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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.
population
proven reserve
Gross Primary Productivity
crop rotation
2. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
malnutrition
anthracite
primary consumers
3. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
photochemical smog
active collection
doldrums
emigration
4. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
risk management
greenbelt
underground mining
transpiration
5. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.
Half-life
conservation
physical (mechanical) weathering
parasitism
6. A soil horizon; the layer below the O layer is called the A layer. The A layer is formed of weathered rock - with some organic material; often referred to as topsoil.
C layer
population
tertiary consumers
A layer
7. 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.
estuary
wastewater
secondary treatment
erosion
8. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
global warming
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
convergent boundary
stationary sources
9. When one species feeds on another.
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
mineral deposit
water-scarce
predation
10. 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.
photosynthesis
total fertility rate
hazardous waste
green tax
11. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
secondary pollutants
logistic population growth
nitrogen fixation
albedo
12. The removal of all of the trees in an area.
salinization
hydroelectric power
Second Law of Thermodynamics
clear-cutting
13. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
sick building syndrome
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
fly ash
biosphere
14. 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
community
strip mining
C layer
15. The region draining into river system or other body of water.
Headwaters
watershed
monoculture
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
16. The capacity to do work.
bottom trawling
energy
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
primary consumers
17. Any substance that has an LD50 - of 50 mg or less per kg of body weight.
carnivore
subduction zone
tropospheric ozone
poison
18. The condition in which - at ecosystem boundaries - there is greater species diversity and biological density than there is in the heart of ecological communities.
upwelling
LD50
population density
edge effect
19. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
proven reserve
acute effect
nonrenewable resources
physical (mechanical) weathering
20. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
agroforestry
driftnets
upwelling
consumer
21. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
drip irrigation
convection currents
divergent boundary
doldrums
22. A lowland area - such as a marsh or swamp - that is saturated with moisture - especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.
tertiary consumers
wetlands
point source pollution
vector
23. When populations are well below the size dictated by the carrying capacity of the region they live in - they will grow exponentially - but as they approach the carrying capacity - their growth rate will decrease and the size of the population will ev
toxin
law of conservation of matter
logistic population growth
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
24. The third purest form of coal.
surface fires
overgrazed
atmosphere
subbituminous
25. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
hydroelectric power
convection
parasitism
photochemical smog
26. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
law of conservation of matter
risk management
overgrazed
combustion
27. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.
subbituminous
birth rate (crude birth rate)
combustion
respiration
28. The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in countries since the 1960s.
carnivore
Green Revolution
risk assessment
active collection
29. Sunlight.
carnivore
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
primary pollutants
radiant energy
30. Species that originate and live - or occur naturally - in an area or environment.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
indigenous species
lignite
convection
31. An underground layer of porous rock - sand - or other material that allows the movement of water between layers of nonporous rock or clay. Aquifers are frequently tapped for wells.
aquifer
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
photochemical smog
ecological footprint
32. 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.
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
energy pyramid
salinization
kinetic energy
33. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
denitrification
deforestation
chronic effect
underground mining
34. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
by-catch
lignite
land degradation
natural resources
35. The dark - crumbly - nutrient-rich material that results from the decomposition of organic material.
consumption
tailings
humus
parasitism
36. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms show a negative effect from a toxin.
evaporation
acid
heat islands
ED50
37. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
convection
arable
upwelling
biological weathering
38. The right - as to fishing or to the use of a riverbed - of one who owns riparian land (the land adjacent to a river or stream).
assimilation
Superfund Program
estuary
riparian right
39. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
anthracite
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
mantle
silviculture
40. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
La Nina
strip mining
deep well injection
acid precipitation
41. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
First Law of Thermodynamics
law of conservation of matter
toxicity
biomagnifications
42. Bacteria - virus - or other microorganisms that can cause disease.
secondary consumers
pathogens
dose-response analysis
land degradation
43. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
natural resources
conservation
habitat fragmentation
catalytic converter
44. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
second growth forests
weather
fishery
proven reserve
45. A waste product produced by the burning of coal.
fly ash
passive solar energy collection
biological weathering
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
46. Living or derived from living things.
subduction zone
genetic drift
chemical weathering
biotic
47. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
monoculture
silviculture
overgrazed
Coriolis effect
48. 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.
physical treatmen
asthenosphere
predation
industrial smog (gray smog)
49. The movement of individuals out of a population.
selective cutting
emigration
heat islands
toxicity
50. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.
renewable resources
B layer
albedo
high-level radioactive waste