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AP Environmental Science
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1. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.
tropical storm
wind farm
greenbelt
long lining
2. The removal of all of the trees in an area.
food web
producer
clear-cutting
vector
3. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
secondary treatment
asthenosphere
tropospheric ozone
low-level radioactive waste
4. An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.
ecological succession
heterotrophy
mineral deposit
secondary treatment
5. 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.
ecological succession
transform boundary
earthquake
Coriolis effect
6. Bacteria - virus - or other microorganisms that can cause disease.
tropical storm
invasive species
pathogens
second growth forests
7. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.
toxicity
potential energy
renewable resources
conservation
8. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
barrels
renewable resources
bioaccumulation
9. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
red tide
monoculture
Immigration
capture fisheries
10. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
nitrification
LD50
acute effect
sludge
11. The least pure coal.
sand
contour farming
lignite
land degradation
12. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
deep well injection
abiotic
aquifer
evolution
13. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
biotic potential
sludge
biosphere
assimilation
14. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
Uneven-aged management
chronic effect
physical (mechanical) weathering
petroleum
15. A fiscal policy that lowers taxes on income - including wages and profit - and raises taxes on consumption - particularly the unsustainable consumption of non-renewable resources.
divergent boundary
green tax
biotic
proven reserve
16. A severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean - traveling north - northwest - or northeast from its point of origin - and usually involving heavy rains.
food web
alkaline
assimilation
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
17. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
acid
primary succession
tropical storm
arable
18. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.
silt
k-selected
R horizon
composting
19. Pollutants that are released directly into the lower atmosphere.
tertiary consumers
primary pollutants
albedo
bituminous
20. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.
biosphere
community
sludge
Uneven-aged management
21. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
consumer
malnutrition
contour farming
Hadley cell
22. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
competitive exclusion
terracing
building-related illness
weathering
23. 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.
mutualism
global warming
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
Headwaters
24. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
terracing
divergent boundary
logistic population growth
secondary treatment
25. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
potential energy
natural resources
photochemical smog
inner core
26. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
estuary
combustion
community
consumer
27. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
assimilation
Southern Oscillation
strip mining
second growth forests
28. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.
barrels
chemical weathering
market permits
B layer
29. The edges of tectonic plates.
plate boundaries
sludge
U.S. Noise Control Act
ozone holes
30. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
carrying capacity
climax community
asthenosphere
abiotic
31. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.
silt
tropical storm
green tax
land degradation
32. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
gray smog (industrial smog)
scrubbers
mantle
combustion
33. The process of burning.
stationary sources
strip mining
detritivore
combustion
34. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
acute effect
secondary pollutants
First Law of Thermodynamics
habitat
35. An organism that obtains organic food molecules without eating other organisms or substances derived from other organisms. autotrophs use energy from the sun or from the oxidation of inorganic substances to make organic molecules from inorganic ones.
low-level radioactive waste
inner core
autotroph
mantle
36. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
replacement birth rate
convection
reservoir
rain shadow
37. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
red tide
transpiration
competitive exclusion
total fertility rate
38. To convert or change into a vapor.
risk management
slash-and-burn
evaporation
Coriolis effect
39. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
C layer
composting
physical (mechanical) weathering
crude oil
40. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
catalytic converter
pioneer species
green tax
ecosystem capital
41. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
primary consumers
lignite
population density
assimilation
42. A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.
arable
loamy
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
delta
43. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
upwelling
demographic transition model
biomagnifications
silviculture
44. 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.
second growth forests
atmosphere
nonrenewable resources
monoculture
45. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
competitive exclusion
law of conservation of matter
climax community
r-selected
46. A high-speed - meandering wind current - generally moving from a westerly direction at speeds often exceeding 400 km (250 miles) per hour at altitudes of 15 to 25 km (10 to 15 miles).
Immigration
heterotrophy
subbituminous
jet stream
47. Living or derived from living things.
underground mining
primary consumers
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
biotic
48. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
convection currents
symbiotic relationships
autotroph
Coriolis effect
49. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.
shelter-wood cutting
chemical weathering
land degradation
convection currents
50. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms show a negative effect from a toxin.
invasive species
autotroph
wastewater
ED50