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AP Environmental Science
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1. An animal that only consumes other animals.
edge effect
wind farm
evaporation
carnivore
2. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
green tax
Aquaculture
Green Revolution
community
3. When a species occupies a smaller niche than it would in the absence of competition.
fossil fuel
barrels
old growth forest
realized niche
4. The dark - crumbly - nutrient-rich material that results from the decomposition of organic material.
divergent boundary
decomposer
humus
composting
5. Living or derived from living things.
mutualism
transpiration
red tide
biotic
6. 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.
physical treatmen
drip irrigation
ecological footprint
r-selected
7. A group of modern windmills.
atmosphere
shelter-wood cutting
wind farm
global warming
8. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.
asthenosphere
scrubbers
high-level radioactive waste
r-selected
9. To convert or change into a vapor.
evaporation
nuclear fusion
photochemical smog
secondary treatment
10. The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica (and to some extent - over the Arctic).
ozone holes
birth rate (crude birth rate)
erosion
long lining
11. 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.
anthracite
passive solar energy collection
habitat
clear-cutting
12. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
by-catch
trophic level
proven reserve
risk management
13. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
death rate (crude death rate)
convergent boundary
photosynthesis
habitat fragmentation
14. 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.
biological weathering
wind farm
Coriolis effect
kinetic energy
15. Is the practice of planting bands of different crops across a hillside.
thermosphere
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
overgrazed
First Law of Thermodynamics
16. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
strip mining
niche
Horizon
fishery
17. The condition in which - at ecosystem boundaries - there is greater species diversity and biological density than there is in the heart of ecological communities.
Immigration
nuclear fusion
emigration
edge effect
18. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
erosion
lignite
conservation
food web
19. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
potential energy
hydroelectric power
water-stressed
thermocline
20. The removal of all of the trees in an area.
clear-cutting
primary consumers
renewable resources
invasive species
21. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.
Hadley cell
El Nino
extinction
convection
22. The process in which plants absorb ammonium (NH3) - ammonia ions (NH4+) - and nitrate ions (NO3) through their roots.
nitrogen fixation
weathering
sand
assimilation
23. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.
upwelling
sludge
strip mining
total fertility rate
24. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
convergent boundary
noise pollution
disease
water-scarce
25. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
Half-life
First Law of Thermodynamics
O layer
26. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.
extinction
primary treatment
population
deforestation
27. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.
scrubbers
acid precipitation
clear-cutting
preservation
28. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.
passive solar energy collection
high-level radioactive waste
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
scrubbers
29. Bacteria or fungi that absorb nutrients from nonliving organic matter like plant material - the wastes of living organisms - and corpses. They convert these materials into inorganic forms.
building-related illness
malnutrition
heat islands
decomposer
30. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
old growth forest
acute effect
biomagnifications
Second Law of Thermodynamics
31. 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.
loamy
barrier island
global warming
reservoir
32. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.
scrubbers
carnivore
delta
demographic transition model
33. The process of fusing two nuclei.
barrels
nuclear fusion
closed-loop recycling
community
34. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
risk management
land degradation
realized niche
low-level radioactive waste
35. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
tertiary consumers
humus
tropospheric ozone
36. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
industrial smog (gray smog)
renewable resources
Superfund Program
heat islands
37. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
tertiary consumers
asthenosphere
weather
slash-and-burn
38. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
age-structure pyramids
natural selection
realized niche
arable
39. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
k-selected
long lining
transform boundary
edge effect
40. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.
water-stressed
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
chemical weathering
41. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
habitat fragmentation
biological weathering
stationary sources
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
42. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
Aquaculture
overgrazed
conservation
replacement birth rate
43. 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.
tree farms
asthenosphere
ecological succession
death rate (crude death rate)
44. Any substance that has an LD50 - of 50 mg or less per kg of body weight.
community
poison
sludge
petroleum
45. The low-rainfall region that exists on the leeward (downwind) side of a mountain range. This rain shadow is the result of the mountain range's causing precipitation on the windward side.
rain shadow
topsoil
heterotrophy
keystone species
46. 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.
secondary consumers
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
Horizon
evolution
47. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
biotic potential
proven reserve
fission
stationary sources
48. Species that originate and live - or occur naturally - in an area or environment.
passive solar energy collection
indigenous species
chronic effect
demographic transition model
49. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
wetlands
doldrums
radiant energy
malnutrition
50. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
vector
Infection
barrier island
law of conservation of matter
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