3.10 Multiple Choice Questions

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Facts about the test: The AP Environmental Science exam has 80 multiple choice questions and you will be given 1 hour 30 minutes to complete the section. That means it should take you around 17 minutes to complete 15 questions.

1. As people develop more and more natural habitats into cities, ___ species tend to be better at adapting to living with humans.

A. invasive

B. keystone

C. generalist

D. specialist

2. Which of the following would be an example of a K-selected species?

A. Cows

B. Mice

C. Cats

D. Salmon

3. Which of the following is not a trait of r-selected species?

A. Tend to be small

B. Have long life spans

C. Mature early

D. Spend very little time with their offspring

4. Oysters release thousands of eggs each time they reproduce. The majority of these offspring are eaten before they even have a chance to develop a shell and attach to the substrate. However, if they do, oysters can live for many years. This is an example of

A. Type I survivorship curve

B. Type II survivorship curve

C. Type III survivorship curve

D. Type IV survivorship curve

5. Which of the following organisms would tend to have a Type I: Convex curve to represent its survivorship?

A. Elephants

B. Whitetail deer

C. Giant Squid

D. Mallard Ducks

6. When a species in a given area runs out of available food due to overpopulation this is an example of

A. Resource Provisioning

B. Adaptation

C. Resource Partitioning

D. Carrying Capacity

7. When a population exceeds its carrying capacity, what is likely to follow?

A. Extinction

B. Dieback

C. Exponential growth

D. Logistic growth

8. When the resources needed by a population of organisms are abundantly available, growth is likely to

A. Stabilize

B. Decrease

C. Fluctuate

D. Excelerate

9. A country with a low birth rate and a stable death rate is likely to experience

A. Exponential growth

B. Diminishing population

C. Expanding population

D. Logarithmic growth

10. Access to education and healthcare typically lead to

A. reduced birth rate and reduced death rate

B. reduced birth rate and increased death rate

C. increased birth rate and reduced death rate

D. increased birth rate and increased death rate

11. Equal access to education for females tends to lead to

A. Women choosing to use family planning tools.

B. Women working in healthcare fields.

C. Women having children later in life.

D. Women choosing to have more children.

12. Currently, Earth's human population is

A. Stable

B. Decreasing

C. Increasing slowly

D. Increasing exponentially

13. If a country is experiencing a TFR at replacement level and immigration equal to emigration what must be true

A. The population is in a transition phase

B. The population is declining

C. The population is stable

D. The population is growing

14. Which of the following is NOT a way humans have altered their natural carrying capacity?

A. Building vertically

B. Irrigation methods

C. Intensive animal farming

D. Faster production of material goods

15. Of the following countries which has the fastest-growing population rate?

A. US

B. China

C. Denmark

D. France

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