APES Midterm Exam 2026 Exam
Questions with 100% Correct
Answers | Latest Update
Which action best illustrates the concept of the Tragedy of the commons? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Depleting an aquifer through irrigation by regional farmers.
A home uses 100-watt light bulbs for five hours per day. Approximately how
many kilowatt hours of electrical energy are consumed in one year by using
the light bulbs? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1,825
,The combustion of one gallon of automobile fuel produces a about five
pounds of carbon (CO2). Two autos are making a trip of 600 miles. The
first auto gets 20 miles per gallon, and the second gets 30 miles per gallon.
Approximately how much less carbon (CO2) will be produced by the
second auto on this trip? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔50 lbs
All of these consequences result from excessive usage of cars as
transportation EXCEPT - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Increased sense of community
due to personal independence.
On average, which transportation method is the most environmentally
friendly? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A commuter train that runs on electricity.
What strategies are governments, manufacturers,and individuals currently
using to reduce household water use? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔I, II, and III
The chart above compares the daily water use per person to the price of
water in selected countries. What conclusion can you correctly draw using
only the data in the chart? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔High water use is generally
correlated with lower water prices.
, Surface mining has all of these harmful effects EXCEPT - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Surface miners may develop respiratory illnesses such as black lung
disease
Which issue is NOT uniformly addressed in current US mining laws? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Harmful effects on air, land, and water are to be minimized
Which statement best describes why electronics waste (e-waste) is often
shipped to other countries for disposal or recycling? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔There
are less stringent regulations on e-waste disposal in other countries
The legislation that imposes a tax on the chemical and petroleum industries
to generate funds to pay for the cleanup of hazardous substances is the - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Superfund Act (CERCLA)
All of these standards are required to manage hazardous waste EXCEPT -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Compacting and burying hazardous waste in designated
landfills
Which advantages result from using incineration over a landfill to dispose of
municipal solid waste? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔I. Minimizing waste volume
III. Generating usable heat energy
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Questions with 100% Correct
Answers | Latest Update
Which action best illustrates the concept of the Tragedy of the commons? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Depleting an aquifer through irrigation by regional farmers.
A home uses 100-watt light bulbs for five hours per day. Approximately how
many kilowatt hours of electrical energy are consumed in one year by using
the light bulbs? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1,825
,The combustion of one gallon of automobile fuel produces a about five
pounds of carbon (CO2). Two autos are making a trip of 600 miles. The
first auto gets 20 miles per gallon, and the second gets 30 miles per gallon.
Approximately how much less carbon (CO2) will be produced by the
second auto on this trip? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔50 lbs
All of these consequences result from excessive usage of cars as
transportation EXCEPT - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Increased sense of community
due to personal independence.
On average, which transportation method is the most environmentally
friendly? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A commuter train that runs on electricity.
What strategies are governments, manufacturers,and individuals currently
using to reduce household water use? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔I, II, and III
The chart above compares the daily water use per person to the price of
water in selected countries. What conclusion can you correctly draw using
only the data in the chart? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔High water use is generally
correlated with lower water prices.
, Surface mining has all of these harmful effects EXCEPT - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Surface miners may develop respiratory illnesses such as black lung
disease
Which issue is NOT uniformly addressed in current US mining laws? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Harmful effects on air, land, and water are to be minimized
Which statement best describes why electronics waste (e-waste) is often
shipped to other countries for disposal or recycling? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔There
are less stringent regulations on e-waste disposal in other countries
The legislation that imposes a tax on the chemical and petroleum industries
to generate funds to pay for the cleanup of hazardous substances is the - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Superfund Act (CERCLA)
All of these standards are required to manage hazardous waste EXCEPT -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Compacting and burying hazardous waste in designated
landfills
Which advantages result from using incineration over a landfill to dispose of
municipal solid waste? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔I. Minimizing waste volume
III. Generating usable heat energy
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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