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AP Environmental Science
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1. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
arable
evolution
wastewater
barrels
2. The condition in which - at ecosystem boundaries - there is greater species diversity and biological density than there is in the heart of ecological communities.
Green Revolution
niche
physical treatmen
edge effect
3. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
drip irrigation
heterotrophy
alkaline
arable
4. Devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants.
scrubbers
tertiary consumers
passive solar energy collection
pathogens
5. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
producer
proven reserve
biotic potential
emigration
6. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
detritivore
r-selected
gray smog (industrial smog)
primary consumers
7. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.
Immigration
sludge
emigration
silt
8. 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.
O layer
edge effect
leachate
acid precipitation
9. The least pure coal.
lignite
replacement birth rate
transpiration
Southern Oscillation
10. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.
albedo
extinction
surface fires
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
11. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
strip mining
non-point source pollution
doldrums
global warming
12. Organisms that are capable of interbreeding with one another and incapable of breeding with other species.
convection
weather
lignite
species
13. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.
building-related illness
Superfund Program
population
chemical weathering
14. 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.
building-related illness
underground mining
doldrums
barrier island
15. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
sick building syndrome
producer
contour farming
fly ash
16. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.
shelter-wood cutting
consumption
monoculture
barrels
17. An animal that only consumes other animals.
primary treatment
alkaline
carnivore
detritivore
18. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
fossil fuel
heterotrophy
habitat fragmentation
trophic level
19. 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
natural selection
realized niche
logistic population growth
agroforestry
20. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.
acid precipitation
wind farm
red tide
El Nino
21. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
logistic population growth
disease
U.S. Noise Control Act
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
22. When physically treated sewage water is passed into a settling tank - where suspended solids settle out as sludge; chemically treated polymers may be added to help the suspended solids separate and settle out.
radiant energy
weather
primary treatment
logistic population growth
23. The movement of individuals into a population.
slash-and-burn
Immigration
nitrogen fixation
topsoil
24. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
gray smog (industrial smog)
risk management
convection currents
death rate (crude death rate)
25. The removal of all of the trees in an area.
food web
crop rotation
clear-cutting
fossil fuel
26. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
habitat
aquifer
genetic drift
niche
27. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
reservoir
lignite
monoculture
secondary treatment
28. When a species occupies a smaller niche than it would in the absence of competition.
realized niche
nuclear fusion
radiant energy
ozone holes
29. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
catalytic converter
chemical weathering
habitat
bottom trawling
30. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
biosphere
stationary sources
El Nino
R horizon
31. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
subduction zone
Hadley cell
law of conservation of matter
symbiotic relationships
32. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
law of conservation of matter
second growth forests
monoculture
Superfund Program
33. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
by-catch
strip mining
fly ash
prior appropriation
34. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.
clear-cutting
water-stressed
B layer
green tax
35. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
plate boundaries
habitat
noise pollution
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
36. Bacteria - virus - or other microorganisms that can cause disease.
tree farms
toxicity
pathogens
malnutrition
37. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
preservation
birth rate (crude birth rate)
r-selected
38. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.
coral reef
strip mining
humus
selective cutting
39. Says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed.
First Law of Thermodynamics
arable
physical (mechanical) weathering
edge effect
40. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
leachate
deep well injection
monoculture
41. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
Coriolis effect
decomposer
tropical storm
selective cutting
42. 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.
law of conservation of matter
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
humus
silviculture
43. Sunlight.
energy pyramid
radiant energy
subduction zone
extinction
44. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
La Nina
alkaline
barrels
age-structure pyramids
45. When materials - such as plastic or aluminum - are used to rebuild the same product. An example of this is the use of the aluminum from aluminum cans to produce more aluminum cans.
capture fisheries
closed-loop recycling
niche
Half-life
46. The capacity to do work.
terracing
noise pollution
energy
symbiotic relationships
47. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.
vector
clear-cutting
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
biological weathering
48. Power generated using water.
natural selection
petroleum
hydroelectric power
acid precipitation
49. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
transform boundary
primary treatment
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
50. 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.
strip mining
genetic drift
natural selection
C layer