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AP Environmental Science
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1. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
surface fires
toxicity
dose-response analysis
community
2. The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source. Most forms of photosynthesis release oxygen as a byproduct.
red tide
photosynthesis
sludge
secondary consumers
3. 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
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
petroleum
surface fires
4. 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.
delta
indigenous species
Superfund Program
terracing
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.
passive solar energy collection
crude oil
deep well injection
overburden
6. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
ecological footprint
stationary sources
by-catch
heat islands
7. A layer of soil.
inner core
arable
toxin
Horizon
8. The place where two plates abut each other.
earthquake
predation
plate boundaries
fault
9. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.
silt
overburden
competitive exclusion
bituminous
10. 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.
indigenous species
Infection
O layer
pathogens
11. 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)
B layer
toxin
trophic level
12. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
aquifer
pioneer species
trade winds
alkaline
13. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
bottom trawling
symbiotic relationships
climax community
disease
14. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
albedo
industrial smog (gray smog)
transpiration
15. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
nonrenewable resources
bioaccumulation
consumption
dose-response curve
16. 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.
rain shadow
divergent boundary
O layer
k-selected
17. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
tailings
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
Hadley cell
18. The energy of motion.
industrial smog (gray smog)
kinetic energy
realized niche
bituminous
19. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
industrial smog (gray smog)
combustion
natural resources
tree farms
20. Living or derived from living things.
biotic
bioaccumulation
secondary pollutants
deforestation
21. The process of fusing two nuclei.
biotic
sludge
nuclear fusion
building-related illness
22. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
wastewater
primary succession
anthracite
gray smog (industrial smog)
23. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
lignite
strip mining
underground mining
parasitism
24. Devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants.
scrubbers
mutualism
old growth forest
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
25. 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
carnivore
fission
death rate (crude death rate)
divergent boundary
26. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
energy pyramid
law of conservation of matter
low-level radioactive waste
sand
27. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
barrier island
terracing
water-scarce
preservation
28. The molten core of the Earth.
ozone holes
inner core
convergent boundary
green tax
29. A group of modern windmills.
tropospheric ozone
Horizon
wind farm
trophic level
30. The capacity to do work.
energy
atmosphere
salinization
long lining
31. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
wind farm
Southern Oscillation
water-scarce
convection
32. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
r-selected
physical (mechanical) weathering
strip mining
composting
33. The movement of individuals into a population.
solid waste
Immigration
keystone species
sludge
34. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.
extinction
pioneer species
loamy
anthracite
35. 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.
active collection
nonrenewable resources
El Nino
thermocline
36. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
deep well injection
water-scarce
conservation
malnutrition
37. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
ecological succession
consumption
potential energy
nitrogen fixation
38. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
Gross Primary Productivity
tropical storm
R horizon
thermocline
39. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
invasive species
Gross Primary Productivity
R horizon
petroleum
40. The process in which plants absorb ammonium (NH3) - ammonia ions (NH4+) - and nitrate ions (NO3) through their roots.
food web
assimilation
combustion
fault
41. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
sludge
prior appropriation
convergent boundary
population
42. Is the practice of planting bands of different crops across a hillside.
anthracite
sludge
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
O layer
43. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
nonrenewable resources
demographic transition model
barrels
keystone species
44. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
community
scrubbers
sick building syndrome
death rate (crude death rate)
45. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
traditional subsistence agriculture
capture fisheries
biomagnifications
composting
46. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
fossil fuel
strip mining
hydroelectric power
mutualism
47. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.
passive solar energy collection
shelter-wood cutting
sludge processor
niche
48. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
law of conservation of matter
bioaccumulation
dose-response analysis
solid waste
49. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
replacement birth rate
carnivore
convection currents
proven reserve
50. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
upwelling
toxicity
rain shadow
silviculture