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AP Environmental Science
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1. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
topsoil
B layer
U.S. Noise Control Act
tailings
2. When one species feeds on another.
biosphere
indigenous species
law of conservation of matter
predation
3. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
Aquaculture
ED50
secondary consumers
population density
4. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
market permits
risk management
low-level radioactive waste
r-selected
5. An organism that obtains organic food molecules without eating other organisms or substances derived from other organisms. autotrophs use energy from the sun or from the oxidation of inorganic substances to make organic molecules from inorganic ones.
autotroph
silviculture
chronic effect
greenbelt
6. Change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals and resulting in the development of new species.
no-till
evolution
habitat fragmentation
riparian right
7. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
convection currents
Gross Primary Productivity
biological weathering
tailings
8. The third purest form of coal.
subbituminous
replacement birth rate
acid precipitation
dose-response analysis
9. An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.
acute effect
fission
heterotrophy
building-related illness
10. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
long lining
vector
strip mining
arable
11. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
industrial smog (gray smog)
closed-loop recycling
Half-life
overburden
12. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
subduction zone
risk management
proven reserve
subbituminous
13. The process by which specialized bacteria (mostly anaerobic bacteria) convert ammonia to NOy NO2 - and N2 and release it back to the atmosphere.
Half-life
denitrification
r-selected
toxicity
14. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
logistic population growth
silviculture
carrying capacity
B layer
15. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
detritivore
fishery
law of conservation of matter
16. An area in which a particular mineral is concentrated - mining -the excavation of the Earth for the purpose of extracting ore or minerals.
mineral deposit
malnutrition
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
genetic drift
17. The water from which a river rises; a source.
Headwaters
convection
transpiration
toxicity
18. The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.
extinction
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
deforestation
R horizon
19. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
preservation
species
R horizon
habitat fragmentation
20. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
catalytic converter
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
biomagnifications
bioaccumulation
21. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
ozone holes
omnivores
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
clear-cutting
22. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
silviculture
jet stream
tropical storm
pathogens
23. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
Immigration
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
food web
convection
24. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
chronic effect
secondary treatment
keystone species
habitat
25. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
monoculture
silt
pathogens
wind farm
26. Urban areas that heat up more quickly and retain heat more than do nonurban areas.
composting
salinization
hydroelectric power
heat islands
27. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
albedo
traditional subsistence agriculture
Immigration
sand
28. The least pure coal.
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
silt
lignite
29. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
photochemical smog
trade winds
niche
30. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.
chemical weathering
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
Uneven-aged management
secondary pollutants
31. 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)
by-catch
asthenosphere
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
32. Involves the sinking of shafts to reach underground deposits. In this type of mining - networks of tunnels are dug or blasted and humans enter these tunnels in order to manually retrieve the coal.
producer
underground mining
autotroph
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
33. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
consumption
energy pyramid
malnutrition
estuary
34. An animal that only consumes other animals.
primary succession
B layer
carnivore
kinetic energy
35. The process by which - according to Darwin's theory of evolution - only the organisms best adapted to their environment tend to survive and transmit their genetic characteristics in increasing numbers to succeeding generations - while those less adap
disease
natural selection
solid waste
albedo
36. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
death rate (crude death rate)
capture fisheries
pioneer species
solid waste
37. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
terracing
extinction
dose-response curve
38. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
hazardous waste
thermosphere
competitive exclusion
stationary sources
39. When a species occupies a smaller niche than it would in the absence of competition.
law of conservation of matter
A layer
water-stressed
realized niche
40. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
terracing
transpiration
U.S. Noise Control Act
primary pollutants
41. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
abiotic
underground mining
surface fires
tailings
42. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
emigration
Uneven-aged management
gray smog (industrial smog)
realized niche
43. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
topsoil
barrier island
k-selected
silviculture
44. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
deep well injection
transpiration
doldrums
respiration
45. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
inner core
climax community
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
clear-cutting
46. Fires that typically burn only the forest's underbrush and do little damage to mature trees. Surface fires actually serve to protect the forest from more harmful fires by removing underbrush and dead materials that would burn quickly and at high temp
crop rotation
emigration
petroleum
surface fires
47. 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.
ecological footprint
pathogens
atmosphere
First Law of Thermodynamics
48. 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.
transpiration
shelter-wood cutting
photosynthesis
keystone species
49. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
barrels
respiration
aquifer
producer
50. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
detritivore
disease
passive solar energy collection
bioaccumulation