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AP Environmental Science
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1. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
sand
convection currents
A layer
greenbelt
2. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.
indigenous species
sludge
slash-and-burn
driftnets
3. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
drip irrigation
A layer
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
agroforestry
4. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
preservation
Second Law of Thermodynamics
water-scarce
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
5. The process by which - according to Darwin's theory of evolution - only the organisms best adapted to their environment tend to survive and transmit their genetic characteristics in increasing numbers to succeeding generations - while those less adap
prior appropriation
closed-loop recycling
lithosphere
natural selection
6. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
food web
estuary
sand
loamy
7. The condition in which - at ecosystem boundaries - there is greater species diversity and biological density than there is in the heart of ecological communities.
transform boundary
noise pollution
edge effect
symbiotic relationships
8. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.
extinction
no-till
estuary
second growth forests
9. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
watershed
upwelling
barrier island
10. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
Infection
strip mining
thermocline
detritivore
11. 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.
biotic
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
C layer
food chain
12. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
aquifer
renewable resources
pioneer species
market permits
13. 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.
asthenosphere
energy pyramid
C layer
conservation
14. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
inner core
Southern Oscillation
terracing
autotroph
15. When materials - such as plastic or aluminum - are used to rebuild the same product. An example of this is the use of the aluminum from aluminum cans to produce more aluminum cans.
active collection
closed-loop recycling
ecological footprint
population
16. 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.
salinization
composting
El Nino
demographic transition model
17. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
asthenosphere
genetic drift
acute effect
C layer
18. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
biomagnifications
secondary treatment
weathering
tropospheric ozone
19. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
decomposer
biomagnifications
death rate (crude death rate)
albedo
20. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
gray smog (industrial smog)
point source pollution
fault
earthquake
21. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
climax community
clear-cutting
symbiotic relationships
point source pollution
22. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
strip mining
subbituminous
producer
bioaccumulation
23. The third purest form of coal.
subbituminous
B layer
red tide
delta
24. Organisms that are capable of interbreeding with one another and incapable of breeding with other species.
O layer
age-structure pyramids
solid waste
species
25. An influential theory that concerns the long - term rate of conventional oil (and other fossil fuel) extraction and depletion. It predicts that future world oil production will soon reach a peak and then rapidly decline.
slash-and-burn
hydroelectric power
bioaccumulation
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
26. The second-purest form of coal.
bottom trawling
kinetic energy
bituminous
consumption
27. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
contour farming
wastewater
overgrazed
community
28. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
k-selected
convection currents
jet stream
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
29. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
parasitism
predation
no-till
bioaccumulation
30. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
earthquake
delta
physical (mechanical) weathering
tertiary consumers
31. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
heterotrophy
non-point source pollution
driftnets
underground mining
32. An animal that only consumes other animals.
climax community
carnivore
ozone holes
sand
33. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
drip irrigation
food web
secondary treatment
34. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.
fault
vector
driftnets
clear-cutting
35. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
trade winds
Second Law of Thermodynamics
fly ash
doldrums
36. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
low-level radioactive waste
volcanoes
traditional subsistence agriculture
ecosystem capital
37. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
detritivore
photosynthesis
monoculture
B layer
38. 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.
biotic potential
thermocline
convergent boundary
agroforestry
39. Is the practice of planting bands of different crops across a hillside.
vector
Green Revolution
convergent boundary
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
40. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
global warming
disease
convection
proven reserve
41. To convert or change into a vapor.
law of conservation of matter
mutualism
shelter-wood cutting
evaporation
42. 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.
B layer
volcanoes
aquifer
tertiary consumers
43. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
surface fires
low-level radioactive waste
climax community
malnutrition
44. The process of soil particles being carried away by wind or water. Erosion moves the smaller particles first and hence degrades the soil to a coarser - sandier - stonier texture.
erosion
evaporation
industrial smog (gray smog)
stationary sources
45. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
k-selected
barrels
logistic population growth
population density
46. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
loamy
mutualism
population
drip irrigation
47. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
photochemical smog
respiration
proven reserve
realized niche
48. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
arable
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
doldrums
traditional subsistence agriculture
49. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.
barrier island
crop rotation
barrels
long lining
50. Says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed.
First Law of Thermodynamics
low-level radioactive waste
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
stationary sources