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AP Environmental Science

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1. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.






2. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.






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






4. A group of modern windmills.






5. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.






6. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.






7. The capacity to do work.






8. The removal of all of the trees in an area.






9. The movement of individuals out of a population.






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






11. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.






12. The random fluctuations in the frequency of the appearance of a gene in a small isolated population - presumably owing to chance - rather than natural selection.






13. The liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.






14. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.






15. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.






16. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.






17. 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.






18. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.






19. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.






20. The uppermost horizon of soil. It is primarily made up of organic material - including waste from organisms - the bodies of decomposing organisms - and live organisms.






21. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.






22. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.






23. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.






24. The result of vibrations (often due to plate movements) deep in the Earth that release energy. They often occur as two plates slide past one another at a transform boundary.






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.






28. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.






29. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.






30. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.






31. Says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed.






32. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.






33. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.






34. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.






35. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.






36. An animal that only consumes other animals.






37. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.






38. 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.






39. A high-speed - meandering wind current - generally moving from a westerly direction at speeds often exceeding 400 km (250 miles) per hour at altitudes of 15 to 25 km (10 to 15 miles).






40. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.






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






42. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.






43. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.






44. The movement of individuals into a population.






45. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.






46. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.






47. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.






48. Sunlight.






49. Any waste that poses a danger to human health; it must be dealt with in a different way from other types of waste.






50. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.







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