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AP Environmental Science
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1. 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.
gray smog (industrial smog)
chronic effect
Second Law of Thermodynamics
barrels
2. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
bioaccumulation
petroleum
evolution
Second Law of Thermodynamics
3. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
convection currents
First Law of Thermodynamics
evaporation
anthracite
4. A group of modern windmills.
wind farm
ED50
primary pollutants
consumer
5. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
biotic
pathogens
natural resources
subbituminous
6. Any substance that has an LD50 - of 50 mg or less per kg of body weight.
photochemical smog
poison
ED50
shelter-wood cutting
7. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
sand
heat islands
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
salinization
8. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
delta
primary consumers
albedo
chemical weathering
9. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
risk assessment
underground mining
consumer
tree farms
10. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
conservation
silt
salinization
Aquaculture
11. Species that originate and live - or occur naturally - in an area or environment.
indigenous species
tailings
toxicity
red tide
12. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
primary consumers
acid precipitation
autotroph
First Law of Thermodynamics
13. Power generated using water.
parasitism
ecosystem capital
hydroelectric power
sludge
14. A layer of soil.
hydroelectric power
transpiration
combustion
Horizon
15. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.
anthracite
asthenosphere
extinction
total fertility rate
16. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
active collection
ED50
mantle
monoculture
17. A nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus - especially a heavy nucleus such as an isotope of uranium - splits into fragments - usually two fragments of comparable mass - releasing from 100 million to several hundred million electron volts of ener
transform boundary
fission
industrial smog (gray smog)
divergent boundary
18. The process of soil particles being carried away by wind or water. Erosion moves the smaller particles first and hence degrades the soil to a coarser - sandier - stonier texture.
nuclear fusion
second growth forests
erosion
earthquake
19. 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.
barrier island
crude oil
biotic potential
Superfund Program
20. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.
risk assessment
plate boundaries
chemical weathering
heat islands
21. An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.
biological weathering
no-till
red tide
heterotrophy
22. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
active collection
agroforestry
Uneven-aged management
First Law of Thermodynamics
23. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
age-structure pyramids
U.S. Noise Control Act
passive solar energy collection
agroforestry
24. Any noise that causes stress or has the potential to damage human health.
non-point source pollution
realized niche
birth rate (crude birth rate)
noise pollution
25. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
Gross Primary Productivity
tropical storm
non-point source pollution
26. 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.
silt
producer
closed-loop recycling
trade winds
27. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
secondary treatment
ecological succession
bituminous
toxicity
28. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
scrubbers
community
threshold dose
subduction zone
29. Pollutants that are released directly into the lower atmosphere.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
primary pollutants
prior appropriation
death rate (crude death rate)
30. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
subduction zone
trophic level
ozone holes
loamy
31. Any substance than is inhaled - ingested - or absorbed at dosages sufficient to damage a living organism.
crude oil
capture fisheries
sludge processor
toxin
32. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
deforestation
prior appropriation
detritivore
water-stressed
33. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
no-till
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
habitat fragmentation
population
34. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
omnivores
Uneven-aged management
slash-and-burn
ecosystem capital
35. The second-purest form of coal.
secondary pollutants
renewable resources
closed-loop recycling
bituminous
36. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
petroleum
tree farms
secondary treatment
albedo
37. 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
mutualism
kinetic energy
parasitism
market permits
38. 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.
hydroelectric power
genetic drift
decomposer
biotic potential
39. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.
biomagnifications
wetlands
building-related illness
U.S. Noise Control Act
40. 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.
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
invasive species
abiotic
atmosphere
41. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
contour farming
weather
fishery
primary treatment
42. 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.
stationary sources
selective cutting
subbituminous
mantle
43. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.
closed-loop recycling
Half-life
humus
biotic
44. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
plate boundaries
barrels
population density
weathering
45. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.
disease
deep well injection
demographic transition model
sludge
46. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
clay
strip mining
consumer
arable
47. Sunlight.
Green Revolution
radiant energy
catalytic converter
secondary pollutants
48. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
driftnets
heterotrophy
k-selected
biological weathering
49. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
anthracite
drip irrigation
no-till
by-catch
50. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
petroleum
clay
energy pyramid
alkaline
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