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AP Environmental Science
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1. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
indigenous species
sand
barrier island
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
2. The random fluctuations in the frequency of the appearance of a gene in a small isolated population - presumably owing to chance - rather than natural selection.
keystone species
thermosphere
genetic drift
preservation
3. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
watershed
subduction zone
contour farming
realized niche
4. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
market permits
Southern Oscillation
tree farms
habitat
5. 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.
closed-loop recycling
k-selected
red tide
jet stream
6. When populations are well below the size dictated by the carrying capacity of the region they live in - they will grow exponentially - but as they approach the carrying capacity - their growth rate will decrease and the size of the population will ev
riparian right
noise pollution
logistic population growth
disease
7. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
asthenosphere
high-level radioactive waste
conservation
8. 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.
poison
building-related illness
green tax
reservoir
9. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.
ecological succession
bioaccumulation
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
nitrification
10. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
sludge
consumer
Aquaculture
abiotic
11. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
wetlands
fishery
pathogens
combustion
12. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
terracing
toxin
tropospheric ozone
wastewater
13. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
proven reserve
deep well injection
convection
14. An introduced - normative species.
salinization
dose-response analysis
earthquake
invasive species
15. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
acute effect
trade winds
rain shadow
transpiration
16. 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
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
market permits
mantle
upwelling
17. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
food web
denitrification
First Law of Thermodynamics
doldrums
18. The movement of individuals into a population.
overburden
threshold dose
silviculture
Immigration
19. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
Southern Oscillation
selective cutting
upwelling
weather
20. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
biomagnifications
evolution
capture fisheries
edge effect
21. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.
shelter-wood cutting
wetlands
green tax
greenhouse effect
22. 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.
silt
photosynthesis
autotroph
clear-cutting
23. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
plate boundaries
Uneven-aged management
second growth forests
toxicity
24. The low-rainfall region that exists on the leeward (downwind) side of a mountain range. This rain shadow is the result of the mountain range's causing precipitation on the windward side.
ED50
rain shadow
toxin
trophic level
25. The removal of all of the trees in an area.
fossil fuel
stationary sources
divergent boundary
clear-cutting
26. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
old growth forest
petroleum
Coriolis effect
barrels
27. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
crop rotation
convergent boundary
ecological footprint
gray smog (industrial smog)
28. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.
ecosystem capital
overgrazed
LD50
toxicity
29. The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.
underground mining
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
deforestation
greenhouse effect
30. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.
overburden
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
species
logistic population growth
31. 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.
heat islands
earthquake
habitat
primary treatment
32. A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.
watershed
delta
solid waste
edge effect
33. 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)
traditional subsistence agriculture
wastewater
natural selection
34. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
chemical weathering
estuary
albedo
evaporation
35. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
competitive exclusion
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
jet stream
La Nina
36. 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
predation
albedo
biological weathering
37. 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
volcanoes
water-scarce
prior appropriation
38. Nets that are dragged through the water and indiscriminately catch everything in their path.
climax community
driftnets
habitat
thermosphere
39. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
competitive exclusion
reservoir
convergent boundary
decomposer
40. 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. ...
Hadley cell
water-scarce
contour farming
Half-life
41. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
closed-loop recycling
dose-response curve
nitrogen fixation
composting
42. 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
Infection
aquifer
Horizon
43. Sunlight.
malnutrition
weather
radiant energy
energy pyramid
44. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
competitive exclusion
by-catch
humus
omnivores
45. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.
physical treatmen
consumption
hazardous waste
reservoir
46. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
symbiotic relationships
silviculture
passive solar energy collection
bottom trawling
47. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
thermosphere
death rate (crude death rate)
leachate
heterotrophy
48. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
renewable resources
dose-response curve
clay
Half-life
49. Using strategies to reduce the amount of risk (the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen).
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
risk management
deep well injection
secondary treatment
50. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
reservoir
shelter-wood cutting
petroleum
lignite