APES Flashcards

4904734734	atmosphere	Not one of common phosphorus resevoirs:	0
4904765031	organic compounds	Carbon is a major component of	1
4904773328	freshly fallen leaves	Topsoil contains all of the following except	2
4904776716	Gaseous cycle	The nitrogen cycle is considered to be a	3
4904791614	Divergent plate boundary	Tectonic plates move apart in opposite directions at a	4
4904799534	Hydrologic Cycle	The cycle most responsible for linking the other biogeochemical cycles is the	5
4904828350	energy from the sun and gravity	The energy sources primarily responsible for Earth's external geological processes are	6
4904828351	mantle fault	A _____________________ is not one of the three types of boundaries between lithospheric plates	7
4904837024	low; high	Clay has _____ permeability and ________ porosity	8
4904845398	lithosphere	Fossil Fuels and minerals are found in the	9
4904850586	nitrification	Ammonium ions are converted to nitrite ions which are then converted to nitrate ions through what process	10
4904872178	All of these answers	Soil is a complex mixture of	11
4904872179	horizons	The zones that compose a mature soil are known as	12
4904878860	calcium carbonate shells	Of the following carbon-based compounds which would have the slowest turnover rate?	13
4904890756	surface litter	Freshly fallen leaves, organic debris, and partially composed organic matter as a indicative of the	14
4904899725	photosynthesis	All of the following increase the carbon in the atmosphere except	15
4904910877	burning fossil fuels and removal of forests and brush	The two ways in which humans have most interfered with the carbon cycle are	16
4904951196	solar energy and gravity	The hydrologic cycle is driven primarily by	17
4904951197	Igneous	Lava is an example of ________ rock	18
4905031326	Nirtrogen Fixation	Nitrogen gas is converted to ammonia through	19
4905037015	Clay	Which of the following types of soil hold the most water?	20
4905046409	Composed of crust and core	Which of the following is false?	21
4905052356	Sustainable agriculture	Of the following human activities, the one which probably contributes least to soil erosion is	22
4905063622	Calcium	All of the follwing are elements involoved in major biogeochemical cycles except	23
4905072367	Organic	which of the following is not a characteristic of a mineral?	24
4905083704	Nutrient holding capacity	Properties of sand do not include good	25
4905091839	along edges of continents	The majority of earthquakes and volcanoes occur	26
4905107806	Cycrobacteria	Nitrogen fixation is accomplished by	27
4905119321	Photosynthesis and Cellular	Transfer of carbon between organisms depends primarily on	28
4905126591	Topsoil	A horizon commonly referred to as A- Horizon	29
4905136235	partially decomposed organic matter	Humus is	30
4905138454	Nitrogen	The most common gas found in the atmosphere	31
4905142481	Carbohydrate Cycle	All of the following are general types of nutrient cycles except	32
4905147257	Phosphorus	The major plant nutrients most likely to be a limiting factor is	33
4905162776	High; high	Sand has a ______ permeablilty and a ________ porosity	34
4905167006	Water	The hydrologic cycle refers to movement of	35
4905173065	moving water	Most soil erosion is caused by	36
4905195190	Transpiration	Of the following processes of the water cycle, the one working against gravity is	37
4905195191	Atmospheric cycle	The nitrogen cycle is an example of an	38
4905195192	clay	Which of the following types of soil has the least pore space	39
4905200584	All of those	An example of a microbe is	40
4905205809	Porosity	Soil texture most directly determines	41
4905215715	crust and upper mantle	The lithosphere is made up of	42
4905218428	Bedrock	As it weathered ________ gives rise to the C Horizon	43
4905227428	O	The surface litter is described by the letter	44
4905235372	all of the following	Humans add sulfur to the atmosphere by	45
4905242140	Weathering	Soil is developed most directly through	46
4905251113	applying organic fertilizers to agricultural land	Humans remove nitrogen from the soil by all of the following except	47
4905256695	all of the above	The theory of plate tectonics explains	48
4905265710	Coal	Which of the following rocks is most likely to be formed from compacted plant remains	49
4905273108	transform fault	Tectonics in opposite but parallel directions along a fault at a	50
4905290507	lithosphere	Where a geologist collect rock and soil samples	51
4905297873	creation of a fault	The earthquake is most directly caused by	52
4905307645	metamorphism	The changes of rocks from one rock to another	53
4905313147	plastic region in the mantle	The aethenosphere is	54