AP Environmental Science



Name__________________________________________ AP Environmental Science

Date_________________________ Mods: ___________

Course Review Exercises

For each set of matching statements below place the letter that goes with the correct statement next to each item. Use your textbook and any notes to help you find the correct answer.

_____ Rachel Carson a. lifeboat ethic

_____ John Muir b. conservationist, founder of the Sierra Club

_____ Henry David Thoreau c. game management, A Sand County Almanac

_____ Aldo Leopold d. wrote Silent Spring, attention to pesticides

_____ Ralph Waldo Emerson e. 19th century, critic of rampant economic development

_____ Robert Malthus f. Walden, truth & understanding found in nature

_____ Garrett Hardin g. 19th century, animals tend to overpopulate

_____ N2 a. nitrous oxide gas in atmosphere

_____ NO3- b. ammonium ion, breakdown of organic molecules

_____ NH4+ c. nitric acid, acid precipitation

_____ NO2- d. molecular nitrogen 78% of atmosphere

_____ NO e. nitrite ion, formed by soil bacteria

_____ HNO3 f. nitrate, nutrient for plants, formed by soil bacteria

_____ Endangered Species Act a. standards of water safety

_____ FIRFA b. preservation of species

_____ CWA c. cleanup of abandoned toxic waste sites

_____ Superfund (CERCLA) d. defines air quality standards

_____ CAA e. safe standards of pesticides

_____ Bhopal, India a. first documented air pollution disaster in U.S., 1948

_____ Exxon Valdez b. Union Carbide pesticide disaster, 1984

_____ Three Mile Island c. Alaskan oil spill, 1989

_____ Chernobyl, Ukraine d. toxic waste leaking from old dump site, 1978

_____ Donora, PA e. U.S. nuclear accident, 1979

_____ Love Canal, NY f. greatest nuclear disaster, 1986

_____ Kyoto Summit a. 1992, Agenda 21, sustainable development

_____ Earth Summit – Rio b. endangered species trade agreement

_____ Montreal Protocol c. conference on population & development, 1994

_____ CITES d. 1997, cut greenhouse gas emissions

_____ Cairo, Egypt e. cut ozone-depleting gases, 1987

_____ Troposphere a. mantle layer of the solid earth

_____ Asthenosphere b. aquatic layer of the earth

_____Stratosphere c. lowest layer of the atmosphere

_____ Hydrosphere d. crust and outer mantle, plate tectonic layer

_____Mesosphere e. layer where ozone is found

_____ Lithopshere f. above the stratosphere

_____ SOx a. smoke particles

_____ NOx b. volatile organics, from cars

_____ VOC’s c. methane, greenhouse gas

_____CH4 d. from cars, forms nitric acid

_____ PM10 e. from coal burning power plants, sulfuric acid

_____ CO f. from burning fossil fuels, greenhouse gas

_____ CO2 g. poisonous gas, from cars

_____ Igneous a. rocks formed from volcanic action

_____ Sedimentary b. mid-sized soil particles

_____ Metamorphic c. pure substances, gold, quartz

_____ Mineral d. mixture of sand, silt, clay

_____ Loam e. layered rocks

_____ Silt f. rocks formed with heat and pressure

_____ EPA a. oversees food and drug safety standards

_____ FDA b. oversees federal safety standards

_____ OSHA c. issues with energy

_____ DOE d. federal agency to implement environmental laws

_____Bioremediation a. measure of oxygen consumed

_____ Anthropogenic b. combined effect greater than sum of parts

_____BOD c. using organisms to clean up the environment

_____Stewardship d. value for its own sake

_____ Synergistic e. taking care of the environment (Lorax)

_____Intrinsic value f. caused by humans

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