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AP Environmental Science
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1. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.
renewable resources
death rate (crude death rate)
delta
predation
2. When companies are allowed to buy permits that allow them a certain amount of discharge of substances into certain environmental outlets. If they can reduce their amount of discharge - they are allowed to sell the remaining portion of their permit to
biological weathering
market permits
preservation
plate boundaries
3. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
asthenosphere
nonrenewable resources
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
trophic level
4. A lowland area - such as a marsh or swamp - that is saturated with moisture - especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.
passive solar energy collection
nitrogen fixation
wetlands
point source pollution
5. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
passive solar energy collection
drip irrigation
point source pollution
agroforestry
6. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.
nonrenewable resources
loamy
convection currents
high-level radioactive waste
7. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
decomposer
Coriolis effect
convergent boundary
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
8. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
estuary
primary treatment
nitrogen fixation
habitat fragmentation
9. The process of fusing two nuclei.
nuclear fusion
fly ash
deforestation
high-level radioactive waste
10. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
predation
producer
upwelling
toxicity
11. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
contour farming
topsoil
divergent boundary
tropical storm
12. The process of soil particles being carried away by wind or water. Erosion moves the smaller particles first and hence degrades the soil to a coarser - sandier - stonier texture.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
erosion
mantle
greenbelt
13. The process by which specialized bacteria (mostly anaerobic bacteria) convert ammonia to NOy NO2 - and N2 and release it back to the atmosphere.
transform boundary
denitrification
autotroph
land degradation
14. The practice of alternating the crops grown on a piece of land - for example - corn one year - legumes for two years - and then back to corn.
tertiary consumers
tree farms
arable
crop rotation
15. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
habitat
scrubbers
crude oil
petroleum
16. A layer in a large body of water - such as a lake - that sharply separates regions differing in temperature - so that the temperature gradient across the layer is abrupt.
overburden
thermocline
consumption
tropospheric ozone
17. Sunlight.
B layer
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
radiant energy
First Law of Thermodynamics
18. The molten core of the Earth.
topsoil
inner core
La Nina
niche
19. A high-speed - meandering wind current - generally moving from a westerly direction at speeds often exceeding 400 km (250 miles) per hour at altitudes of 15 to 25 km (10 to 15 miles).
transpiration
jet stream
acute effect
Second Law of Thermodynamics
20. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.
barrels
silviculture
upwelling
respiration
21. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
age-structure pyramids
hydroelectric power
population
primary consumers
22. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
habitat fragmentation
mutualism
delta
asthenosphere
23. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
R horizon
drip irrigation
traditional subsistence agriculture
natural resources
24. A platinum - coated device that oxidizes most of the VOCs and some of the CO that would otherwise be emitted in exhaust - converting them to CO2.
biological weathering
catalytic converter
slash-and-burn
population density
25. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
by-catch
convection
water-stressed
sick building syndrome
26. A severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean - traveling north - northwest - or northeast from its point of origin - and usually involving heavy rains.
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
LD50
biological weathering
passive solar energy collection
27. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
physical (mechanical) weathering
natural resources
loamy
building-related illness
28. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
evaporation
toxin
energy pyramid
active collection
29. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.
heat islands
law of conservation of matter
shelter-wood cutting
catalytic converter
30. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
secondary treatment
coral reef
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
niche
31. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
non-point source pollution
chemical weathering
overgrazed
high-level radioactive waste
32. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
solid waste
acid
predation
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
33. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
anthracite
loamy
topsoil
greenbelt
34. A plate boundary at which plates are moving away from each other. This causes an upwelling of magma from the mantle to cool and form new crust.
divergent boundary
trade winds
nitrogen fixation
terracing
35. The dark - crumbly - nutrient-rich material that results from the decomposition of organic material.
r-selected
humus
biosphere
passive solar energy collection
36. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
gray smog (industrial smog)
fishery
abiotic
La Nina
37. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
keystone species
no-till
noise pollution
Aquaculture
38. Any noise that causes stress or has the potential to damage human health.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
transform boundary
noise pollution
bioaccumulation
39. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
population
thermocline
no-till
transform boundary
40. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
green tax
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
wastewater
physical treatmen
41. The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica (and to some extent - over the Arctic).
convection currents
habitat
scrubbers
ozone holes
42. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
Horizon
biomagnifications
omnivores
denitrification
43. 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).
selective cutting
riparian right
First Law of Thermodynamics
potential energy
44. Also known as plantations - these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use.
conservation
O layer
tree farms
water-scarce
45. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
risk assessment
rain shadow
law of conservation of matter
evaporation
46. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
primary consumers
land degradation
lignite
Green Revolution
47. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
industrial smog (gray smog)
preservation
driftnets
reservoir
48. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
no-till
nitrogen fixation
ecological footprint
Southern Oscillation
49. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
acute effect
symbiotic relationships
habitat
fission
50. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
predation
photosynthesis
mantle
crop rotation