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AP Environmental Science
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1. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
LD50
climax community
petroleum
k-selected
2. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
tertiary consumers
competitive exclusion
atmosphere
crude oil
3. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.
greenhouse effect
mantle
Green Revolution
respiration
4. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
deep well injection
land degradation
nitrification
risk management
5. The use of building materials - building placement - and design to passively collect solar energy that can be used to keep a building warm or cool.
risk management
fault
capture fisheries
passive solar energy collection
6. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
petroleum
biological weathering
Horizon
tropospheric ozone
7. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.
Headwaters
alkaline
r-selected
consumption
8. The low-rainfall region that exists on the leeward (downwind) side of a mountain range. This rain shadow is the result of the mountain range's causing precipitation on the windward side.
wastewater
rain shadow
ozone holes
asthenosphere
9. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.
loamy
driftnets
bottom trawling
natural resources
10. Says that the entropy (disorder) of the universe is increasing. One corollary of the Second Law of thermodynamics is the concept that - in most energy transformations - a significant fraction of energy is lost to the universe as heat.
Hadley cell
Second Law of Thermodynamics
deforestation
non-point source pollution
11. The value of natural resources.
solid waste
age-structure pyramids
ecosystem capital
trophic level
12. 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
lithosphere
Gross Primary Productivity
omnivores
logistic population growth
13. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
secondary treatment
proven reserve
sludge
vector
14. Power generated using water.
assimilation
hydroelectric power
greenbelt
agroforestry
15. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
industrial smog (gray smog)
non-point source pollution
market permits
proven reserve
16. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
weathering
community
drip irrigation
species
17. The energy of motion.
estuary
kinetic energy
predation
building-related illness
18. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
petroleum
secondary pollutants
tropospheric ozone
producer
19. 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
ozone holes
sand
primary pollutants
natural selection
20. A layer in a large body of water - such as a lake - that sharply separates regions differing in temperature - so that the temperature gradient across the layer is abrupt.
thermocline
arable
carrying capacity
asthenosphere
21. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
weather
driftnets
heat islands
invasive species
22. The edges of tectonic plates.
chemical weathering
active collection
plate boundaries
deforestation
23. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
decomposer
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
secondary treatment
tailings
24. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
sand
earthquake
thermosphere
population
25. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
bioaccumulation
tree farms
earthquake
omnivores
26. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.
disease
sludge
pioneer species
primary pollutants
27. 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).
barrels
primary treatment
riparian right
law of conservation of matter
28. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
thermosphere
realized niche
La Nina
LD50
29. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
nitrogen fixation
fission
active collection
Half-life
30. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.
traditional subsistence agriculture
subduction zone
Uneven-aged management
El Nino
31. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
no-till
La Nina
fission
preservation
32. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.
nonrenewable resources
Half-life
overgrazed
jet stream
33. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
estuary
nonrenewable resources
community
population density
34. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
detritivore
vector
primary pollutants
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
35. The place where two plates abut each other.
death rate (crude death rate)
renewable resources
fault
radiant energy
36. 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.
solid waste
passive solar energy collection
risk assessment
nuclear fusion
37. The process of soil particles being carried away by wind or water. Erosion moves the smaller particles first and hence degrades the soil to a coarser - sandier - stonier texture.
building-related illness
erosion
death rate (crude death rate)
Infection
38. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
selective cutting
weather
nitrification
terracing
39. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
solid waste
lignite
tropospheric ozone
tailings
40. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
biosphere
global warming
Aquaculture
traditional subsistence agriculture
41. The process in which soil bacteria convert ammonium (NH4+) to a form that can be used by plants; nitrate - or NO3.
nitrification
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
atmosphere
alkaline
42. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
ecological succession
U.S. Noise Control Act
parasitism
barrier island
43. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava - ash - and gases are ejected.
volcanoes
prior appropriation
old growth forest
lithosphere
44. The process of burning.
prior appropriation
ecosystem capital
combustion
long lining
45. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
clear-cutting
sludge processor
total fertility rate
habitat
46. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
plate boundaries
transform boundary
Southern Oscillation
biotic
47. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
O layer
tertiary consumers
dose-response curve
fishery
48. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
physical treatmen
producer
ecological footprint
erosion
49. The least pure coal.
Half-life
loamy
emigration
lignite
50. Living or derived from living things.
estuary
barrels
invasive species
biotic