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AP Environmental Science
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1. Can consist of hazardous waste - industrial solid waste - or municipal waste. Many types of solid waste provide a threat to human health and the environment.
death rate (crude death rate)
demographic transition model
solid waste
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
2. 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.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
shelter-wood cutting
primary treatment
community
3. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
tropospheric ozone
non-point source pollution
fission
barrels
4. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
nitrification
earthquake
food chain
replacement birth rate
5. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
old growth forest
Second Law of Thermodynamics
tertiary consumers
non-point source pollution
6. 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. ...
red tide
long lining
contour farming
erosion
7. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
secondary consumers
volcanoes
by-catch
noise pollution
8. 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.
loamy
catalytic converter
secondary consumers
Coriolis effect
9. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
acid
indigenous species
realized niche
fly ash
10. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
kinetic energy
habitat
parasitism
bioaccumulation
11. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
producer
primary treatment
Superfund Program
parasitism
12. 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.
green tax
crop rotation
toxicity
physical treatmen
13. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
tree farms
coral reef
topsoil
detritivore
14. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
noise pollution
old growth forest
secondary pollutants
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
15. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
biomagnifications
fishery
omnivores
solid waste
16. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
low-level radioactive waste
Uneven-aged management
upwelling
toxicity
17. The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in countries since the 1960s.
Infection
contour farming
Green Revolution
population density
18. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.
underground mining
plate boundaries
abiotic
chemical weathering
19. 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.
r-selected
inner core
autotroph
U.S. Noise Control Act
20. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
sick building syndrome
nitrogen fixation
total fertility rate
active collection
21. A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.
delta
natural resources
potential energy
albedo
22. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
chemical weathering
bottom trawling
primary consumers
primary treatment
23. The capacity to do work.
extinction
energy
low-level radioactive waste
secondary treatment
24. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.
El Nino
fossil fuel
First Law of Thermodynamics
global warming
25. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
silviculture
Horizon
stationary sources
pioneer species
26. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
water-scarce
hazardous waste
non-point source pollution
solid waste
27. Living or derived from living things.
biotic
ozone holes
deforestation
driftnets
28. 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.
producer
total fertility rate
bioaccumulation
silt
29. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
ecological succession
barrels
nitrogen fixation
gray smog (industrial smog)
30. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
secondary treatment
biotic
petroleum
threshold dose
31. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
El Nino
predation
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
old growth forest
32. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
biotic
atmosphere
population
lithosphere
33. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
toxin
Uneven-aged management
malnutrition
Hadley cell
34. 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
age-structure pyramids
indigenous species
fission
hydroelectric power
35. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
wetlands
point source pollution
risk assessment
36. The edges of tectonic plates.
evaporation
plate boundaries
reservoir
primary pollutants
37. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
thermosphere
jet stream
natural resources
assimilation
38. 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.
A layer
greenhouse effect
green tax
r-selected
39. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.
proven reserve
risk assessment
greenbelt
toxin
40. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms show a negative effect from a toxin.
ED50
logistic population growth
conservation
terracing
41. 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).
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
inner core
jet stream
tropospheric ozone
42. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
genetic drift
ecosystem capital
transpiration
erosion
43. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.
k-selected
shelter-wood cutting
asthenosphere
subbituminous
44. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
evaporation
wind farm
malnutrition
acute effect
45. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
capture fisheries
ecological footprint
subbituminous
edge effect
46. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
consumer
tropospheric ozone
crude oil
primary succession
47. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
fault
land degradation
emigration
extinction
48. 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.
radiant energy
sludge
green tax
pathogens
49. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
convection currents
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
biomagnifications
humus
50. The molten core of the Earth.
inner core
stationary sources
tertiary consumers
wind farm
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