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AP Environmental Science

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1. To convert or change into a vapor.






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






3. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.






4. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.






5. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.






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






7. Organisms that consume primary consumers.






8. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.






9. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.






10. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.






11. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.






12. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.






13. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).






14. 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).






15. The process of burning.






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






17. Sunlight.






18. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.






19. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.






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






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






22. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.






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






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






25. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.






26. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.






27. The edges of tectonic plates.






28. A cooling of the ocean surface off the western coast of South America - occurring periodically every 4 to 12 years and affecting Pacific and other weather patterns.






29. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.






30. 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






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






32. A process in which rows of crops are plowed across the hillside; this prevents the erosion that can occur when rows are cut up and down on a slope. ...






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






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






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






36. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.






37. The dark - crumbly - nutrient-rich material that results from the decomposition of organic material.






38. 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.






39. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.






40. 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






41. When physically treated sewage water is passed into a settling tank - where suspended solids settle out as sludge; chemically treated polymers may be added to help the suspended solids separate and settle out.






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






43. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value






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






45. The practice of alternating the crops grown on a piece of land - for example - corn one year - legumes for two years - and then back to corn.






46. A group of modern windmills.






47. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.






48. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.






49. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.






50. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.