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AP Environmental Science

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1. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.






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






3. 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.






4. When a species occupies a smaller niche than it would in the absence of competition.






5. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.






6. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.






7. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava - ash - and gases are ejected.






8. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.






9. A group of modern windmills.






10. A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.






11. To convert or change into a vapor.






12. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.






13. Graphical representations of populations' ages.






14. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.






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






16. 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).






17. A long - relatively narrow island running parallel to the mainland-built up by the action of waves and currents and serving to protect the coast from erosion by surf and tidal surges.






18. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.






19. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.






20. The energy of motion.






21. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.






22. 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.






23. 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.






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






25. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.






26. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.






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






28. 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.






29. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.






30. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.






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






32. The result of vibrations (often due to plate movements) deep in the Earth that release energy. They often occur as two plates slide past one another at a transform boundary.






33. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.






34. 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.






35. Any waste that poses a danger to human health; it must be dealt with in a different way from other types of waste.






36. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.






37. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.






38. An area in which a particular mineral is concentrated - mining -the excavation of the Earth for the purpose of extracting ore or minerals.






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






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






41. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.






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






43. Sunlight.






44. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.






45. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.






46. 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.






47. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.






48. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.






49. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.






50. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.