Can cause massive destruction

Asbestosis - answer caused by microscopic fibers of a mineral

radon - answer radiation that causes lung cancer

malaria - answer caused by a bacteria carried by mosquitoes

grassland soil - answer soil that has a substantial organic layer, fire helps to break
down plant material in this layer

pine forest soil - answer soil comprised of litter and humus, this soil is acidic due to
the accumulation of needles

desert soil - answer soil is rocky, very dry and contains almost no organic matter

, tropical rain forest soil - answer soil is acidic and contains very little organic matter
despite large plant population

deciduous forest soil - answer soil is rich in humus and partially decayed leaves

nitrogen dioxide - answer is involved in the formation of nitric acid

suspended particulate matter - answer dust or soot

photochemical oxidant - answer ozone

sulfur dioxide - answer is involved in the formation of sulfuric acid

carbon monoxide - answer health effects include reduced blood oxygen levels

lower the amount of organic matter in the water - answer the goal of the second
stage of a septic treatment plant

Animals that are effected by thermal pollution in a stream is - answer insect larvae in
the water

The National Priorities and brownfields sites are described in - answer Superfund
Program

Later fall frosts and the northward migration of some tree and plant species may
indicate - answer increased global temperature

high infant mortality rates are likely to occur in countries that have - answer high
levels of infectious diseases

composting is a process that produces - answer a nutrient-rich soil conditioner

True - answer energy can be converted from one form to another

True - answer energy input always equals output

True - answer the laws of thermodynamics can be applied to living systems

at each step of an energy transformation some energy is lost to heat - answer true

false - answer energy and matter can generally be converted into each other

oxygen depleted zones of the oceans such as the mouth of the mississippi river are
caused by - answer excessive fertilizers carried into oceans which cause algal
blooms that lower the oxygen levels

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