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AP Environmental Science
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1. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
water-stressed
anthracite
greenhouse effect
O layer
2. Using strategies to reduce the amount of risk (the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen).
subbituminous
tropical storm
risk management
predation
3. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
biotic
loamy
land degradation
carrying capacity
4. 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.
secondary consumers
decomposer
catalytic converter
rain shadow
5. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.
by-catch
building-related illness
fly ash
anthracite
6. 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.
poison
Gross Primary Productivity
climax community
acid
7. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
upwelling
fishery
secondary consumers
divergent boundary
8. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
upwelling
Southern Oscillation
realized niche
overburden
9. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.
overburden
volcanoes
upwelling
habitat fragmentation
10. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
habitat
primary pollutants
renewable resources
biotic
11. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
agroforestry
subbituminous
risk assessment
acid precipitation
12. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.
r-selected
potential energy
loamy
plate boundaries
13. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
food web
weather
tailings
autotroph
14. The process of fusing two nuclei.
assimilation
dose-response analysis
nuclear fusion
terracing
15. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
habitat fragmentation
clay
physical (mechanical) weathering
mutualism
16. Organisms that are capable of interbreeding with one another and incapable of breeding with other species.
law of conservation of matter
species
acid
no-till
17. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.
industrial smog (gray smog)
sand
composting
Half-life
18. The random fluctuations in the frequency of the appearance of a gene in a small isolated population - presumably owing to chance - rather than natural selection.
pioneer species
bottom trawling
stationary sources
genetic drift
19. 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.
salinization
secondary pollutants
preservation
physical treatmen
20. 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.
passive solar energy collection
stationary sources
silviculture
chemical weathering
21. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
drip irrigation
clear-cutting
albedo
First Law of Thermodynamics
22. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
nonrenewable resources
high-level radioactive waste
potential energy
predation
23. The process by which specialized bacteria (mostly anaerobic bacteria) convert ammonia to NOy NO2 - and N2 and release it back to the atmosphere.
denitrification
subduction zone
alkaline
evolution
24. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
water-scarce
surface fires
respiration
symbiotic relationships
25. When one species feeds on another.
leachate
demographic transition model
O layer
predation
26. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.
long lining
food web
mantle
energy pyramid
27. An intensification of the Greenhouse Effect due to the increased presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
realized niche
global warming
A layer
energy pyramid
28. A species whose very presence contributes to an ecosystem's diversity and whose extinction would consequently lead to the extinction of other forms of life.
physical treatmen
keystone species
primary treatment
traditional subsistence agriculture
29. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
sick building syndrome
mutualism
mantle
producer
30. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
Half-life
bottom trawling
asthenosphere
stationary sources
31. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
crop rotation
acid
doldrums
by-catch
32. An animal that only consumes other animals.
gray smog (industrial smog)
ozone holes
malnutrition
carnivore
33. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
solid waste
coral reef
clay
hazardous waste
34. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.
total fertility rate
lithosphere
genetic drift
coral reef
35. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
subbituminous
habitat fragmentation
disease
secondary consumers
36. An underground layer of porous rock - sand - or other material that allows the movement of water between layers of nonporous rock or clay. Aquifers are frequently tapped for wells.
composting
non-point source pollution
aquifer
clay
37. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.
high-level radioactive waste
closed-loop recycling
Hadley cell
secondary pollutants
38. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
keystone species
carrying capacity
Headwaters
biomagnifications
39. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
consumption
invasive species
capture fisheries
barrels
40. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
old growth forest
arable
Green Revolution
41. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
salinization
population
El Nino
subduction zone
42. When populations are well below the size dictated by the carrying capacity of the region they live in - they will grow exponentially - but as they approach the carrying capacity - their growth rate will decrease and the size of the population will ev
transpiration
bottom trawling
dose-response analysis
logistic population growth
43. Also known as plantations - these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use.
tree farms
physical treatmen
demographic transition model
A layer
44. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
gray smog (industrial smog)
by-catch
threshold dose
riparian right
45. 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).
bioaccumulation
wind farm
riparian right
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
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.
alkaline
greenhouse effect
Hadley cell
consumer
47. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
Uneven-aged management
potential energy
agroforestry
O layer
48. 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.
demographic transition model
LD50
barrier island
point source pollution
49. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
transform boundary
alkaline
terracing
thermocline
50. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
composting
Second Law of Thermodynamics
tropospheric ozone
Hadley cell