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AP Environmental Science
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1. The movement of individuals into a population.
convection currents
sand
Immigration
thermosphere
2. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
crop rotation
plate boundaries
rain shadow
estuary
3. 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.
convection currents
ecological succession
tropical storm
old growth forest
4. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
evolution
acid
hazardous waste
5. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
emigration
lignite
mutualism
watershed
6. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
non-point source pollution
point source pollution
inner core
scrubbers
7. 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.
tailings
nitrogen fixation
upwelling
passive solar energy collection
8. Sunlight.
bottom trawling
gray smog (industrial smog)
radiant energy
malnutrition
9. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
invasive species
potential energy
habitat
fossil fuel
10. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
ozone holes
land degradation
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
invasive species
11. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
inner core
keystone species
malnutrition
aquifer
12. Organisms that are capable of interbreeding with one another and incapable of breeding with other species.
convection
species
O layer
bottom trawling
13. 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.
Green Revolution
fault
crop rotation
heterotrophy
14. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
silviculture
omnivores
potential energy
strip mining
15. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
high-level radioactive waste
fishery
alkaline
potential energy
16. The process of fusing two nuclei.
evolution
A layer
radiant energy
nuclear fusion
17. Change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals and resulting in the development of new species.
convergent boundary
conservation
fission
evolution
18. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
active collection
delta
acid precipitation
weathering
19. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.
primary consumers
coral reef
Aquaculture
carrying capacity
20. The process in which plants absorb ammonium (NH3) - ammonia ions (NH4+) - and nitrate ions (NO3) through their roots.
symbiotic relationships
Immigration
underground mining
assimilation
21. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
total fertility rate
disease
gray smog (industrial smog)
R horizon
22. An intensification of the Greenhouse Effect due to the increased presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
doldrums
replacement birth rate
salinization
global warming
23. 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.
mutualism
alkaline
risk management
erosion
24. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
green tax
convergent boundary
trophic level
trade winds
25. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.
weather
Second Law of Thermodynamics
overgrazed
fossil fuel
26. 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.
old growth forest
energy pyramid
age-structure pyramids
community
27. Also known as plantations - these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use.
tree farms
solid waste
dose-response curve
humus
28. The result of a pathogen invading a body.
weather
driftnets
mantle
Infection
29. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.
bioaccumulation
sludge processor
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
death rate (crude death rate)
30. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
catalytic converter
habitat
population density
closed-loop recycling
31. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
photochemical smog
transpiration
biological weathering
Infection
32. 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
Coriolis effect
vector
genetic drift
33. A layer in a large body of water - such as a lake - that sharply separates regions differing in temperature - so that the temperature gradient across the layer is abrupt.
thermocline
Southern Oscillation
kinetic energy
proven reserve
34. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
watershed
sand
radiant energy
Southern Oscillation
35. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
First Law of Thermodynamics
acid
hydroelectric power
Half-life
36. 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.
selective cutting
producer
trade winds
closed-loop recycling
37. The amount of the Earth's surface that's necessary to supply the needs of - and dispose of the waste from a particular population.
convection
ecological footprint
mineral deposit
red tide
38. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
poison
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
combustion
B layer
39. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
thermosphere
carrying capacity
prior appropriation
bioaccumulation
40. The value of natural resources.
evolution
demographic transition model
ecosystem capital
plate boundaries
41. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
Aquaculture
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
building-related illness
42. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
agroforestry
El Nino
water-scarce
Headwaters
43. An animal that only consumes other animals.
threshold dose
carnivore
renewable resources
parasitism
44. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
thermocline
nitrogen fixation
transpiration
extinction
45. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
closed-loop recycling
drip irrigation
wind farm
conservation
46. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
sick building syndrome
capture fisheries
renewable resources
non-point source pollution
47. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
doldrums
convection
biotic potential
convergent boundary
48. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
decomposer
petroleum
composting
solid waste
49. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
secondary consumers
wetlands
capture fisheries
dose-response curve
50. A process in which an organism is exposed to a toxin at different concentrations - and the dosage that causes the death of the organism is recorded.
biomagnifications
abiotic
topsoil
dose-response analysis