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AP Environmental Science
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1. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.
noise pollution
extinction
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
old growth forest
2. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
nitrogen fixation
Half-life
Immigration
terracing
3. 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.
combustion
loamy
proven reserve
dose-response analysis
4. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
potential energy
estuary
natural selection
law of conservation of matter
5. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
trophic level
biosphere
doldrums
El Nino
6. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
anthracite
preservation
sand
U.S. Noise Control Act
7. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
conservation
community
topsoil
green tax
8. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.
sludge
terracing
species
secondary pollutants
9. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
producer
sludge processor
secondary treatment
leachate
10. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
primary consumers
tropical storm
pathogens
A layer
11. An underground layer of porous rock - sand - or other material that allows the movement of water between layers of nonporous rock or clay. Aquifers are frequently tapped for wells.
plate boundaries
physical treatmen
omnivores
aquifer
12. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
toxicity
hydroelectric power
proven reserve
nonrenewable resources
13. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.
acid precipitation
Green Revolution
loamy
Headwaters
14. Any waste that poses a danger to human health; it must be dealt with in a different way from other types of waste.
plate boundaries
physical treatmen
hazardous waste
pathogens
15. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
active collection
LD50
wetlands
sand
16. 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.
albedo
fishery
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
habitat fragmentation
17. When a species occupies a smaller niche than it would in the absence of competition.
biomagnifications
consumer
realized niche
strip mining
18. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
bituminous
species
birth rate (crude birth rate)
prior appropriation
19. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
shelter-wood cutting
carnivore
detritivore
20. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.
realized niche
shelter-wood cutting
slash-and-burn
edge effect
21. 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.
strip mining
Half-life
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
energy
22. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
prior appropriation
ozone holes
preservation
high-level radioactive waste
23. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.
vector
threshold dose
malnutrition
detritivore
24. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
subduction zone
Coriolis effect
carrying capacity
old growth forest
25. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
reservoir
sand
dose-response curve
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
26. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
bioaccumulation
energy pyramid
natural resources
deep well injection
27. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
petroleum
sick building syndrome
crop rotation
physical treatmen
28. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.
divergent boundary
silt
risk assessment
decomposer
29. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
convergent boundary
bottom trawling
old growth forest
tropical storm
30. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
replacement birth rate
Southern Oscillation
drip irrigation
31. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
malnutrition
population
natural resources
age-structure pyramids
32. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
population density
consumer
mineral deposit
fly ash
33. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
Uneven-aged management
mutualism
albedo
disease
34. Pollutants that are released directly into the lower atmosphere.
mineral deposit
Aquaculture
primary pollutants
biotic potential
35. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
trophic level
heat islands
rain shadow
convection
36. 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.
solid waste
disease
thermocline
Immigration
37. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
water-scarce
industrial smog (gray smog)
tertiary consumers
Infection
38. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
wind farm
bottom trawling
topsoil
ED50
39. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
weather
Headwaters
A layer
upwelling
40. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
fishery
reservoir
fossil fuel
green tax
41. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
nuclear fusion
prior appropriation
stationary sources
detritivore
42. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.
disease
demographic transition model
topsoil
by-catch
43. The value of natural resources.
monoculture
nuclear fusion
ecosystem capital
terracing
44. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
respiration
risk management
convection
monoculture
45. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
A layer
barrier island
pathogens
habitat
46. A cooling of the ocean surface off the western coast of South America - occurring periodically every 4 to 12 years and affecting Pacific and other weather patterns.
age-structure pyramids
law of conservation of matter
La Nina
coral reef
47. A process in which rows of crops are plowed across the hillside; this prevents the erosion that can occur when rows are cut up and down on a slope. ...
industrial smog (gray smog)
contour farming
carrying capacity
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
48. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
Aquaculture
crude oil
agroforestry
fossil fuel
49. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
weathering
consumer
land degradation
population
50. 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.
Gross Primary Productivity
low-level radioactive waste
terracing
assimilation