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AP Environmental Science

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.






2. 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.






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






4. Land that's fit to be cultivated.






5. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.






6. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.






7. Organisms in the first stages of succession.






8. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.






9. 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.






10. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.






11. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.






12. 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.






13. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.






14. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.






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






16. 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.






17. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.






18. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.






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






20. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).






21. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.






22. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.






23. Power generated using water.






24. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.






25. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.






26. Any noise that causes stress or has the potential to damage human health.






27. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.






28. 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. ...






29. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.






30. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.






31. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.






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






33. A nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus - especially a heavy nucleus such as an isotope of uranium - splits into fragments - usually two fragments of comparable mass - releasing from 100 million to several hundred million electron volts of ener






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






35. 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.






36. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.






37. A succession of organisms in an ecological community that constitutes a continuation of food energy from one organism to another as each consumes a lower member and - in turn - is preyed upon by a higher member.






38. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.






39. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.






40. The process of fusing two nuclei.






41. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.






42. Sunlight.






43. The process in which soil becomes saltier and saltier until - finally - the salt prevents the growth of plants. Salinization is caused by irrigation because salts brought in with the water remain in the soil as water evaporates.






44. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.






45. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.






46. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.






47. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.






48. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.






49. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.






50. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.