AP® Environmental Science Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 9 – Aquatic and Terrestrial Pollution

130+ Questions and answer key covering every section of Unit 9

Sample Questions

9.5 Global Climate Change

Content Quiz

Directions: Choose the BEST answer choice for each question.

1. What is a positive feedback loop?
   1. A series of events or reaction that reverses the problem or reaction.
   2. A series of events or reaction and furthers the reaction (keeps it going).
   3. The amount of light or infrared heat reflected from a surface.
   4. The specific species affected by loss of ice and snow which impacts the next generation.
2. What is a negative feedback loop?
   1. A series of events or reaction and furthers the reaction (keeps it going).
   2. The amount of light or infrared heat reflected from a surface.
   3. A series of events or reaction that reverses the problem or reaction.
   4. The reason mosquito-borne diseases may increase with global warming.
3. What does albedo refer to?
   1. The specific species affected by loss of ice and snow.
   2. The amount of light or infrared heat reflected from a surface.
   3. The region in the world with the highest temperature increases.
   4. The type of diseases that will increase with global warming.
4. How does the positive feedback loop involving ice and glacier melt start?
   1. Ice melts, releasing greenhouse gasses.
   2. Ice sheets have high albedo, increasing solar radiation.
   3. Earth’s temperature decreases due to more ice.
   4. Less ice leads to higher albedo on Earth.
5. Which specific species in polar regions will be impacted by the loss of ice and snow, and why?
   1. Seals, as they are sensitive to changes in albedo.
   2. Arctic foxes, due to their diet of ice and snow.
   3. Penguins, because they rely on glaciers for water.
   4. Polar bears because they hunt from ice.
6. What is the consequence of permafrost melting?
   1. Carbon dioxide is sequestered in the atmosphere.
   2. Earth cools due to the release of greenhouse gasses.
   3. Earth’s temperature increases, leading to more ice formation.
   4. Melting permafrost releases methane, trapping heat further.
7. How does a negative feedback loop involving forests begin?
   1. Burning fossil fuels leads to more photosynthesis.
   2. More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reduces photosynthesis and increases cellular respiration.
   3. Carbon sequestration in producers’ biomass occurs after fossil fuel burning.
   4. Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide decreases forest growth.
8. Which region in the world is experiencing the highest temperature increases?
   1. Polar regions.
   2. Tropical rainforests.
   3. Desert regions.
   4. Temperate grasslands.

Description

The purpose of these content quizzes is as a homework or notes check. Students often copy reading guides or do not pay attention to video notes but will pay more attention when they have a quiz.



I use these questions by assigning about 10 pages/1-2 sections/1 module of reading along with supplemental videos on Edpuzzle or AP® Daily as homework. Students take a content quiz during the first few minutes of class. My quizzes are open note/open book but timed at 30 seconds per question as I do not expect students to memorize information the first time they read or hear it so they can reference notes/books as needed, but the timer prevents kids from “winging it” and not reading or doing notes.



I typically cover several topics in a quiz so I will take the best questions from each topic and combine them into a 12-15 question quiz, but you can use them as-is below. Some topics have 10-15 questions while others are shorter. There is a total of 130+ questions for this unit.



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