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AP Environmental Science
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1. The amount of the Earth's surface that's necessary to supply the needs of - and dispose of the waste from a particular population.
long lining
ecological footprint
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
lithosphere
2. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
leachate
noise pollution
acute effect
barrier island
3. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.
overgrazed
natural resources
green tax
erosion
4. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
driftnets
Second Law of Thermodynamics
topsoil
coral reef
5. The process of burning.
combustion
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
A layer
slash-and-burn
6. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
k-selected
autotroph
secondary consumers
watershed
7. 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.
earthquake
extinction
sludge
population density
8. An intensification of the Greenhouse Effect due to the increased presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
radiant energy
upwelling
edge effect
global warming
9. When a species occupies a smaller niche than it would in the absence of competition.
noise pollution
realized niche
salinization
deforestation
10. Urban areas that heat up more quickly and retain heat more than do nonurban areas.
heat islands
deforestation
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
detritivore
11. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
deep well injection
Superfund Program
crop rotation
12. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
disease
weathering
lithosphere
trade winds
13. The removal of all of the trees in an area.
slash-and-burn
silt
clear-cutting
vector
14. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.
potential energy
drip irrigation
Headwaters
overburden
15. 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
convergent boundary
logistic population growth
riparian right
nitrogen fixation
16. A cooling of the ocean surface off the western coast of South America - occurring periodically every 4 to 12 years and affecting Pacific and other weather patterns.
La Nina
estuary
scrubbers
Hadley cell
17. The result of a pathogen invading a body.
transpiration
selective cutting
energy
Infection
18. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.
secondary consumers
omnivores
proven reserve
extinction
19. A high-speed - meandering wind current - generally moving from a westerly direction at speeds often exceeding 400 km (250 miles) per hour at altitudes of 15 to 25 km (10 to 15 miles).
water-stressed
edge effect
jet stream
traditional subsistence agriculture
20. The place where two plates abut each other.
mantle
ecosystem capital
fault
disease
21. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.
fly ash
composting
subbituminous
atmosphere
22. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
riparian right
non-point source pollution
species
natural selection
23. The process in which plants absorb ammonium (NH3) - ammonia ions (NH4+) - and nitrate ions (NO3) through their roots.
assimilation
Superfund Program
thermocline
no-till
24. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
chronic effect
overgrazed
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
mantle
25. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
abiotic
replacement birth rate
overburden
long lining
26. The capacity to do work.
energy
green tax
realized niche
birth rate (crude birth rate)
27. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.
salinization
anthracite
realized niche
acid precipitation
28. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
LD50
tertiary consumers
First Law of Thermodynamics
mineral deposit
29. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.
capture fisheries
barrier island
sludge
acid
30. The third purest form of coal.
subbituminous
bituminous
physical treatmen
bioaccumulation
31. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
fault
anthracite
topsoil
pioneer species
32. The movement of individuals into a population.
Immigration
selective cutting
bituminous
producer
33. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.
deforestation
silt
competitive exclusion
convergent boundary
34. The water from which a river rises; a source.
energy pyramid
Headwaters
trade winds
watershed
35. 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)
volcanoes
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
fault
36. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.
nuclear fusion
traditional subsistence agriculture
slash-and-burn
capture fisheries
37. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
point source pollution
radiant energy
keystone species
greenbelt
38. A soil horizon - horizon C is made up of larger pieces of rock that have not undergone much weathering.
fossil fuel
greenbelt
photosynthesis
C layer
39. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms show a negative effect from a toxin.
terracing
ED50
aquifer
birth rate (crude birth rate)
40. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
traditional subsistence agriculture
abiotic
evaporation
greenbelt
41. Pollutants that are released directly into the lower atmosphere.
primary pollutants
secondary treatment
species
non-point source pollution
42. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.
realized niche
surface fires
deforestation
renewable resources
43. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
underground mining
tropical storm
genetic drift
weather
44. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
estuary
Southern Oscillation
land degradation
crop rotation
45. A group of modern windmills.
fault
leachate
wind farm
bottom trawling
46. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
Aquaculture
A layer
Hadley cell
energy
47. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
malnutrition
weathering
invasive species
tailings
48. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
consumption
detritivore
atmosphere
drip irrigation
49. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
leachate
weathering
heat islands
terracing
50. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
primary consumers
carnivore
catalytic converter
physical (mechanical) weathering