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AP Environmental Science

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1. 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.






2. A lowland area - such as a marsh or swamp - that is saturated with moisture - especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.






3. 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).






4. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.






5. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.






6. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.






7. The process in which plants absorb ammonium (NH3) - ammonia ions (NH4+) - and nitrate ions (NO3) through their roots.






8. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.






9. The edges of tectonic plates.






10. The water from which a river rises; a source.






11. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.






12. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value






13. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.






14. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.






15. When one species feeds on another.






16. Also known as plantations - these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use.






17. A layer of soil.






18. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.






19. The phenomenon whereby the Earth's atmosphere traps solar radiation - caused by the presence in the atmosphere of gases such as carbon dioxide - water vapor - and methane that allow incoming sunlight to pass through - but absorb heat radiated back fr






20. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.






21. A high-speed - meandering wind current - generally moving from a westerly direction at speeds often exceeding 400 km (250 miles) per hour at altitudes of 15 to 25 km (10 to 15 miles).






22. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.






23. A soil horizon - horizon C is made up of larger pieces of rock that have not undergone much weathering.






24. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.






25. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.






26. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.






27. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.






28. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.






29. Transition in species composition of a biological community - often following ecological disturbance of the community; the establishment of a biological community in any area virtually barren of life.






30. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.






31. 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.






32. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.






33. The number of children an average woman will bear during her lifetime; this information is based on an analysis of data from preceding years in the population in question.






34. The process of fusing two nuclei.






35. Devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants.






36. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.






37. 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.






38. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.






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.






40. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.






41. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.






42. The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.






43. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.






44. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.






45. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.






46. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.






47. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.






48. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.






49. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.






50. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.