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AP Environmental Science

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1. The third purest form of coal.






2. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.






3. Any waste that poses a danger to human health; it must be dealt with in a different way from other types of waste.






4. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.






5. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.






6. When a species occupies a smaller niche than it would in the absence of competition.






7. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.






8. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.






9. 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.






10. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.






11. Any water that has been used by humans. This includes human sewage - water drained from showers - tubs - sinks - dishwashers - washing machines - water from industrial processes - and storm water runoff.






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.






13. A layer of soil.






14. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.






15. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.






16. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.






17. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.






18. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.






19. When companies are allowed to buy permits that allow them a certain amount of discharge of substances into certain environmental outlets. If they can reduce their amount of discharge - they are allowed to sell the remaining portion of their permit to






20. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.






21. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.






22. The liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.






23. 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






24. 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.






25. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.






26. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.






27. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.






28. Organisms in the first stages of succession.






29. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.






33. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.






34. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.






35. An animal that only consumes other animals.






36. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.






37. 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.






38. Organisms that are capable of interbreeding with one another and incapable of breeding with other species.






39. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.






40. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.






41. Graphical representations of populations' ages.






42. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.






43. 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.






44. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.






45. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.






46. 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).






47. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.






48. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.






49. A program funded by the federal government and a trust that's funded by taxes on chemicals; identifies pollutants and cleans up hazardous waste sites.






50. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.