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AP Environmental Science
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1. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
fly ash
deep well injection
prior appropriation
nitrification
2. 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.
Horizon
preservation
closed-loop recycling
lignite
3. Bacteria - virus - or other microorganisms that can cause disease.
secondary treatment
pathogens
emigration
C layer
4. A group of modern windmills.
Gross Primary Productivity
wind farm
B layer
k-selected
5. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.
secondary consumers
transform boundary
respiration
Uneven-aged management
6. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
gray smog (industrial smog)
evolution
convergent boundary
7. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
physical treatmen
volcanoes
Second Law of Thermodynamics
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
8. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
parasitism
old growth forest
Immigration
water-scarce
9. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.
carnivore
energy pyramid
anthracite
carrying capacity
10. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
low-level radioactive waste
Hadley cell
secondary consumers
respiration
11. The process by which specialized bacteria (mostly anaerobic bacteria) convert ammonia to NOy NO2 - and N2 and release it back to the atmosphere.
denitrification
Headwaters
greenhouse effect
U.S. Noise Control Act
12. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
heat islands
anthracite
population
toxicity
13. Nets that are dragged through the water and indiscriminately catch everything in their path.
surface fires
building-related illness
driftnets
red tide
14. 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.
parasitism
catalytic converter
risk assessment
earthquake
15. A severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean - traveling north - northwest - or northeast from its point of origin - and usually involving heavy rains.
water-scarce
leachate
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
water-stressed
16. The place where two plates abut each other.
crop rotation
abiotic
stationary sources
fault
17. An area in which a particular mineral is concentrated - mining -the excavation of the Earth for the purpose of extracting ore or minerals.
acute effect
autotroph
anthracite
mineral deposit
18. The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source. Most forms of photosynthesis release oxygen as a byproduct.
thermocline
consumer
denitrification
photosynthesis
19. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
k-selected
death rate (crude death rate)
community
autotroph
20. Any substance that has an LD50 - of 50 mg or less per kg of body weight.
poison
LD50
tree farms
sludge processor
21. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
parasitism
R horizon
edge effect
tailings
22. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.
lithosphere
sludge processor
age-structure pyramids
habitat
23. The liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.
biological weathering
primary consumers
leachate
La Nina
24. Living or derived from living things.
atmosphere
passive solar energy collection
traditional subsistence agriculture
biotic
25. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
C layer
parasitism
terracing
transpiration
26. Devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants.
scrubbers
driftnets
reservoir
physical treatmen
27. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
population density
weather
acid
silviculture
28. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
fossil fuel
stationary sources
lithosphere
convection currents
29. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
hazardous waste
market permits
consumer
r-selected
30. The observed effect of the Coriolis force - especially the deflection of an object moving above the Earth - rightward in the Northern Hemisphere - and leftward in the Southern Hemisphere.
assimilation
anthracite
Coriolis effect
catalytic converter
31. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
stationary sources
chronic effect
denitrification
detritivore
32. 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
extinction
natural resources
hydroelectric power
natural selection
33. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
terracing
heat islands
no-till
dose-response analysis
34. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.
parasitism
weathering
global warming
k-selected
35. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
food chain
keystone species
thermocline
tailings
36. Power generated using water.
physical treatmen
mineral deposit
deforestation
hydroelectric power
37. 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.
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
dose-response curve
decomposer
shelter-wood cutting
38. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
reservoir
climax community
producer
Headwaters
39. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
arable
climax community
hydroelectric power
physical treatmen
40. A waste product produced by the burning of coal.
assimilation
food chain
food web
fly ash
41. The edges of tectonic plates.
Gross Primary Productivity
upwelling
heterotrophy
plate boundaries
42. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
abiotic
silviculture
fossil fuel
aquifer
43. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.
indigenous species
El Nino
monoculture
greenbelt
44. The removal of select trees in an area; this leaves the majority of the habitat in place and has less of an impact on the ecosystem.
selective cutting
ecological footprint
conservation
primary pollutants
45. The capacity to do work.
competitive exclusion
Aquaculture
extinction
energy
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.
wind farm
estuary
tree farms
underground mining
47. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.
mantle
sludge processor
carnivore
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
48. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
composting
malnutrition
food web
Hadley cell
49. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
building-related illness
estuary
sand
thermosphere
50. Any substance than is inhaled - ingested - or absorbed at dosages sufficient to damage a living organism.
drip irrigation
no-till
denitrification
toxin