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APES FRQ 2022 Questions with COMPLETE SOLUTION Preferred nesting habitat for pipping plovers - ✔✔-Open sandy beaches between sparsely vegetated sand dunes. -Washovers b/c provide moist & undis... turbed habitat Describe Change in # of pipping plover nests on Assateague Island between 1999 and 2009. - ✔✔Decreased to half and shifted to the east where there is more unvegetated sand Describe one likely reason for the change in the number of piping plover nests between 1999 and 2009. - ✔✔Piping Plover populations have declined in their nesting range as a result of habitat destruction and alteration due to dam construction and channelization projects along rivers and streams, as well as the draining and filling of shallow wetlands. Describe one restriction that could reasonably be implemented to help prevent the destruction of plover nests by human actions. - ✔✔Pack out your food waste and trash - Human activity near plover nests can attract predators when food scraps and other sorts of litter are left on the beach. Explain one way that barrier islands help to preserve and protect the environment in coastal regions. - ✔✔Protects the coast from the full force of powerful storm waves. they protect the coastlines from severe storm damage. Identify one human action that directly threatens coastal habitats and describe one impact on species, other than the piping plover, that use the habitat. - ✔✔Burning of fossil fuels contributes to global warming, leading to ocean acidification which leads to the death of marine life like oysters in the Pacific NorthwestIdentify one economic impact on coastal communities that has resulted from rising sea levels - ✔✔Chronic flooding of housing that can potentially impact municipal tax bases that help fund local services. [Show More]

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