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APES Unit 4Where is most of Earth's freshwater found? - correct answer glaciers and icecaps Define aquifers - correct answer permeable layers of rock and sediment What is the difference between confined and unconfined aquifer? - correct answer A confined aquifer is an aquifer below the land surface that is saturated with water. Layers of impermeable material are both above and below the aquifer, causing it to be under pressure so that when the aquifer is penetrated by a well, the water wi...

apes unit 4 questions with correct answers 100% Soil Erosion - correct answer The loss of soil when water or wind washes or blows it away. O Horizon - correct answer Uppermost horizon of soil, primarily made up of organic material A Horizon - correct answer Topsoil- zone of overlying organic material mixed with underlying mineral material E Horizon - correct answer Soil layer from which minerals are leached as water percolates through the soil B Horizon - correct answer Subsoil;...

APES Unit 4 Study Guide verified already passed 2024/2025 Irrigation - correct answer A way of supplying water to an area of land permeability - correct answer Ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through it porosity - correct answer The percentage of the total volume of a rock or sediment that consists of open spaces. Watterlogging - correct answer when soil remains under water for prolonged periods, impairs root root growth b/c roots can't get oxygen polyculture - ...

APES Unit 1 Test FRQ's, AP Environmental Science-Unit 1 Quiz Question and answers rated A+ 2023/2024 Describe a biological process by which carbon is removed from the atmosphere and converted to organic molecules. - correct answer Photosynthesis- In Photosynthesis, plants take in CO2 from the atmosphere and convert it into glucose/complex carbohydrates. Describe a biological process by which carbon is converted from organic molecules to a gas and returned to the atmosphere. - correct answ...

Apes unit 4 test with correct answers rated A+What are the negative environmental impacts of HEV (hybrid vehicles)? - correct answer -Needs Neodymium, lithium, and lanthanum. - Causes water to be more acid when mining those three by dissolving metals and minerals How old is the Earth believed to be? - correct answer - 4.543 Billion years / 4.6 billion years (in textbook) What is the composition of Earth's layers? What is the order? - correct answer -The earth is composed of concentric...

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APES Unit 5 Climate and Land Use Question and answers 100% correct 2023/2024Layers of the Atmosphere - correct answer troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere. A further region at about 500 km above the Earth's surface is called the exosphere Troposphere - correct answer Closest layer to Earth Densest layer Weather occurs Stratosphere - correct answer Ozone layer: pale blue gas composed of molecules made up of three oxygen atoms (O3) Absorbs UV-B and UV-C radiation Cli...

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APES Unit 4 Review - MRQ correctly solved graded A+Which of the following statements best describes the boundary between the two tectonic plates: the Relative motion of the North American & the Pacific Plate? - correct answer The map illustrates a transform boundary, where tectonic plates slide past each other as the Pacific Plate moves northwest and the North American Plate moves southeast. (The San Andreas Fault is a transform boundary. The plates slide past each other in opposite directions,...

APES unit 4 questions with 100% correct answers 2024/2025the country with the highest population density is - correct answer Bangladesh the country with a population about three times that as the united states is - correct answer India it has recently been estimated that the growth in world population has slowed in the past decade. despite this trend trend, environmentalist remain concerned about the environmental impact of world population principally because - correct answer the stand...