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AP Environmental Science
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1. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.
Green Revolution
mantle
composting
gray smog (industrial smog)
2. Any water that has been used by humans. This includes human sewage - water drained from showers - tubs - sinks - dishwashers - washing machines - water from industrial processes - and storm water runoff.
food chain
traditional subsistence agriculture
crude oil
wastewater
3. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
coral reef
fossil fuel
mutualism
conservation
4. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
surface fires
no-till
food chain
acute effect
5. Power generated using water.
loamy
hydroelectric power
assimilation
photochemical smog
6. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
ecosystem capital
subduction zone
crude oil
transform boundary
7. Bacteria - virus - or other microorganisms that can cause disease.
convergent boundary
threshold dose
pathogens
nitrification
8. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
chemical weathering
competitive exclusion
carrying capacity
mineral deposit
9. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
silviculture
building-related illness
Second Law of Thermodynamics
low-level radioactive waste
10. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
by-catch
monoculture
dose-response analysis
k-selected
11. The region draining into river system or other body of water.
food chain
ecological footprint
watershed
wind farm
12. The process by which specialized bacteria (mostly anaerobic bacteria) convert ammonia to NOy NO2 - and N2 and release it back to the atmosphere.
primary succession
gray smog (industrial smog)
chronic effect
denitrification
13. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
niche
assimilation
reservoir
secondary pollutants
14. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
crude oil
mutualism
salinization
slash-and-burn
15. A waste product produced by the burning of coal.
humus
parasitism
fly ash
R horizon
16. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
Aquaculture
k-selected
hydroelectric power
gray smog (industrial smog)
17. Any noise that causes stress or has the potential to damage human health.
nitrification
strip mining
radiant energy
noise pollution
18. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
heat islands
death rate (crude death rate)
invasive species
catalytic converter
19. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
demographic transition model
traditional subsistence agriculture
convection
sand
20. Transition in species composition of a biological community - often following ecological disturbance of the community; the establishment of a biological community in any area virtually barren of life.
demographic transition model
abiotic
ecological succession
doldrums
21. When one species feeds on another.
threshold dose
ecological succession
predation
detritivore
22. Fires that typically burn only the forest's underbrush and do little damage to mature trees. Surface fires actually serve to protect the forest from more harmful fires by removing underbrush and dead materials that would burn quickly and at high temp
inner core
surface fires
heterotrophy
Coriolis effect
23. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
natural selection
upwelling
biosphere
replacement birth rate
24. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
coral reef
hazardous waste
barrels
acid
25. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
O layer
R horizon
water-stressed
petroleum
26. An organism that obtains organic food molecules without eating other organisms or substances derived from other organisms. autotrophs use energy from the sun or from the oxidation of inorganic substances to make organic molecules from inorganic ones.
gray smog (industrial smog)
malnutrition
prior appropriation
autotroph
27. An animal that only consumes other animals.
carnivore
C layer
delta
low-level radioactive waste
28. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
R horizon
trophic level
respiration
demographic transition model
29. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
market permits
nonrenewable resources
biomagnifications
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
30. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.
no-till
reservoir
competitive exclusion
traditional subsistence agriculture
31. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
doldrums
predation
underground mining
transform boundary
32. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
keystone species
birth rate (crude birth rate)
photochemical smog
leachate
33. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
water-scarce
LD50
r-selected
alkaline
34. Sunlight.
petroleum
radiant energy
assimilation
upwelling
35. A fiscal policy that lowers taxes on income - including wages and profit - and raises taxes on consumption - particularly the unsustainable consumption of non-renewable resources.
green tax
tailings
natural selection
Half-life
36. The value of natural resources.
replacement birth rate
ecosystem capital
population density
A layer
37. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.
high-level radioactive waste
catalytic converter
secondary consumers
solid waste
38. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
sand
shelter-wood cutting
community
clay
39. When a species occupies a smaller niche than it would in the absence of competition.
market permits
active collection
R horizon
realized niche
40. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.
weather
LD50
risk assessment
Infection
41. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
vector
potential energy
fossil fuel
weathering
42. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.
k-selected
niche
chemical weathering
watershed
43. Change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals and resulting in the development of new species.
topsoil
evolution
humus
convection currents
44. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
sand
passive solar energy collection
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
overburden
45. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
old growth forest
agroforestry
barrier island
LD50
46. A nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus - especially a heavy nucleus such as an isotope of uranium - splits into fragments - usually two fragments of comparable mass - releasing from 100 million to several hundred million electron volts of ener
capture fisheries
Headwaters
ecological succession
fission
47. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.
shelter-wood cutting
evaporation
building-related illness
emigration
48. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
ecological succession
stationary sources
prior appropriation
nonrenewable resources
49. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.
demographic transition model
food chain
B layer
terracing
50. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
greenbelt
predation
old growth forest
U.S. Noise Control Act