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AP Environmental Science

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1. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.






2. A soil horizon; the layer below the O layer is called the A layer. The A layer is formed of weathered rock - with some organic material; often referred to as topsoil.






3. 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






4. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.






5. Also known as plantations - these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use.






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






7. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.






8. Power generated using water.






9. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.






10. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.






11. A severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean - traveling north - northwest - or northeast from its point of origin - and usually involving heavy rains.






12. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.






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






14. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.






15. The movement of individuals into a population.






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.






17. When physically treated sewage water is passed into a settling tank - where suspended solids settle out as sludge; chemically treated polymers may be added to help the suspended solids separate and settle out.






18. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.






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






20. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.






21. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.






22. 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.






23. A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.






24. 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.






25. The number of children an average woman will bear during her lifetime; this information is based on an analysis of data from preceding years in the population in question.






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






27. An introduced - normative species.






28. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value






29. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.






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






31. A program funded by the federal government and a trust that's funded by taxes on chemicals; identifies pollutants and cleans up hazardous waste sites.






32. 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.






33. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.






34. The process of burning.






35. The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica (and to some extent - over the Arctic).






36. Living or derived from living things.






37. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.






38. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.






39. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.






40. Urban areas that heat up more quickly and retain heat more than do nonurban areas.






41. A process in which an organism is exposed to a toxin at different concentrations - and the dosage that causes the death of the organism is recorded.






42. 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.






43. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.






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






45. The removal of all of the trees in an area.






46. A nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus - especially a heavy nucleus such as an isotope of uranium - splits into fragments - usually two fragments of comparable mass - releasing from 100 million to several hundred million electron volts of ener






47. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.






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






49. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.






50. The edges of tectonic plates.







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