Unit 4 apes - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

APES Semester 1 Exam (Unit 1, 2, 3, 4) with complete solution

apes unit 4 exam packet questions and answers rated A+ 2024/2025(pg. 11) soil layers (top to bottom) - correct answer o horizon (humus) a horizon (topsoil) e horizon (eluviation layer) b horizon (subsoil) c horizon (regolith) r horizon (bedrock) (pg. 11) biome differences: - correct answer 1. forests- warm climate, rich soil, alternating rainfall seasons 2. grassland- soil rich in organic materials, alternating rain seasons 3. rainforest- hot/humid climate, thin soil, heavy rainfall ...

APES UNIT 4 question n answers graded A+ 2024/2025Students want to determine how vegetation affects soil erosion. They collect four soil samples of equal starting mass with different types of vegetative cover, as seen in the table below. Each sample is placed in a three-sided plastic dish that can drain into a beaker and is exposed to the same amount of consistent, steady rainfall for ten minutes. The water and soil runoff are collected in the beaker and separated. The average values for each sa...

apes unit 4 questions & answers rated A+ restoration ecology - correct answer the study and implementation of restoring damaged ecosystems Watershed - correct answer all land in a given landscape that drains into a particular stream, river, lake, or wetland characteristics of a watershed - correct answer 1. area (reflects volume of water that can be generated from a rainfall) 2. length (can be measured in different ways and generally considered the principal flowpath 3. slope (affects...

APES Unit 4 Practice Test exam 2023 with 100% correct answers

APES Unit 4 Vocab fully solved 2024 passedCore - correct answer The innermost zone of Earth's interior, composed mostly of iron and nickel. It includes a liquid outer layer and a solid inner layer. Mantle - correct answer The layer of Earth above the core, containing magma. Magma - correct answer Molten rock. Asthenosphere - correct answer The layer of Earth located in the outer part of the mantle, composed of semi-molten rock. Lithosphere - correct answer The outermost layer o...

APES UNIT 4 REVIEW verified/passed Earth's spheres - correct answer lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere Earth's core levels - correct answer - inner core; solid - outer core; liquid - mantle - asthenosphere - lithosphere (earth's surface) Earth's surface composed of... - correct answer continental crust and oceanic crust Which is denser, oceanic crust or continental crust? - correct answer oceanic Plate tectonics theory - correct answer a model of movement of...

Which of the following is the best explanation for the formation of Hadley cells in the tropics, as seen in the diagram between 30 degree N and 30 degree S latitude? - ANSWER The sun warms the moist air at the equator and causes it to rise because of its lower density. As the warm air moves away from the equator, it cools, becomes denser , and then sinks. Which of the following is the best explanation for the deflection of the trade winds in both hemispheres, as seen in the diagram above? - A...