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AP Environmental Science
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1. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.
wastewater
death rate (crude death rate)
trade winds
k-selected
2. 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.
community
barrels
wastewater
mutualism
3. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
LD50
low-level radioactive waste
clay
primary treatment
4. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
acute effect
tertiary consumers
climax community
arable
5. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
transpiration
closed-loop recycling
habitat
6. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
doldrums
water-scarce
composting
monoculture
7. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
pioneer species
kinetic energy
habitat fragmentation
acute effect
8. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
reservoir
agroforestry
weathering
autotroph
9. 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.
Horizon
jet stream
Southern Oscillation
selective cutting
10. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
chronic effect
slash-and-burn
deep well injection
stationary sources
11. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.
transform boundary
reservoir
underground mining
anthracite
12. A species whose very presence contributes to an ecosystem's diversity and whose extinction would consequently lead to the extinction of other forms of life.
mineral deposit
population
thermosphere
keystone species
13. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
omnivores
symbiotic relationships
mantle
primary succession
14. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
risk management
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
Coriolis effect
agroforestry
15. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
LD50
petroleum
water-scarce
ozone holes
16. 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.
arable
weathering
albedo
thermocline
17. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
acid precipitation
primary consumers
fossil fuel
tropospheric ozone
18. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
biotic
radiant energy
energy pyramid
water-stressed
19. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
Immigration
B layer
tertiary consumers
potential energy
20. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
drip irrigation
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
chronic effect
primary consumers
21. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
biosphere
primary pollutants
conservation
greenbelt
22. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
photochemical smog
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
birth rate (crude birth rate)
O layer
23. Power generated using water.
global warming
Horizon
hazardous waste
hydroelectric power
24. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
by-catch
climax community
agroforestry
noise pollution
25. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
Aquaculture
composting
barrier island
shelter-wood cutting
26. Any noise that causes stress or has the potential to damage human health.
noise pollution
bottom trawling
sand
population
27. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.
pioneer species
agroforestry
building-related illness
autotroph
28. 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. ...
natural selection
salinization
loamy
contour farming
29. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
alkaline
natural selection
no-till
U.S. Noise Control Act
30. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
Green Revolution
point source pollution
driftnets
autotroph
31. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
doldrums
invasive species
primary consumers
prior appropriation
32. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.
disease
toxin
trophic level
invasive species
33. A nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus - especially a heavy nucleus such as an isotope of uranium - splits into fragments - usually two fragments of comparable mass - releasing from 100 million to several hundred million electron volts of ener
solid waste
nuclear fusion
secondary pollutants
fission
34. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
greenbelt
Superfund Program
arable
indigenous species
35. 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
tailings
dose-response analysis
36. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.
high-level radioactive waste
radiant energy
A layer
natural selection
37. 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.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
bottom trawling
nonrenewable resources
food chain
38. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
fishery
natural resources
B layer
underground mining
39. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
emigration
bituminous
nonrenewable resources
driftnets
40. The process of fusing two nuclei.
Coriolis effect
nuclear fusion
convection
long lining
41. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
transpiration
overburden
chemical weathering
silt
42. Sunlight.
U.S. Noise Control Act
radiant energy
energy pyramid
evolution
43. 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.
climax community
salinization
k-selected
watershed
44. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.
chemical weathering
reservoir
subbituminous
delta
45. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
law of conservation of matter
predation
capture fisheries
risk management
46. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
tropical storm
convection
Gross Primary Productivity
secondary pollutants
47. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.
Coriolis effect
doldrums
acid
loamy
48. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.
mantle
acid precipitation
consumer
asthenosphere
49. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.
death rate (crude death rate)
respiration
red tide
parasitism
50. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
detritivore
community
tropospheric ozone
transpiration