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AP Environmental Science
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1. 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.
risk management
Coriolis effect
closed-loop recycling
surface fires
2. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
autotroph
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
reservoir
convergent boundary
3. The process of burning.
primary pollutants
potential energy
low-level radioactive waste
combustion
4. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
kinetic energy
acid
birth rate (crude birth rate)
fly ash
5. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
toxicity
land degradation
mutualism
assimilation
6. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
population density
Headwaters
secondary pollutants
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
7. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
k-selected
estuary
carnivore
LD50
8. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
O layer
ecological succession
conservation
arable
9. 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
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
alkaline
tailings
10. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.
R horizon
red tide
loamy
water-stressed
11. A process in which rows of crops are plowed across the hillside; this prevents the erosion that can occur when rows are cut up and down on a slope. ...
energy pyramid
contour farming
earthquake
solid waste
12. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.
biotic potential
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
tertiary consumers
producer
13. 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
primary consumers
market permits
habitat
conservation
14. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.
combustion
potential energy
habitat fragmentation
composting
15. A soil horizon; the layer below the O layer is called the A layer. The A layer is formed of weathered rock - with some organic material; often referred to as topsoil.
lignite
B layer
birth rate (crude birth rate)
A layer
16. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.
pathogens
Second Law of Thermodynamics
catalytic converter
high-level radioactive waste
17. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
consumer
old growth forest
Second Law of Thermodynamics
leachate
18. The edges of tectonic plates.
weathering
tailings
earthquake
plate boundaries
19. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
tailings
contour farming
parasitism
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
20. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
earthquake
R horizon
deep well injection
Gross Primary Productivity
21. The phenomenon whereby the Earth's atmosphere traps solar radiation - caused by the presence in the atmosphere of gases such as carbon dioxide - water vapor - and methane that allow incoming sunlight to pass through - but absorb heat radiated back fr
symbiotic relationships
greenhouse effect
physical (mechanical) weathering
death rate (crude death rate)
22. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
conservation
wind farm
abiotic
low-level radioactive waste
23. 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).
natural resources
overgrazed
riparian right
dose-response analysis
24. A group of modern windmills.
crude oil
wind farm
biotic potential
evaporation
25. The molten core of the Earth.
inner core
food web
threshold dose
energy
26. The removal of all of the trees in an area.
subbituminous
clear-cutting
arable
biotic potential
27. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
doldrums
Superfund Program
overburden
transpiration
28. A bloom of dinoflagellates that causes reddish discoloration of coastal ocean waters. Certain dinoflagellates of the genus Gonyamfox produce toxins that kill fish and contaminate shellfish.
closed-loop recycling
red tide
delta
barrels
29. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
demographic transition model
lithosphere
long lining
agroforestry
30. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
tailings
emigration
niche
carrying capacity
31. The third purest form of coal.
population
subbituminous
toxin
risk management
32. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.
radiant energy
slash-and-burn
low-level radioactive waste
shelter-wood cutting
33. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
physical (mechanical) weathering
clay
competitive exclusion
volcanoes
34. 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.
solid waste
El Nino
low-level radioactive waste
convergent boundary
35. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms show a negative effect from a toxin.
ED50
combustion
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
hydroelectric power
36. The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica (and to some extent - over the Arctic).
atmosphere
volcanoes
ozone holes
acute effect
37. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.
clear-cutting
chronic effect
Half-life
deep well injection
38. Organisms that are capable of interbreeding with one another and incapable of breeding with other species.
stationary sources
photosynthesis
energy pyramid
species
39. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.
indigenous species
sludge processor
overburden
photosynthesis
40. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
bituminous
photochemical smog
no-till
producer
41. 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.
poison
global warming
rain shadow
agroforestry
42. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.
second growth forests
kinetic energy
heat islands
nitrification
43. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
capture fisheries
crude oil
humus
primary succession
44. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
fission
global warming
La Nina
population
45. 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
contour farming
radiant energy
fault
46. When one species feeds on another.
riparian right
threshold dose
predation
energy pyramid
47. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
replacement birth rate
building-related illness
assimilation
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
48. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
preservation
Green Revolution
conservation
consumer
49. The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in countries since the 1960s.
keystone species
closed-loop recycling
biotic potential
Green Revolution
50. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
population density
green tax
symbiotic relationships
detritivore