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AP Environmental Science
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1. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
thermocline
passive solar energy collection
potential energy
law of conservation of matter
2. 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).
thermocline
secondary treatment
riparian right
risk management
3. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
secondary treatment
alkaline
dose-response analysis
energy pyramid
4. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.
dose-response analysis
lithosphere
land degradation
volcanoes
5. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.
market permits
biotic potential
traditional subsistence agriculture
by-catch
6. When a species occupies a smaller niche than it would in the absence of competition.
bituminous
industrial smog (gray smog)
realized niche
law of conservation of matter
7. The process in which soil bacteria convert ammonium (NH4+) to a form that can be used by plants; nitrate - or NO3.
barrier island
drip irrigation
nitrification
U.S. Noise Control Act
8. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
biomagnifications
water-stressed
symbiotic relationships
pathogens
9. 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
nitrogen fixation
underground mining
El Nino
10. 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.
energy pyramid
prior appropriation
bioaccumulation
sludge processor
11. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
biological weathering
ecosystem capital
agroforestry
B layer
12. 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.
disease
food web
photosynthesis
nitrification
13. 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.
climax community
keystone species
red tide
underground mining
14. The process by which specialized bacteria (mostly anaerobic bacteria) convert ammonia to NOy NO2 - and N2 and release it back to the atmosphere.
green tax
denitrification
surface fires
indigenous species
15. Power generated using water.
water-scarce
asthenosphere
dose-response curve
hydroelectric power
16. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.
thermosphere
acid
population density
anthracite
17. A basic substance; chemically - a substance that absorbs hydrogen ions or releases hydroxyl ions; in reference to natural water - a measure of the base content of the water.
alkaline
physical (mechanical) weathering
food chain
carnivore
18. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.
habitat
petroleum
C layer
respiration
19. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
point source pollution
doldrums
U.S. Noise Control Act
Aquaculture
20. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
ozone holes
La Nina
deep well injection
water-stressed
21. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.
wastewater
chemical weathering
heterotrophy
sick building syndrome
22. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
drip irrigation
malnutrition
clay
convergent boundary
23. 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.
toxin
selective cutting
pioneer species
water-scarce
24. Living or derived from living things.
r-selected
biotic
scrubbers
industrial smog (gray smog)
25. The process of fusing two nuclei.
catalytic converter
sludge processor
nuclear fusion
sick building syndrome
26. A succession of organisms in an ecological community that constitutes a continuation of food energy from one organism to another as each consumes a lower member and - in turn - is preyed upon by a higher member.
food chain
crude oil
O layer
decomposer
27. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
risk assessment
dose-response curve
age-structure pyramids
sand
28. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
albedo
building-related illness
nitrogen fixation
water-stressed
29. An animal that only consumes other animals.
tertiary consumers
carnivore
water-stressed
sludge
30. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
gray smog (industrial smog)
terracing
delta
population density
31. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
subbituminous
transpiration
composting
low-level radioactive waste
32. 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.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
competitive exclusion
weather
loamy
33. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
community
wind farm
monoculture
predation
34. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
community
silviculture
wastewater
potential energy
35. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
building-related illness
symbiotic relationships
stationary sources
36. 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 pollutants
acute effect
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
underground mining
37. The removal of all of the trees in an area.
carrying capacity
clear-cutting
biotic
nitrification
38. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
market permits
dose-response curve
pioneer species
39. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
photochemical smog
contour farming
fossil fuel
salinization
40. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
convection
reservoir
active collection
Second Law of Thermodynamics
41. Urban areas that heat up more quickly and retain heat more than do nonurban areas.
radiant energy
heat islands
crude oil
albedo
42. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
humus
tropospheric ozone
estuary
43. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
tropical storm
weather
omnivores
potential energy
44. The result of a pathogen invading a body.
Infection
aquifer
green tax
barrier island
45. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.
trophic level
edge effect
watershed
sludge
46. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.
extinction
sludge processor
land degradation
stationary sources
47. The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica (and to some extent - over the Arctic).
decomposer
ozone holes
B layer
overgrazed
48. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.
preservation
trophic level
r-selected
greenbelt
49. A long - relatively narrow island running parallel to the mainland-built up by the action of waves and currents and serving to protect the coast from erosion by surf and tidal surges.
sand
riparian right
barrier island
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
50. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
competitive exclusion
producer
denitrification
deep well injection