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AP Environmental Science

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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.






2. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.






3. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.






4. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.






5. The process of burning.






6. The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.






7. 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.






8. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.






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






10. Can consist of hazardous waste - industrial solid waste - or municipal waste. Many types of solid waste provide a threat to human health and the environment.






11. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.






12. Any substance than is inhaled - ingested - or absorbed at dosages sufficient to damage a living organism.






13. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.






14. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).






15. 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.






16. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.






17. The movement of individuals into a population.






18. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.






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






20. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.






21. An intensification of the Greenhouse Effect due to the increased presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.






22. A bloom of dinoflagellates that causes reddish discoloration of coastal ocean waters. Certain dinoflagellates of the genus Gonyamfox produce toxins that kill fish and contaminate shellfish.






23. The molten core of the Earth.






24. 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.






25. Land that's fit to be cultivated.






26. 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).






27. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.






28. 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






29. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.






30. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.






31. 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.






32. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms show a negative effect from a toxin.






33. A plate boundary at which plates are moving away from each other. This causes an upwelling of magma from the mantle to cool and form new crust.






34. Energy at rest - or stored energy.






35. The structure obtained if we organize the amount of energy contained in producers and consumers in an ecosystem by kilocalories per square meter - from largest to smallest.






36. The region draining into river system or other body of water.






37. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.






38. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.






39. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.






40. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.






41. 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.






42. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.






43. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.






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






45. The process of fusing two nuclei.






46. 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.






47. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.






48. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.






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






50. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.