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AP Environmental Science

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1. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.






2. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.






3. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.






4. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.






5. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.






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






7. An introduced - normative species.






8. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.






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






10. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.






11. The value of natural resources.






12. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.






13. A platinum - coated device that oxidizes most of the VOCs and some of the CO that would otherwise be emitted in exhaust - converting them to CO2.






14. Graphical representations of populations' ages.






15. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.






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






17. Sunlight.






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






19. Any waste that poses a danger to human health; it must be dealt with in a different way from other types of waste.






20. In a sewage treatment plant - the initial filtration that is done to remove debris such as stones - sticks - rags - toys - and other objects that were flushed down the toilet.






21. 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.






22. The second-purest form of coal.






23. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.






24. 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.






25. The condition in which - at ecosystem boundaries - there is greater species diversity and biological density than there is in the heart of ecological communities.






26. 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.






27. The region draining into river system or other body of water.






28. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.






29. The liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.






30. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.






31. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.






32. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.






33. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.






34. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.






35. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.






40. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.






41. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.






42. 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.






43. The movement of individuals out of a population.






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






45. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava - ash - and gases are ejected.






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






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






48. The movement of individuals into a population.






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






50. Nets that are dragged through the water and indiscriminately catch everything in their path.






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