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AP Environmental Science
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1. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
logistic population growth
sick building syndrome
inner core
loamy
2. Is the practice of planting bands of different crops across a hillside.
logistic population growth
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
edge effect
Horizon
3. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.
heat islands
weathering
second growth forests
barrels
4. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
pioneer species
transform boundary
trade winds
habitat
5. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
C layer
no-till
weathering
old growth forest
6. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
catalytic converter
nitrogen fixation
dose-response analysis
poison
7. 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. ...
contour farming
A layer
dose-response curve
consumer
8. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.
estuary
chemical weathering
population
First Law of Thermodynamics
9. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.
mutualism
hazardous waste
secondary consumers
traditional subsistence agriculture
10. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava - ash - and gases are ejected.
volcanoes
age-structure pyramids
weather
silviculture
11. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
energy pyramid
non-point source pollution
noise pollution
invasive species
12. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
B layer
disease
primary treatment
reservoir
13. The amount of the Earth's surface that's necessary to supply the needs of - and dispose of the waste from a particular population.
malnutrition
loamy
replacement birth rate
ecological footprint
14. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
detritivore
physical (mechanical) weathering
rain shadow
catalytic converter
15. Species that originate and live - or occur naturally - in an area or environment.
anthracite
indigenous species
photochemical smog
law of conservation of matter
16. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.
competitive exclusion
estuary
extinction
sludge processor
17. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
denitrification
Southern Oscillation
sand
composting
18. The dark - crumbly - nutrient-rich material that results from the decomposition of organic material.
humus
population
Headwaters
industrial smog (gray smog)
19. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
land degradation
biomagnifications
Southern Oscillation
composting
20. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
Hadley cell
Uneven-aged management
Green Revolution
21. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.
consumption
drip irrigation
population density
closed-loop recycling
22. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
deforestation
crude oil
nitrification
ecological footprint
23. 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).
Second Law of Thermodynamics
riparian right
sludge
biotic
24. The movement of individuals into a population.
tropospheric ozone
population density
Immigration
thermocline
25. The value of natural resources.
hazardous waste
alkaline
ecosystem capital
market permits
26. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
fault
acid precipitation
weathering
biomagnifications
27. The condition in which - at ecosystem boundaries - there is greater species diversity and biological density than there is in the heart of ecological communities.
LD50
industrial smog (gray smog)
photochemical smog
edge effect
28. The process in which plants absorb ammonium (NH3) - ammonia ions (NH4+) - and nitrate ions (NO3) through their roots.
assimilation
species
trade winds
age-structure pyramids
29. The gaseous mass or envelope surrounding a celestial body - especially the one surrounding the Earth - which is retained by the celestial body's gravitational field.
biosphere
red tide
atmosphere
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
30. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
Half-life
jet stream
industrial smog (gray smog)
competitive exclusion
31. A basic substance; chemically - a substance that absorbs hydrogen ions or releases hydroxyl ions; in reference to natural water - a measure of the base content of the water.
convection currents
acid
population density
alkaline
32. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
Aquaculture
subduction zone
silviculture
weathering
33. 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).
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
risk management
lignite
watershed
34. The movement of individuals out of a population.
emigration
non-point source pollution
denitrification
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
35. Any substance that has an LD50 - of 50 mg or less per kg of body weight.
edge effect
energy pyramid
toxicity
poison
36. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
food chain
dose-response curve
non-point source pollution
age-structure pyramids
37. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
by-catch
high-level radioactive waste
estuary
chronic effect
38. The third purest form of coal.
barrier island
secondary consumers
closed-loop recycling
subbituminous
39. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
ecological footprint
water-scarce
old growth forest
A layer
40. The practice of alternating the crops grown on a piece of land - for example - corn one year - legumes for two years - and then back to corn.
closed-loop recycling
predation
Hadley cell
crop rotation
41. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
disease
ED50
U.S. Noise Control Act
catalytic converter
42. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.
emigration
coral reef
high-level radioactive waste
deforestation
43. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
emigration
arable
physical treatmen
doldrums
44. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
shelter-wood cutting
physical treatmen
capture fisheries
petroleum
45. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
capture fisheries
niche
indigenous species
energy
46. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
malnutrition
fossil fuel
by-catch
alkaline
47. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.
pathogens
plate boundaries
salinization
overgrazed
48. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
thermosphere
market permits
capture fisheries
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
49. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
alkaline
trade winds
acute effect
albedo
50. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
competitive exclusion
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
decomposer
drip irrigation