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AP Environmental Science
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1. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
proven reserve
heterotrophy
greenhouse effect
albedo
2. Also known as plantations - these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use.
mutualism
malnutrition
edge effect
tree farms
3. 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
rain shadow
fission
scrubbers
4. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.
weathering
acid precipitation
catalytic converter
overgrazed
5. Involves the sinking of shafts to reach underground deposits. In this type of mining - networks of tunnels are dug or blasted and humans enter these tunnels in order to manually retrieve the coal.
El Nino
tailings
sick building syndrome
underground mining
6. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
symbiotic relationships
kinetic energy
extinction
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
7. Living or derived from living things.
biotic
wind farm
habitat fragmentation
B layer
8. The structure obtained if we organize the amount of energy contained in producers and consumers in an ecosystem by kilocalories per square meter - from largest to smallest.
energy pyramid
lithosphere
active collection
solid waste
9. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
low-level radioactive waste
fossil fuel
mineral deposit
selective cutting
10. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
secondary consumers
composting
bottom trawling
natural resources
11. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
stationary sources
photosynthesis
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
dose-response curve
12. The practice of alternating the crops grown on a piece of land - for example - corn one year - legumes for two years - and then back to corn.
shelter-wood cutting
crop rotation
respiration
Gross Primary Productivity
13. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.
clay
active collection
anthracite
gray smog (industrial smog)
14. When one species feeds on another.
predation
ozone holes
plate boundaries
coral reef
15. The process in which soil bacteria convert ammonium (NH4+) to a form that can be used by plants; nitrate - or NO3.
nitrification
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
Infection
demographic transition model
16. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
strip mining
monoculture
symbiotic relationships
17. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
secondary consumers
tropical storm
biosphere
doldrums
18. The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica (and to some extent - over the Arctic).
petroleum
ozone holes
doldrums
law of conservation of matter
19. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.
ED50
acid precipitation
upwelling
Headwaters
20. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
heat islands
Green Revolution
second growth forests
abiotic
21. A program funded by the federal government and a trust that's funded by taxes on chemicals; identifies pollutants and cleans up hazardous waste sites.
divergent boundary
strip mining
Superfund Program
greenhouse effect
22. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
omnivores
weather
old growth forest
age-structure pyramids
23. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
selective cutting
prior appropriation
capture fisheries
underground mining
24. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
global warming
B layer
crude oil
secondary treatment
25. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
rain shadow
proven reserve
parasitism
26. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.
realized niche
weather
r-selected
scrubbers
27. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
Horizon
O layer
second growth forests
convergent boundary
28. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
estuary
tropospheric ozone
volcanoes
slash-and-burn
29. 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.
genetic drift
wastewater
biosphere
aquifer
30. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
tertiary consumers
no-till
bioaccumulation
sludge
31. An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.
heterotrophy
tropical storm
terracing
heat islands
32. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
terracing
greenhouse effect
hydroelectric power
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
33. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.
kinetic energy
risk management
high-level radioactive waste
deforestation
34. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
replacement birth rate
carrying capacity
biosphere
risk assessment
35. An animal that only consumes other animals.
high-level radioactive waste
transpiration
Gross Primary Productivity
carnivore
36. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
bituminous
petroleum
El Nino
population
37. The uppermost horizon of soil. It is primarily made up of organic material - including waste from organisms - the bodies of decomposing organisms - and live organisms.
hazardous waste
secondary pollutants
O layer
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
38. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.
El Nino
leachate
proven reserve
nitrification
39. Says that the entropy (disorder) of the universe is increasing. One corollary of the Second Law of thermodynamics is the concept that - in most energy transformations - a significant fraction of energy is lost to the universe as heat.
keystone species
Second Law of Thermodynamics
convection currents
fission
40. 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
fishery
threshold dose
Hadley cell
41. The region draining into river system or other body of water.
passive solar energy collection
watershed
disease
pathogens
42. 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).
decomposer
riparian right
proven reserve
logistic population growth
43. 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.
erosion
toxin
petroleum
plate boundaries
44. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
biotic
competitive exclusion
invasive species
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
45. A platinum - coated device that oxidizes most of the VOCs and some of the CO that would otherwise be emitted in exhaust - converting them to CO2.
petroleum
selective cutting
asthenosphere
catalytic converter
46. 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.
no-till
toxicity
decomposer
food web
47. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
active collection
secondary consumers
wind farm
48. An introduced - normative species.
Coriolis effect
invasive species
silt
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
49. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
subduction zone
tree farms
vector
C layer
50. The movement of individuals into a population.
water-stressed
Immigration
fishery
biosphere