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The number of FRQs on the APES exam
What is three?
A positive mutation that helps secure an species' fitness
What is an adaptation?
What are biological controls, chemical controls, and mechanical/cultural controls?
The longest latitude line on Earth
What is the equator?
What is carbon dioxide?
The amount of time you should spend on each FRQ on the APES exam
What is twenty-two minutes?
The name of the rule that tells you how much energy is passed to each level in a trophic pyramid
What is the 10% rule?
The type of inorganic material in soil with the greatest permeability
What is sand?
The layer of Earth's atmosphere with the highest density of any atmospheric layer that contains most of the water vapor in the atmosphere
What is the troposphere?
The process of excess nutrients causing many algal blooms in a warm, slow-moving body of water
What is eutrophication?
The answer you should choose on an MCQ answer, when there are more than one that are technically correct
What is "the best possible one"?
A type of species that is not native to an area, but tolerant of a wide range of environmental conditions, matures quickly, and has few predators
What is an invasive species?
What is convection?
The degree latitude at which most of Earth's deserts are found
What is 30 degrees?
A nitrogen-containing chemical compound that, when deposited in excess into a body of water, leads to eutrophication
What is nitrites, nitrates, and/or ammonia?
The number of experimental groups needed to get full credit when describing an experimental method in an FRQ
What is three?
The name of a reservoir in a biogeochemical cycle where a component stays for a long time, and doesn't leave quickly
What is a sink?
A nonanthropogenic source of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere
What is cellular respiration?
The abiotic and biotic components of an area on Earth with a consistent climate
What is a biome?
An indoor air pollutant released when you run your car in your garage
What is carbon monoxide?
What is show all units?
The survivorship curve associated with r-selected species
What is Type III?
The process where waste heat produced by using natural gas or coal for manufacturing is used to produce electricity
What is cogeneration?
The aspect of Earth which causes seasons
What is Earth's axial tilt?
An indoor air pollutant emitted from most manufactured building materials and furniture