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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.
fishery
proven reserve
bioaccumulation
hazardous waste
2. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
producer
evaporation
reservoir
Hadley cell
3. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.
photosynthesis
renewable resources
indigenous species
vector
4. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
fossil fuel
erosion
nuclear fusion
biomagnifications
5. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
malnutrition
transform boundary
natural selection
contour farming
6. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
convection currents
physical treatmen
Gross Primary Productivity
toxin
7. The region draining into river system or other body of water.
Immigration
watershed
species
natural selection
8. 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.
consumer
habitat
symbiotic relationships
crop rotation
9. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.
fishery
selective cutting
overburden
chronic effect
10. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
photochemical smog
solid waste
global warming
biotic potential
11. A species whose very presence contributes to an ecosystem's diversity and whose extinction would consequently lead to the extinction of other forms of life.
chronic effect
trade winds
keystone species
biosphere
12. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
Southern Oscillation
fault
humus
physical (mechanical) weathering
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.
wastewater
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
hazardous waste
Headwaters
14. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
coral reef
Uneven-aged management
deep well injection
thermosphere
15. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
nonrenewable resources
trophic level
toxicity
autotroph
16. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
sand
energy pyramid
wind farm
convection
17. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
primary treatment
habitat
sludge
food web
18. The process in which soil bacteria convert ammonium (NH4+) to a form that can be used by plants; nitrate - or NO3.
law of conservation of matter
building-related illness
nitrification
secondary consumers
19. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
gray smog (industrial smog)
community
primary pollutants
convection
20. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
industrial smog (gray smog)
omnivores
habitat
divergent boundary
21. The process by which specialized bacteria (mostly anaerobic bacteria) convert ammonia to NOy NO2 - and N2 and release it back to the atmosphere.
denitrification
gray smog (industrial smog)
long lining
transpiration
22. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
high-level radioactive waste
natural selection
overgrazed
R horizon
23. 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. ...
consumer
aquifer
contour farming
acid precipitation
24. The capacity to do work.
fishery
energy
strip mining
autotroph
25. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
global warming
Coriolis effect
water-scarce
evaporation
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.
toxin
energy pyramid
natural resources
no-till
27. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
preservation
barrels
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
Gross Primary Productivity
28. Any substance that has an LD50 - of 50 mg or less per kg of body weight.
chronic effect
denitrification
market permits
poison
29. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
replacement birth rate
Superfund Program
mineral deposit
passive solar energy collection
30. The place where two plates abut each other.
Immigration
fault
Coriolis effect
tree farms
31. An introduced - normative species.
invasive species
biotic
risk assessment
Infection
32. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
nitrification
weathering
indigenous species
clay
33. The edges of tectonic plates.
autotroph
fission
greenbelt
plate boundaries
34. Any substance than is inhaled - ingested - or absorbed at dosages sufficient to damage a living organism.
capture fisheries
nitrification
toxin
nitrogen fixation
35. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.
watershed
nuclear fusion
secondary pollutants
divergent boundary
36. The part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere.
photochemical smog
acute effect
subbituminous
asthenosphere
37. The second-purest form of coal.
bituminous
emigration
active collection
First Law of Thermodynamics
38. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
old growth forest
shelter-wood cutting
Immigration
primary consumers
39. When physically treated sewage water is passed into a settling tank - where suspended solids settle out as sludge; chemically treated polymers may be added to help the suspended solids separate and settle out.
primary treatment
logistic population growth
natural selection
transpiration
40. The amount of sugar that the plants produce in photosynthesis and subtracting from it the amount of energy the plants need for growth maintenance - repair - and reproduction.
secondary treatment
niche
Gross Primary Productivity
producer
41. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
acid precipitation
U.S. Noise Control Act
proven reserve
overgrazed
42. A soil horizon - horizon C is made up of larger pieces of rock that have not undergone much weathering.
C layer
invasive species
bottom trawling
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
43. The number of children an average woman will bear during her lifetime; this information is based on an analysis of data from preceding years in the population in question.
acid
total fertility rate
market permits
dose-response curve
44. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.
chronic effect
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
demographic transition model
El Nino
45. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
asthenosphere
climax community
catalytic converter
LD50
46. The gaseous mass or envelope surrounding a celestial body - especially the one surrounding the Earth - which is retained by the celestial body's gravitational field.
divergent boundary
fossil fuel
atmosphere
emigration
47. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
thermocline
closed-loop recycling
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
arable
48. The value of natural resources.
contour farming
species
ecosystem capital
malnutrition
49. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
industrial smog (gray smog)
physical treatmen
alkaline
nuclear fusion
50. The water from which a river rises; a source.
Headwaters
dose-response curve
trophic level
k-selected