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APES Unit 4 Practice Test exam 2023 with 100% correct answers

UNIT 4 TEST APES with complete solutions 2024/2025 Which practice does NOT accelerate erosion of soil? a. Logging b. Agriculture c. Planting trees d. Road building e. Construction - correct answer planting trees The A horizon of soil is I. a zone of organic material. II. also known as topsoil. III. called the A horizon because it is created artificially. a. I and II b. I, II, and III c. I only d. III only e. II only - correct answer I and II Nuclear power plants in s...

APES - Unit 4 Quizpopulation - correct answer composed of all individuals that belong to the same species and live in a given area at a particular time; 5 characteristics: Size, density, distribution, sex-ratio, and age structure. community - correct answer incorporates all of the populations of organisms within a given area; how species interact within; all biotic and abiotic components in a location population ecology - correct answer the study of factors that cause populations to inc...

apes unit 4 exam packet questions and answers rated A+ 2024/2025(pg. 11) soil layers (top to bottom) - correct answer o horizon (humus) a horizon (topsoil) e horizon (eluviation layer) b horizon (subsoil) c horizon (regolith) r horizon (bedrock) (pg. 11) biome differences: - correct answer 1. forests- warm climate, rich soil, alternating rainfall seasons 2. grassland- soil rich in organic materials, alternating rain seasons 3. rainforest- hot/humid climate, thin soil, heavy rainfall ...

Which of the following is the best explanation for the formation of Hadley cells in the tropics, as seen in the diagram between 30 degree N and 30 degree S latitude? - ANSWER The sun warms the moist air at the equator and causes it to rise because of its lower density. As the warm air moves away from the equator, it cools, becomes denser , and then sinks. Which of the following is the best explanation for the deflection of the trade winds in both hemispheres, as seen in the diagram above? - A...

APES UNIT 4 question n answers graded A+ 2024/2025Students want to determine how vegetation affects soil erosion. They collect four soil samples of equal starting mass with different types of vegetative cover, as seen in the table below. Each sample is placed in a three-sided plastic dish that can drain into a beaker and is exposed to the same amount of consistent, steady rainfall for ten minutes. The water and soil runoff are collected in the beaker and separated. The average values for each sa...

APES Unit 4 Practice Test exam 2023 with 100% correct answers

apes unit 4 questions & answers rated A+ restoration ecology - correct answer the study and implementation of restoring damaged ecosystems Watershed - correct answer all land in a given landscape that drains into a particular stream, river, lake, or wetland characteristics of a watershed - correct answer 1. area (reflects volume of water that can be generated from a rainfall) 2. length (can be measured in different ways and generally considered the principal flowpath 3. slope (affects...

APES Unit 4 Practice Test exam 2023 with 100% correct answers