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AP Environmental Science
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1. An introduced - normative species.
earthquake
upwelling
aquifer
invasive species
2. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
r-selected
low-level radioactive waste
nuclear fusion
malnutrition
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.
silviculture
low-level radioactive waste
red tide
catalytic converter
4. 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.
selective cutting
lignite
biotic potential
Gross Primary Productivity
5. Any noise that causes stress or has the potential to damage human health.
leachate
doldrums
noise pollution
ecological succession
6. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
dose-response analysis
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
natural resources
wastewater
7. The place where two plates abut each other.
fault
mantle
water-stressed
wetlands
8. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
strip mining
estuary
U.S. Noise Control Act
potential energy
9. 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.
Half-life
photosynthesis
earthquake
asthenosphere
10. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
terracing
acute effect
scrubbers
death rate (crude death rate)
11. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
subbituminous
tropospheric ozone
kinetic energy
barrels
12. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
pathogens
trade winds
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
13. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
riparian right
arable
primary pollutants
aquifer
14. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
physical (mechanical) weathering
Half-life
red tide
bioaccumulation
15. Bacteria or fungi that absorb nutrients from nonliving organic matter like plant material - the wastes of living organisms - and corpses. They convert these materials into inorganic forms.
combustion
arable
decomposer
albedo
16. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
respiration
physical (mechanical) weathering
silt
species
17. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
denitrification
Coriolis effect
old growth forest
divergent boundary
18. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
habitat fragmentation
salinization
land degradation
conservation
19. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
biomagnifications
community
convergent boundary
dose-response analysis
20. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.
active collection
secondary treatment
assimilation
threshold dose
21. 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.
Infection
Gross Primary Productivity
monoculture
solid waste
22. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
non-point source pollution
abiotic
ecological footprint
no-till
23. Using strategies to reduce the amount of risk (the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen).
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
pathogens
Headwaters
risk management
24. Change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals and resulting in the development of new species.
evolution
albedo
sand
assimilation
25. Says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed.
First Law of Thermodynamics
noise pollution
driftnets
consumption
26. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
terracing
acid
population density
mineral deposit
27. 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
convection
stationary sources
market permits
volcanoes
28. The structure obtained if we organize the amount of energy contained in producers and consumers in an ecosystem by kilocalories per square meter - from largest to smallest.
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
long lining
energy pyramid
aquifer
29. 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).
primary succession
ecological footprint
heterotrophy
riparian right
30. 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.
secondary treatment
surface fires
photosynthesis
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
31. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
reservoir
vector
carrying capacity
biotic
32. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
monoculture
long lining
Superfund Program
detritivore
33. The result of vibrations (often due to plate movements) deep in the Earth that release energy. They often occur as two plates slide past one another at a transform boundary.
predation
high-level radioactive waste
earthquake
solid waste
34. 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
logistic population growth
gray smog (industrial smog)
drip irrigation
long lining
35. The gaseous mass or envelope surrounding a celestial body - especially the one surrounding the Earth - which is retained by the celestial body's gravitational field.
asthenosphere
atmosphere
habitat
closed-loop recycling
36. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
dose-response curve
tertiary consumers
fossil fuel
ecological succession
37. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
long lining
deep well injection
risk assessment
closed-loop recycling
38. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
Headwaters
pathogens
photochemical smog
greenhouse effect
39. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
mutualism
bioaccumulation
potential energy
detritivore
40. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
deep well injection
nuclear fusion
contour farming
subduction zone
41. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
preservation
biomagnifications
respiration
community
42. A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.
delta
risk assessment
La Nina
jet stream
43. 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.
parasitism
replacement birth rate
Second Law of Thermodynamics
habitat
44. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.
population
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
disease
trade winds
45. 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.
erosion
realized niche
keystone species
assimilation
46. The energy of motion.
consumer
Uneven-aged management
emigration
kinetic energy
47. An animal that only consumes other animals.
silviculture
carnivore
producer
greenbelt
48. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.
composting
extinction
toxicity
sludge processor
49. 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.
catalytic converter
physical treatmen
habitat
potential energy
50. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
Half-life
invasive species
thermocline