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AP Environmental Science
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1. A basic substance; chemically - a substance that absorbs hydrogen ions or releases hydroxyl ions; in reference to natural water - a measure of the base content of the water.
chemical weathering
respiration
crude oil
alkaline
2. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.
capture fisheries
terracing
kinetic energy
consumption
3. A lowland area - such as a marsh or swamp - that is saturated with moisture - especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.
photochemical smog
energy pyramid
primary pollutants
wetlands
4. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.
convection currents
carnivore
B layer
reservoir
5. The phenomenon whereby the Earth's atmosphere traps solar radiation - caused by the presence in the atmosphere of gases such as carbon dioxide - water vapor - and methane that allow incoming sunlight to pass through - but absorb heat radiated back fr
greenhouse effect
weathering
inner core
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
6. A bloom of dinoflagellates that causes reddish discoloration of coastal ocean waters. Certain dinoflagellates of the genus Gonyamfox produce toxins that kill fish and contaminate shellfish.
upwelling
Gross Primary Productivity
subbituminous
red tide
7. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
chronic effect
malnutrition
threshold dose
weather
8. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
natural resources
fault
thermocline
ecological succession
9. The gaseous mass or envelope surrounding a celestial body - especially the one surrounding the Earth - which is retained by the celestial body's gravitational field.
atmosphere
pathogens
capture fisheries
assimilation
10. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
Infection
conservation
evolution
competitive exclusion
11. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
crude oil
estuary
secondary consumers
conservation
12. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
population
hydroelectric power
abiotic
niche
13. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.
edge effect
traditional subsistence agriculture
habitat fragmentation
Infection
14. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
population
physical treatmen
fission
heterotrophy
15. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
Gross Primary Productivity
driftnets
non-point source pollution
topsoil
16. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
crude oil
fishery
climax community
species
17. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
gray smog (industrial smog)
toxin
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
photochemical smog
18. The right - as to fishing or to the use of a riverbed - of one who owns riparian land (the land adjacent to a river or stream).
total fertility rate
carnivore
riparian right
crude oil
19. Living or derived from living things.
nitrification
pioneer species
prior appropriation
biotic
20. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
water-stressed
wetlands
noise pollution
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
21. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
doldrums
Hadley cell
secondary treatment
tree farms
22. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
industrial smog (gray smog)
chronic effect
replacement birth rate
Headwaters
23. An influential theory that concerns the long - term rate of conventional oil (and other fossil fuel) extraction and depletion. It predicts that future world oil production will soon reach a peak and then rapidly decline.
O layer
consumption
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
leachate
24. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
keystone species
erosion
barrels
building-related illness
25. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
acid
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
food web
species
26. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
greenbelt
second growth forests
dose-response curve
primary pollutants
27. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
high-level radioactive waste
secondary consumers
edge effect
biotic
28. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
estuary
Aquaculture
earthquake
omnivores
29. The process by which - according to Darwin's theory of evolution - only the organisms best adapted to their environment tend to survive and transmit their genetic characteristics in increasing numbers to succeeding generations - while those less adap
trophic level
pathogens
natural selection
convection
30. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.
biosphere
upwelling
dose-response curve
composting
31. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
biological weathering
Aquaculture
heterotrophy
C layer
32. The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in countries since the 1960s.
sludge
total fertility rate
Green Revolution
climax community
33. An underground layer of porous rock - sand - or other material that allows the movement of water between layers of nonporous rock or clay. Aquifers are frequently tapped for wells.
aquifer
reservoir
chronic effect
composting
34. The removal of select trees in an area; this leaves the majority of the habitat in place and has less of an impact on the ecosystem.
selective cutting
Headwaters
combustion
sand
35. Any noise that causes stress or has the potential to damage human health.
albedo
consumption
water-scarce
noise pollution
36. A group of modern windmills.
wind farm
law of conservation of matter
noise pollution
clear-cutting
37. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms show a negative effect from a toxin.
scrubbers
dose-response curve
ED50
mutualism
38. The amount of sugar that the plants produce in photosynthesis and subtracting from it the amount of energy the plants need for growth maintenance - repair - and reproduction.
Gross Primary Productivity
food chain
scrubbers
ecosystem capital
39. The process of fusing two nuclei.
nuclear fusion
decomposer
denitrification
subbituminous
40. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
parasitism
coral reef
mutualism
divergent boundary
41. A succession of organisms in an ecological community that constitutes a continuation of food energy from one organism to another as each consumes a lower member and - in turn - is preyed upon by a higher member.
population density
bioaccumulation
consumption
food chain
42. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
age-structure pyramids
crop rotation
tertiary consumers
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
43. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
U.S. Noise Control Act
deep well injection
petroleum
convection
44. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
convection
birth rate (crude birth rate)
composting
population density
45. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
composting
consumer
sand
law of conservation of matter
46. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.
Horizon
thermosphere
fault
silt
47. The use of building materials - building placement - and design to passively collect solar energy that can be used to keep a building warm or cool.
biosphere
trade winds
passive solar energy collection
overgrazed
48. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
reservoir
atmosphere
fossil fuel
weathering
49. A soil horizon - horizon C is made up of larger pieces of rock that have not undergone much weathering.
pathogens
C layer
demographic transition model
old growth forest
50. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
hydroelectric power
catalytic converter
sick building syndrome
Uneven-aged management
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