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AP Environmental Science

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1. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.






2. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.






7. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.






8. Energy at rest - or stored energy.






9. Land that's fit to be cultivated.






10. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.






11. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.






12. The energy of motion.






13. The process in which soil becomes saltier and saltier until - finally - the salt prevents the growth of plants. Salinization is caused by irrigation because salts brought in with the water remain in the soil as water evaporates.






14. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.






15. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.






16. Nets that are dragged through the water and indiscriminately catch everything in their path.






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






18. Change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals and resulting in the development of new species.






19. Bacteria - virus - or other microorganisms that can cause disease.






20. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.






21. The gaseous mass or envelope surrounding a celestial body - especially the one surrounding the Earth - which is retained by the celestial body's gravitational field.






22. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.






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






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






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






26. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.






27. The observed effect of the Coriolis force - especially the deflection of an object moving above the Earth - rightward in the Northern Hemisphere - and leftward in the Southern Hemisphere.






28. 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.






29. The capacity to do work.






30. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.






31. The amount of the Earth's surface that's necessary to supply the needs of - and dispose of the waste from a particular population.






32. 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.






33. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.






34. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.






35. When one species feeds on another.






36. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.






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






38. 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).






39. In a sewage treatment plant - the initial filtration that is done to remove debris such as stones - sticks - rags - toys - and other objects that were flushed down the toilet.






40. An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.






41. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.






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






43. Is the practice of planting bands of different crops across a hillside.






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






45. 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.






46. The low-rainfall region that exists on the leeward (downwind) side of a mountain range. This rain shadow is the result of the mountain range's causing precipitation on the windward side.






47. The third purest form of coal.






48. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.






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






50. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.