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AP Environmental Science

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1. The removal of select trees in an area; this leaves the majority of the habitat in place and has less of an impact on the ecosystem.






2. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.






3. 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.






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






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






6. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.






7. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.






8. A lowland area - such as a marsh or swamp - that is saturated with moisture - especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.






9. Energy at rest - or stored energy.






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






11. The water from which a river rises; a source.






12. 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






13. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.






14. 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.






15. 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.






16. 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).






17. 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.






18. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.






19. 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.






20. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.






21. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.






22. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.






23. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.






24. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.






25. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.






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






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






28. The uppermost horizon of soil. It is primarily made up of organic material - including waste from organisms - the bodies of decomposing organisms - and live organisms.






29. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.






30. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.






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






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






33. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.






34. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.






35. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.






36. 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.






37. The result of a pathogen invading a body.






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






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






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






41. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.






42. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.






43. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.






44. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.






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






46. The random fluctuations in the frequency of the appearance of a gene in a small isolated population - presumably owing to chance - rather than natural selection.






47. The process of fusing two nuclei.






48. The process of burning.






49. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.






50. Graphical representations of populations' ages.







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