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AP Environmental Science

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1. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.






2. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.






3. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.






4. The process of fusing two nuclei.






5. 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.






6. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.






7. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.






8. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.






9. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.






10. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.






11. An intensification of the Greenhouse Effect due to the increased presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.






12. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.






13. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.






14. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.






15. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.






16. The observed effect of the Coriolis force - especially the deflection of an object moving above the Earth - rightward in the Northern Hemisphere - and leftward in the Southern Hemisphere.






17. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.






18. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.






19. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.






20. Energy at rest - or stored energy.






21. Can consist of hazardous waste - industrial solid waste - or municipal waste. Many types of solid waste provide a threat to human health and the environment.






22. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.






23. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.






24. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.






25. 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.






26. The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.






27. 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.






28. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.






29. The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica (and to some extent - over the Arctic).






30. The region draining into river system or other body of water.






31. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.






32. Pollutants that are released directly into the lower atmosphere.






33. In a sewage treatment plant - the initial filtration that is done to remove debris such as stones - sticks - rags - toys - and other objects that were flushed down the toilet.






34. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.






35. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.






36. A waste product produced by the burning of coal.






37. The process of burning.






38. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.






39. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.






40. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.






41. Any substance than is inhaled - ingested - or absorbed at dosages sufficient to damage a living organism.






42. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.






43. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.






44. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.






45. Land that's fit to be cultivated.






46. 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.






47. An introduced - normative species.






48. The process in which plants absorb ammonium (NH3) - ammonia ions (NH4+) - and nitrate ions (NO3) through their roots.






49. When one species feeds on another.






50. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.