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AP Environmental Science

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1. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.






2. 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.






3. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.






4. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.






5. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.






6. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.






7. 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






8. Energy at rest - or stored energy.






9. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.






10. Also known as plantations - these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use.






11. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.






12. The removal of all of the trees in an area.






13. Power generated using water.






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






15. The capacity to do work.






16. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.






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






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






19. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.






20. 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.






21. The condition in which - at ecosystem boundaries - there is greater species diversity and biological density than there is in the heart of ecological communities.






22. 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.






23. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.






27. 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.






28. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.






29. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.






30. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.






31. The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica (and to some extent - over the Arctic).






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






33. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.






34. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.






35. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.






36. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.






37. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.






38. Organisms that consume primary consumers.






39. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.






40. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.






41. 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






42. When one species feeds on another.






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






44. 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.






45. The least pure coal.






46. 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.






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






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






49. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.






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