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AP Environmental Science
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1. Is the practice of planting bands of different crops across a hillside.
water-stressed
surface fires
photosynthesis
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
2. Power generated using water.
secondary pollutants
deep well injection
hydroelectric power
community
3. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
greenbelt
consumer
risk assessment
jet stream
4. 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
high-level radioactive waste
market permits
photochemical smog
petroleum
5. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
population
natural resources
hydroelectric power
erosion
6. The edges of tectonic plates.
bituminous
First Law of Thermodynamics
wastewater
plate boundaries
7. The process in which soil bacteria convert ammonium (NH4+) to a form that can be used by plants; nitrate - or NO3.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
non-point source pollution
omnivores
nitrification
8. The amount of sugar that the plants produce in photosynthesis and subtracting from it the amount of energy the plants need for growth maintenance - repair - and reproduction.
subduction zone
lignite
abiotic
Gross Primary Productivity
9. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
producer
LD50
convection currents
trophic level
10. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.
threshold dose
primary treatment
indigenous species
upwelling
11. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
genetic drift
volcanoes
doldrums
Aquaculture
12. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
vector
photosynthesis
preservation
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
13. 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
natural selection
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
A layer
transpiration
14. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
acid
acute effect
silviculture
acid precipitation
15. 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.
petroleum
poison
divergent boundary
Infection
16. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
driftnets
O layer
strip mining
passive solar energy collection
17. The value of natural resources.
anthracite
long lining
ecosystem capital
total fertility rate
18. 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.
consumer
risk management
O layer
selective cutting
19. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
water-scarce
mantle
age-structure pyramids
preservation
20. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.
respiration
industrial smog (gray smog)
rain shadow
tertiary consumers
21. The movement of individuals into a population.
population
acid precipitation
pioneer species
Immigration
22. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
First Law of Thermodynamics
biosphere
drip irrigation
gray smog (industrial smog)
23. Living or derived from living things.
overburden
dose-response analysis
fault
biotic
24. The water from which a river rises; a source.
jet stream
total fertility rate
age-structure pyramids
Headwaters
25. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
noise pollution
competitive exclusion
population density
salinization
26. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
respiration
fly ash
acid
acid precipitation
27. 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.
monoculture
transform boundary
green tax
deforestation
28. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.
Immigration
old growth forest
toxicity
lithosphere
29. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
coral reef
noise pollution
risk assessment
Aquaculture
30. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
bottom trawling
Aquaculture
no-till
low-level radioactive waste
31. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
habitat
r-selected
niche
combustion
32. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
primary succession
biological weathering
earthquake
toxicity
33. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
LD50
passive solar energy collection
potential energy
34. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
secondary treatment
secondary consumers
delta
alkaline
35. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
combustion
La Nina
mutualism
fault
36. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
anthracite
convection
low-level radioactive waste
rain shadow
37. 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.
convection
deep well injection
Superfund Program
poison
38. 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
low-level radioactive waste
logistic population growth
tropical storm
convergent boundary
39. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
low-level radioactive waste
underground mining
plate boundaries
estuary
40. 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.
carnivore
primary succession
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
coral reef
41. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
climax community
sand
old growth forest
ozone holes
42. 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.
genetic drift
low-level radioactive waste
Aquaculture
crop rotation
43. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
niche
greenhouse effect
topsoil
thermosphere
44. 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.
gray smog (industrial smog)
albedo
keystone species
Aquaculture
45. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
preservation
weather
realized niche
primary consumers
46. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
old growth forest
habitat
riparian right
ecosystem capital
47. The result of a pathogen invading a body.
Infection
respiration
overgrazed
primary pollutants
48. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
photochemical smog
contour farming
abiotic
community
49. 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.
traditional subsistence agriculture
greenhouse effect
Superfund Program
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
50. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
estuary
capture fisheries
natural resources
demographic transition model
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