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APES Unit 1 Latest Update Already Passed enviornmental science an interdisciplinary field of science that integrates natural science and social science How nature works How the environment affects us How we affect the environment Causes of and solutions to environmental problems enviornment the sum total of all living and nonliving things that affect an organism ecology a biological science that studies the interrelationships between living organisms and their environments enviornmentalism a ...

APES Unit #4- Earth Systems & Resources correctly answered 2024/2025Core - correct answer the innermost zone of Earth's interior, composed mostly of iron and nickel. It includes a liquid outer layer and a solid inner layer. Mantle - correct answer The layer of Earth above the core, containing magma. Magma - correct answer molten rock Asthenosphere - correct answer The layer of Earth located in the outer part of the mantle, composed of semi-molten rock. Lithosphere - correct ans...

APES Unit 1 Exam Review (2023/2024) Graded A+ intraspecific competition between members of the same species interspecific competition between members of different species competitive exclusion 1 species is a stronger competitor than the other coexisting species species alter behaviors to minimize competition, altering their niche niche A species role in an ecosystem selective pressure when the environment pushes an individual or population to adapt or evolve parasitism One organism benefit...

APES Unit 4 Study Guide with correct answers 2024/2025What are the layers of the earth? - correct answer 15; Crust, mantle, outer core and inner core What are the 3 major processes in Earths geologic cycle? - correct answer Tectonic plates, rock cycle & soil formation Define the theory of plate tectonics - correct answer The theory that the lithosphere of the earth is divided into plates, most of which are in constant motion Explain the movement of divergent plate boundaries and give...

APES Unit 2 Adaptation - correct answer the acquisition of traits that allow a species to survive in its environment; explained by Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection Evolution - correct answer A trait must be inherited (genetic) for it to evolve; individuals with traits that make them suited to a particular environment survive and reproduce at a greater rate in that environment than individuals with less suitable traits. Natural Selection - correct answer The proce...

APES Unit 4 Correct Question average, how much does each person in the United States use of nonfuel mineral materials each year? - ANSWER 20,000 lbs. (10 tons) what is the largest waste by weight put into landfill sites? - ANSWER paper what does materials management involve? - ANSWER reducing waste volumes through the combination of more sustainable use of materials and resource consideration how can materials management achieve goals of sustainable use and resource consideration? - ANS...

APES Unit 9 Reviewstratospheric ozone layer - correct answer is important to the evolution of life on Earth and the continued health and survival of life on Earth Stratospheric ozone depletion - correct answer is caused by anthropogenic factors, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and natural factors, such as the melting of ice crystals in the atmosphere at the beginning of the Antarctic spring how does a decrease in stratospheric ozone affect UV radiation on Earth? - correct answer it inc...

APES Unit 8.1-8.4 questions and correct answerspoint source - correct answer pollutant that enters environment from an easily identified and confined space nonpoint source - correct answer pollutants entering the environment from many places at one; difficult to "point" to one individual source. point source pollutants - correct answer animal waste runoff from a CAFO (ammonia, fecal coliform bacteria); emission from smokestacks of a coal power plant (CO2, NOx, SOx, PM); bp oil spill (...

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