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AP Environmental Science
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1. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
omnivores
nitrogen fixation
clay
physical treatmen
2. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
plate boundaries
coral reef
stationary sources
active collection
3. The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.
total fertility rate
surface fires
deforestation
LD50
4. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
trophic level
nitrogen fixation
biomagnifications
market permits
5. The process in which soil bacteria convert ammonium (NH4+) to a form that can be used by plants; nitrate - or NO3.
risk management
nitrification
silviculture
non-point source pollution
6. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.
indigenous species
extinction
jet stream
risk assessment
7. The least pure coal.
habitat fragmentation
lignite
poison
closed-loop recycling
8. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.
genetic drift
B layer
traditional subsistence agriculture
convection
9. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
edge effect
niche
hazardous waste
combustion
10. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.
salinization
demographic transition model
lignite
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
11. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
replacement birth rate
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
biosphere
wind farm
12. When materials - such as plastic or aluminum - are used to rebuild the same product. An example of this is the use of the aluminum from aluminum cans to produce more aluminum cans.
photosynthesis
vector
closed-loop recycling
kinetic energy
13. Any water that has been used by humans. This includes human sewage - water drained from showers - tubs - sinks - dishwashers - washing machines - water from industrial processes - and storm water runoff.
tree farms
wastewater
fly ash
leachate
14. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
indigenous species
biosphere
fossil fuel
bottom trawling
15. The process by which - according to Darwin's theory of evolution - only the organisms best adapted to their environment tend to survive and transmit their genetic characteristics in increasing numbers to succeeding generations - while those less adap
nuclear fusion
nitrification
symbiotic relationships
natural selection
16. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
combustion
reservoir
trophic level
food chain
17. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
surface fires
U.S. Noise Control Act
reservoir
primary consumers
18. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
carnivore
physical (mechanical) weathering
biosphere
19. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.
El Nino
weather
anthracite
barrels
20. The part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere.
La Nina
omnivores
asthenosphere
nitrogen fixation
21. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
natural selection
toxicity
humus
climax community
22. The removal of select trees in an area; this leaves the majority of the habitat in place and has less of an impact on the ecosystem.
biomagnifications
tailings
risk assessment
selective cutting
23. The process by which specialized bacteria (mostly anaerobic bacteria) convert ammonia to NOy NO2 - and N2 and release it back to the atmosphere.
replacement birth rate
consumer
denitrification
volcanoes
24. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
tropospheric ozone
strip mining
crop rotation
deep well injection
25. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
doldrums
First Law of Thermodynamics
consumption
heat islands
26. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
fishery
trade winds
O layer
inner core
27. 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
market permits
denitrification
photosynthesis
renewable resources
28. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
shelter-wood cutting
leachate
sick building syndrome
Half-life
29. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.
driftnets
potential energy
albedo
k-selected
30. 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. ...
contour farming
preservation
thermosphere
volcanoes
31. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
industrial smog (gray smog)
green tax
active collection
threshold dose
32. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
carrying capacity
competitive exclusion
poison
dose-response curve
33. 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.
aquifer
sludge
overburden
delta
34. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
overgrazed
silviculture
B layer
topsoil
35. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
species
convection
by-catch
high-level radioactive waste
36. The molten core of the Earth.
symbiotic relationships
inner core
wind farm
greenbelt
37. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.
biotic potential
poison
ozone holes
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
38. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
convection currents
primary succession
doldrums
prior appropriation
39. Also known as plantations - these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use.
invasive species
tree farms
albedo
kinetic energy
40. Fires that typically burn only the forest's underbrush and do little damage to mature trees. Surface fires actually serve to protect the forest from more harmful fires by removing underbrush and dead materials that would burn quickly and at high temp
surface fires
agroforestry
First Law of Thermodynamics
demographic transition model
41. The result of vibrations (often due to plate movements) deep in the Earth that release energy. They often occur as two plates slide past one another at a transform boundary.
population density
traditional subsistence agriculture
earthquake
physical (mechanical) weathering
42. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
land degradation
physical (mechanical) weathering
genetic drift
trade winds
43. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.
Half-life
nitrification
passive solar energy collection
biosphere
44. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
physical (mechanical) weathering
age-structure pyramids
LD50
by-catch
45. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
overburden
thermosphere
poison
46. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
chemical weathering
conservation
habitat fragmentation
47. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
photochemical smog
Infection
k-selected
ozone holes
48. 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.
lithosphere
Superfund Program
hydroelectric power
strip mining
49. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.
risk assessment
potential energy
subbituminous
second growth forests
50. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
trade winds
lithosphere
biosphere
point source pollution
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