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AP Environmental Science

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Power generated using water.






2. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.






3. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.






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






5. 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.






6. Land that's fit to be cultivated.






7. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.






8. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.






9. The process in which soil becomes saltier and saltier until - finally - the salt prevents the growth of plants. Salinization is caused by irrigation because salts brought in with the water remain in the soil as water evaporates.






10. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.






11. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.






12. 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.






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






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






15. An introduced - normative species.






16. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.






17. Bacteria - virus - or other microorganisms that can cause disease.






18. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.






19. A group of modern windmills.






20. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.






21. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.






22. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.






23. 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.






24. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.






25. 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.






26. An influential theory that concerns the long-term rate of conventional oil (and other fossil fuel) extraction and depletion. It predicts that future world oil production will soon reach a peak and then rapidly decline.






27. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.






28. 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.






29. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.






30. The process by which specialized bacteria (mostly anaerobic bacteria) convert ammonia to NOy NO2 - and N2 and release it back to the atmosphere.






31. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.






32. The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in countries since the 1960s.






33. 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. ...






34. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.






35. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.






36. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.






37. A plate boundary at which plates are moving away from each other. This causes an upwelling of magma from the mantle to cool and form new crust.






38. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.






39. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.






40. The result of a pathogen invading a body.






41. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.






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






43. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.






44. The third purest form of coal.






45. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.






46. 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).






47. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.






48. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.






49. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.






50. Living or derived from living things.