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AP Environmental Science
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1. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
nuclear fusion
deep well injection
non-point source pollution
vector
2. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
active collection
convection currents
predation
preservation
3. The edges of tectonic plates.
heat islands
birth rate (crude birth rate)
clay
plate boundaries
4. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
primary consumers
transpiration
Second Law of Thermodynamics
consumption
5. An intensification of the Greenhouse Effect due to the increased presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
shelter-wood cutting
global warming
monoculture
risk management
6. Species that originate and live - or occur naturally - in an area or environment.
evaporation
indigenous species
habitat
crop rotation
7. Using strategies to reduce the amount of risk (the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen).
leachate
risk management
conservation
bottom trawling
8. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.
silt
crude oil
chemical weathering
respiration
9. A species whose very presence contributes to an ecosystem's diversity and whose extinction would consequently lead to the extinction of other forms of life.
greenbelt
Immigration
vector
keystone species
10. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
death rate (crude death rate)
tertiary consumers
tropical storm
industrial smog (gray smog)
11. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.
threshold dose
estuary
hazardous waste
point source pollution
12. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
primary treatment
secondary consumers
dose-response curve
habitat fragmentation
13. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
secondary consumers
jet stream
strip mining
14. Any water that has been used by humans. This includes human sewage - water drained from showers - tubs - sinks - dishwashers - washing machines - water from industrial processes - and storm water runoff.
consumption
replacement birth rate
greenhouse effect
wastewater
15. The place where two plates abut each other.
secondary treatment
conservation
barrier island
fault
16. A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.
delta
trophic level
Southern Oscillation
photosynthesis
17. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.
biotic potential
arable
secondary consumers
water-scarce
18. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
energy
old growth forest
capture fisheries
deforestation
19. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
prior appropriation
carrying capacity
pioneer species
abiotic
20. Sunlight.
hazardous waste
U.S. Noise Control Act
total fertility rate
radiant energy
21. When populations are well below the size dictated by the carrying capacity of the region they live in - they will grow exponentially - but as they approach the carrying capacity - their growth rate will decrease and the size of the population will ev
logistic population growth
ED50
community
denitrification
22. The liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.
conservation
mutualism
leachate
evaporation
23. When a species occupies a smaller niche than it would in the absence of competition.
Infection
tertiary consumers
no-till
realized niche
24. The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.
deforestation
A layer
nitrification
death rate (crude death rate)
25. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
El Nino
secondary treatment
LD50
U.S. Noise Control Act
26. Devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants.
toxicity
photochemical smog
scrubbers
Uneven-aged management
27. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
volcanoes
Infection
tropical storm
population density
28. Urban areas that heat up more quickly and retain heat more than do nonurban areas.
water-scarce
heat islands
crude oil
species
29. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
vector
age-structure pyramids
deep well injection
predation
30. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.
wetlands
sludge
demographic transition model
long lining
31. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
low-level radioactive waste
alkaline
logistic population growth
pioneer species
32. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
water-stressed
Half-life
sludge
stationary sources
33. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
biological weathering
surface fires
r-selected
traditional subsistence agriculture
34. Fires that typically burn only the forest's underbrush and do little damage to mature trees. Surface fires actually serve to protect the forest from more harmful fires by removing underbrush and dead materials that would burn quickly and at high temp
clear-cutting
driftnets
global warming
surface fires
35. The movement of individuals into a population.
Immigration
emigration
alkaline
water-stressed
36. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
First Law of Thermodynamics
point source pollution
r-selected
silviculture
37. The process by which - according to Darwin's theory of evolution - only the organisms best adapted to their environment tend to survive and transmit their genetic characteristics in increasing numbers to succeeding generations - while those less adap
land degradation
divergent boundary
malnutrition
natural selection
38. The result of a pathogen invading a body.
humus
replacement birth rate
habitat
Infection
39. The capacity to do work.
topsoil
O layer
energy
upwelling
40. A bloom of dinoflagellates that causes reddish discoloration of coastal ocean waters. Certain dinoflagellates of the genus Gonyamfox produce toxins that kill fish and contaminate shellfish.
red tide
scrubbers
conservation
divergent boundary
41. 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.
high-level radioactive waste
total fertility rate
indigenous species
weather
42. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
old growth forest
age-structure pyramids
convergent boundary
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
43. 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.
thermocline
barrier island
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
energy pyramid
44. 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.
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
primary treatment
La Nina
climax community
45. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
community
trophic level
passive solar energy collection
biosphere
46. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
detritivore
nitrogen fixation
R horizon
vector
47. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
nuclear fusion
terracing
omnivores
evolution
48. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
tailings
monoculture
primary treatment
industrial smog (gray smog)
49. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
greenbelt
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
secondary consumers
denitrification
50. A soil horizon - horizon C is made up of larger pieces of rock that have not undergone much weathering.
chemical weathering
C layer
alkaline
by-catch