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AP Environmental Science
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1. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.
transform boundary
U.S. Noise Control Act
wetlands
disease
2. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
non-point source pollution
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
atmosphere
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
3. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
pioneer species
barrels
heterotrophy
convergent boundary
4. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
albedo
nonrenewable resources
denitrification
alkaline
5. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
r-selected
bituminous
selective cutting
Uneven-aged management
6. The removal of all of the trees in an area.
clear-cutting
sludge
Horizon
selective cutting
7. The amount of sugar that the plants produce in photosynthesis and subtracting from it the amount of energy the plants need for growth maintenance - repair - and reproduction.
photosynthesis
water-scarce
Gross Primary Productivity
edge effect
8. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
energy pyramid
greenbelt
9. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
deep well injection
fossil fuel
ozone holes
proven reserve
10. 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.
barrels
red tide
risk assessment
A layer
11. Transition in species composition of a biological community - often following ecological disturbance of the community; the establishment of a biological community in any area virtually barren of life.
building-related illness
ecological succession
underground mining
secondary pollutants
12. 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.
logistic population growth
evaporation
community
divergent boundary
13. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.
genetic drift
risk assessment
weather
composting
14. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
consumer
nonrenewable resources
A layer
combustion
15. The process in which soil bacteria convert ammonium (NH4+) to a form that can be used by plants; nitrate - or NO3.
rain shadow
nitrification
thermosphere
acid precipitation
16. Living or derived from living things.
biotic
sludge processor
monoculture
water-scarce
17. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
no-till
primary treatment
fly ash
agroforestry
18. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
toxicity
First Law of Thermodynamics
silviculture
risk management
19. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.
vector
preservation
crude oil
combustion
20. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
asthenosphere
demographic transition model
convection
community
21. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
barrier island
humus
bioaccumulation
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
22. 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.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
nitrification
La Nina
toxin
23. The liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.
r-selected
natural selection
leachate
population density
24. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.
land degradation
food chain
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
sludge processor
25. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
terracing
asthenosphere
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
biotic
26. A succession of organisms in an ecological community that constitutes a continuation of food energy from one organism to another as each consumes a lower member and - in turn - is preyed upon by a higher member.
risk management
food chain
realized niche
wind farm
27. Power generated using water.
hydroelectric power
low-level radioactive waste
composting
traditional subsistence agriculture
28. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
weathering
sludge processor
greenbelt
carrying capacity
29. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.
volcanoes
birth rate (crude birth rate)
demographic transition model
dose-response analysis
30. 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.
parasitism
upwelling
bituminous
autotroph
31. The edges of tectonic plates.
plate boundaries
arable
species
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
32. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
dose-response analysis
green tax
land degradation
parasitism
33. To convert or change into a vapor.
driftnets
fishery
evaporation
heat islands
34. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
Aquaculture
old growth forest
evolution
secondary consumers
35. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
natural selection
community
heterotrophy
36. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.
convection
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
overburden
vector
37. The water from which a river rises; a source.
Headwaters
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
aquifer
Infection
38. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
subduction zone
petroleum
point source pollution
U.S. Noise Control Act
39. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
emigration
malnutrition
alkaline
inner core
40. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
R horizon
industrial smog (gray smog)
natural resources
wind farm
41. 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.
deforestation
keystone species
alkaline
age-structure pyramids
42. An introduced - normative species.
heterotrophy
invasive species
chronic effect
acid precipitation
43. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
toxin
biotic potential
albedo
fossil fuel
44. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
shelter-wood cutting
silt
primary pollutants
45. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
arable
La Nina
petroleum
biological weathering
46. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.
low-level radioactive waste
Southern Oscillation
risk assessment
subbituminous
47. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.
building-related illness
fission
disease
ecological footprint
48. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
emigration
tailings
age-structure pyramids
Southern Oscillation
49. 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.
long lining
crop rotation
subduction zone
A layer
50. 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.
petroleum
A layer
atmosphere
intercropping (also called strip cropping)