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AP Environmental Science
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1. 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.
riparian right
green tax
barrier island
weathering
2. A lowland area - such as a marsh or swamp - that is saturated with moisture - especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.
wetlands
nitrogen fixation
evolution
secondary consumers
3. 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).
plate boundaries
sludge processor
riparian right
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
4. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
no-till
assimilation
detritivore
food chain
5. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.
preservation
Immigration
R horizon
El Nino
6. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.
trophic level
contour farming
silt
Gross Primary Productivity
7. The process in which plants absorb ammonium (NH3) - ammonia ions (NH4+) - and nitrate ions (NO3) through their roots.
chronic effect
sludge
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
assimilation
8. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
silviculture
greenhouse effect
wind farm
physical treatmen
9. The edges of tectonic plates.
assimilation
mutualism
plate boundaries
thermosphere
10. The water from which a river rises; a source.
extinction
Headwaters
passive solar energy collection
radiant energy
11. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
contour farming
tropical storm
replacement birth rate
plate boundaries
12. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
preservation
coral reef
sand
acid
13. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.
r-selected
evolution
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
omnivores
14. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
food web
riparian right
Hadley cell
First Law of Thermodynamics
15. When one species feeds on another.
predation
ecological succession
producer
lithosphere
16. Also known as plantations - these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use.
barrels
divergent boundary
tree farms
R horizon
17. A layer of soil.
Horizon
silt
genetic drift
active collection
18. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
thermocline
parasitism
wastewater
barrels
19. The phenomenon whereby the Earth's atmosphere traps solar radiation - caused by the presence in the atmosphere of gases such as carbon dioxide - water vapor - and methane that allow incoming sunlight to pass through - but absorb heat radiated back fr
mineral deposit
total fertility rate
greenhouse effect
carrying capacity
20. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
vector
age-structure pyramids
parasitism
water-stressed
21. 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).
transform boundary
jet stream
heterotrophy
proven reserve
22. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
asthenosphere
food chain
First Law of Thermodynamics
Uneven-aged management
23. A soil horizon - horizon C is made up of larger pieces of rock that have not undergone much weathering.
biotic
sand
physical (mechanical) weathering
C layer
24. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
slash-and-burn
erosion
mutualism
atmosphere
25. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
acid precipitation
clay
dose-response curve
symbiotic relationships
26. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
tree farms
physical (mechanical) weathering
community
pioneer species
27. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
biological weathering
tailings
food web
physical (mechanical) weathering
28. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
arable
solid waste
greenhouse effect
niche
29. 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.
secondary consumers
ecological succession
weathering
volcanoes
30. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
shelter-wood cutting
sick building syndrome
threshold dose
logistic population growth
31. 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.
clear-cutting
autotroph
leachate
law of conservation of matter
32. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
proven reserve
disease
lithosphere
convection
33. 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.
genetic drift
total fertility rate
radiant energy
sludge processor
34. The process of fusing two nuclei.
ecological succession
transpiration
divergent boundary
nuclear fusion
35. Devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
B layer
catalytic converter
scrubbers
36. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
biotic potential
Second Law of Thermodynamics
deforestation
Aquaculture
37. Bacteria or fungi that absorb nutrients from nonliving organic matter like plant material - the wastes of living organisms - and corpses. They convert these materials into inorganic forms.
decomposer
carnivore
fly ash
primary treatment
38. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.
B layer
estuary
strip mining
anthracite
39. 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.
El Nino
slash-and-burn
crude oil
thermocline
40. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
consumption
composting
R horizon
abiotic
41. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
tropospheric ozone
plate boundaries
population
composting
42. The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.
keystone species
heat islands
deforestation
surface fires
43. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
atmosphere
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
ozone holes
petroleum
44. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.
land degradation
loamy
bottom trawling
albedo
45. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
plate boundaries
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
subduction zone
clay
46. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
tropospheric ozone
land degradation
green tax
water-stressed
47. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
ED50
Uneven-aged management
crude oil
death rate (crude death rate)
48. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
Hadley cell
omnivores
fission
49. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
A layer
autotroph
leachate
carrying capacity
50. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
divergent boundary
transpiration
carnivore
subduction zone