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AP Environmental Science
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1. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
convection
omnivores
trade winds
sand
2. The place where two plates abut each other.
fault
passive solar energy collection
composting
bituminous
3. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
biotic
preservation
transpiration
total fertility rate
4. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.
long lining
clay
combustion
second growth forests
5. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
preservation
biosphere
risk management
contour farming
6. A waste product produced by the burning of coal.
fly ash
Coriolis effect
reservoir
leachate
7. 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.
rain shadow
atmosphere
catalytic converter
loamy
8. A cooling of the ocean surface off the western coast of South America - occurring periodically every 4 to 12 years and affecting Pacific and other weather patterns.
La Nina
by-catch
ecological footprint
nonrenewable resources
9. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.
high-level radioactive waste
kinetic energy
hazardous waste
assimilation
10. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
deep well injection
photochemical smog
convergent boundary
carnivore
11. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
tertiary consumers
sick building syndrome
bioaccumulation
trade winds
12. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.
thermosphere
radiant energy
weathering
biotic potential
13. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
market permits
malnutrition
thermosphere
rain shadow
14. 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.
food chain
omnivores
slash-and-burn
primary treatment
15. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
barrier island
disease
strip mining
acid precipitation
16. An animal that only consumes other animals.
species
pathogens
topsoil
carnivore
17. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.
topsoil
loamy
tertiary consumers
Uneven-aged management
18. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
disease
primary succession
energy
19. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
earthquake
A layer
biomagnifications
primary consumers
20. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
physical treatmen
parasitism
solid waste
high-level radioactive waste
21. The least pure coal.
subduction zone
Southern Oscillation
silt
lignite
22. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.
habitat fragmentation
selective cutting
overgrazed
total fertility rate
23. The second-purest form of coal.
secondary pollutants
bituminous
Hadley cell
dose-response analysis
24. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
evolution
low-level radioactive waste
convection currents
tree farms
25. The value of natural resources.
producer
secondary consumers
fly ash
ecosystem capital
26. Any substance that has an LD50 - of 50 mg or less per kg of body weight.
sand
barrels
threshold dose
poison
27. The capacity to do work.
nonrenewable resources
energy
tertiary consumers
autotroph
28. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
replacement birth rate
parasitism
biomagnifications
crude oil
29. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
doldrums
climax community
water-stressed
earthquake
30. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
arable
bioaccumulation
jet stream
evolution
31. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
monoculture
decomposer
proven reserve
parasitism
32. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
land degradation
tailings
threshold dose
Hadley cell
33. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.
sludge
noise pollution
silt
food chain
34. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
energy pyramid
biological weathering
weather
producer
35. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
sludge
drip irrigation
k-selected
no-till
36. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
renewable resources
thermosphere
topsoil
petroleum
37. The edges of tectonic plates.
LD50
chemical weathering
edge effect
plate boundaries
38. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
secondary consumers
emigration
physical (mechanical) weathering
disease
39. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
hydroelectric power
energy
old growth forest
risk assessment
40. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
abiotic
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
Superfund Program
41. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
k-selected
symbiotic relationships
natural resources
weathering
42. Bacteria - virus - or other microorganisms that can cause disease.
earthquake
land degradation
sick building syndrome
pathogens
43. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
photochemical smog
ozone holes
overburden
secondary treatment
44. 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.
alkaline
nitrogen fixation
wastewater
Coriolis effect
45. 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. ...
contour farming
energy
bottom trawling
acid
46. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
nonrenewable resources
toxin
producer
47. To convert or change into a vapor.
atmosphere
natural selection
niche
evaporation
48. 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.
assimilation
capture fisheries
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
wastewater
49. 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.
market permits
salinization
food web
keystone species
50. The third purest form of coal.
subbituminous
strip mining
crude oil
producer