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AP Environmental Science
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1. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
nitrogen fixation
market permits
habitat
pathogens
2. The water from which a river rises; a source.
Headwaters
nitrification
atmosphere
anthracite
3. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
bioaccumulation
Immigration
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
4. A platinum - coated device that oxidizes most of the VOCs and some of the CO that would otherwise be emitted in exhaust - converting them to CO2.
consumption
thermocline
Immigration
catalytic converter
5. The result of a pathogen invading a body.
carrying capacity
Infection
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
extinction
6. An animal that only consumes other animals.
toxicity
shelter-wood cutting
terracing
carnivore
7. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
traditional subsistence agriculture
sludge
decomposer
upwelling
8. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
LD50
composting
9. Species that originate and live - or occur naturally - in an area or environment.
Southern Oscillation
water-stressed
indigenous species
shelter-wood cutting
10. 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.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
primary treatment
wastewater
11. The condition in which - at ecosystem boundaries - there is greater species diversity and biological density than there is in the heart of ecological communities.
trade winds
edge effect
doldrums
realized niche
12. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
active collection
decomposer
disease
non-point source pollution
13. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
no-till
Aquaculture
composting
chemical weathering
14. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
dose-response curve
greenbelt
tertiary consumers
non-point source pollution
15. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
tree farms
sludge
biosphere
terracing
16. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
total fertility rate
risk management
acute effect
agroforestry
17. The least pure coal.
greenhouse effect
evaporation
lignite
bioaccumulation
18. The movement of individuals into a population.
silviculture
Immigration
subbituminous
nuclear fusion
19. Any water that has been used by humans. This includes human sewage - water drained from showers - tubs - sinks - dishwashers - washing machines - water from industrial processes - and storm water runoff.
scrubbers
habitat fragmentation
edge effect
wastewater
20. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
old growth forest
energy
chemical weathering
secondary treatment
21. 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.
law of conservation of matter
dose-response analysis
clay
solid waste
22. The third purest form of coal.
demographic transition model
riparian right
green tax
subbituminous
23. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
arable
humus
albedo
erosion
24. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.
convection
nitrification
age-structure pyramids
secondary pollutants
25. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
population density
Uneven-aged management
birth rate (crude birth rate)
chemical weathering
26. The value of natural resources.
ecosystem capital
old growth forest
passive solar energy collection
biotic potential
27. 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.
Aquaculture
La Nina
fly ash
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
28. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
parasitism
sick building syndrome
nitrogen fixation
Uneven-aged management
29. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
fly ash
Second Law of Thermodynamics
mantle
crude oil
30. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
doldrums
symbiotic relationships
low-level radioactive waste
31. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
Southern Oscillation
invasive species
barrels
A layer
32. The process of fusing two nuclei.
nuclear fusion
indigenous species
emigration
consumer
33. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.
biotic potential
O layer
capture fisheries
threshold dose
34. Sunlight.
fly ash
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
Headwaters
radiant energy
35. The capacity to do work.
energy pyramid
energy
subbituminous
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
36. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
convection currents
acute effect
anthracite
nitrogen fixation
37. 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.
salinization
autotroph
edge effect
pathogens
38. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
bottom trawling
clear-cutting
detritivore
Gross Primary Productivity
39. 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.
photochemical smog
Half-life
thermocline
A layer
40. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
demographic transition model
conservation
weather
LD50
41. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
population
ecological footprint
overgrazed
trophic level
42. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
bituminous
biomagnifications
ecosystem capital
overgrazed
43. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
upwelling
sick building syndrome
deforestation
consumer
44. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava - ash - and gases are ejected.
volcanoes
nonrenewable resources
inner core
kinetic energy
45. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
sludge processor
niche
watershed
population density
46. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
barrels
silviculture
heat islands
replacement birth rate
47. Also known as plantations - these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use.
tree farms
Superfund Program
Gross Primary Productivity
greenbelt
48. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.
secondary pollutants
heat islands
shelter-wood cutting
water-scarce
49. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
age-structure pyramids
nitrogen fixation
subduction zone
pioneer species
50. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
pathogens
Aquaculture
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
barrier island