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AP Environmental Science
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1. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.
respiration
energy pyramid
humus
greenhouse effect
2. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.
evaporation
clear-cutting
disease
primary succession
3. The uppermost horizon of soil. It is primarily made up of organic material - including waste from organisms - the bodies of decomposing organisms - and live organisms.
deep well injection
trophic level
O layer
primary treatment
4. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
greenbelt
topsoil
logistic population growth
risk assessment
5. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.
slash-and-burn
solid waste
silt
bottom trawling
6. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
chemical weathering
nonrenewable resources
thermosphere
crude oil
7. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
contour farming
sludge
photochemical smog
8. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
building-related illness
O layer
silviculture
clay
9. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
abiotic
invasive species
nonrenewable resources
petroleum
10. The result of vibrations (often due to plate movements) deep in the Earth that release energy. They often occur as two plates slide past one another at a transform boundary.
earthquake
upwelling
gray smog (industrial smog)
total fertility rate
11. 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.
agroforestry
total fertility rate
producer
abiotic
12. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
reservoir
energy
parasitism
ED50
13. Devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants.
bituminous
scrubbers
law of conservation of matter
clay
14. Any waste that poses a danger to human health; it must be dealt with in a different way from other types of waste.
hazardous waste
petroleum
respiration
clay
15. Organisms that are capable of interbreeding with one another and incapable of breeding with other species.
ozone holes
fly ash
First Law of Thermodynamics
species
16. The practice of alternating the crops grown on a piece of land - for example - corn one year - legumes for two years - and then back to corn.
pathogens
scrubbers
upwelling
crop rotation
17. The molten core of the Earth.
wastewater
inner core
contour farming
asthenosphere
18. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
land degradation
replacement birth rate
capture fisheries
energy pyramid
19. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
tailings
water-scarce
renewable resources
nuclear fusion
20. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
First Law of Thermodynamics
fault
vector
by-catch
21. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
natural resources
red tide
primary treatment
photochemical smog
22. An area in which a particular mineral is concentrated - mining -the excavation of the Earth for the purpose of extracting ore or minerals.
point source pollution
mineral deposit
watershed
biomagnifications
23. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.
kinetic energy
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
aquifer
strip mining
24. The liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.
O layer
bituminous
jet stream
leachate
25. 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.
non-point source pollution
point source pollution
catalytic converter
nuclear fusion
26. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
niche
ozone holes
doldrums
evolution
27. 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
threshold dose
population density
greenhouse effect
pioneer species
28. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
detritivore
overgrazed
drip irrigation
R horizon
29. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.
petroleum
vector
indigenous species
old growth forest
30. The process by which specialized bacteria (mostly anaerobic bacteria) convert ammonia to NOy NO2 - and N2 and release it back to the atmosphere.
denitrification
delta
monoculture
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
31. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
population density
deforestation
building-related illness
assimilation
32. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
mutualism
closed-loop recycling
divergent boundary
vector
33. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
albedo
malnutrition
genetic drift
no-till
34. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
acid
poison
driftnets
autotroph
35. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
ecological footprint
community
evaporation
renewable resources
36. The removal of all of the trees in an area.
clear-cutting
atmosphere
food web
photosynthesis
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.
long lining
vector
ED50
decomposer
38. Change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals and resulting in the development of new species.
ED50
traditional subsistence agriculture
evolution
solid waste
39. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
tailings
nuclear fusion
symbiotic relationships
barrels
40. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
wastewater
logistic population growth
nonrenewable resources
mineral deposit
41. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
ecological succession
sludge processor
abiotic
Uneven-aged management
42. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
coral reef
thermosphere
sludge processor
water-stressed
43. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
indigenous species
reservoir
natural selection
composting
44. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
biotic potential
green tax
estuary
chronic effect
45. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
gray smog (industrial smog)
risk management
death rate (crude death rate)
tertiary consumers
46. Involves the sinking of shafts to reach underground deposits. In this type of mining - networks of tunnels are dug or blasted and humans enter these tunnels in order to manually retrieve the coal.
secondary treatment
red tide
underground mining
surface fires
47. Also known as plantations - these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use.
solid waste
bituminous
kinetic energy
tree farms
48. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
consumer
jet stream
global warming
realized niche
49. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
tropical storm
primary consumers
sludge
tertiary consumers
50. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.
crude oil
extinction
tropospheric ozone
kinetic energy