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AP Environmental Science
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1. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
potential energy
upwelling
fly ash
coral reef
2. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.
Aquaculture
sludge processor
tailings
threshold dose
3. A nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus - especially a heavy nucleus such as an isotope of uranium - splits into fragments - usually two fragments of comparable mass - releasing from 100 million to several hundred million electron volts of ener
volcanoes
fission
no-till
habitat fragmentation
4. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
competitive exclusion
assimilation
crude oil
secondary consumers
5. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
heat islands
community
ED50
nitrification
6. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
Immigration
tree farms
heterotrophy
7. The process of burning.
slash-and-burn
toxicity
realized niche
combustion
8. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
Aquaculture
O layer
Hadley cell
prior appropriation
9. 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.
greenhouse effect
Uneven-aged management
crop rotation
ecological succession
10. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
primary treatment
biomagnifications
population density
secondary consumers
11. 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.
building-related illness
assimilation
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
decomposer
12. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
symbiotic relationships
acute effect
trade winds
upwelling
13. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
species
carnivore
albedo
natural selection
14. Pollutants that are released directly into the lower atmosphere.
closed-loop recycling
climax community
primary pollutants
deforestation
15. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
malnutrition
transform boundary
demographic transition model
law of conservation of matter
16. A process in which an organism is exposed to a toxin at different concentrations - and the dosage that causes the death of the organism is recorded.
dose-response analysis
crude oil
silt
energy pyramid
17. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
industrial smog (gray smog)
wastewater
building-related illness
niche
18. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.
carnivore
biotic potential
rain shadow
competitive exclusion
19. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
indigenous species
age-structure pyramids
active collection
replacement birth rate
20. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.
Headwaters
sludge
ecological succession
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
21. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
acute effect
convergent boundary
ecosystem capital
volcanoes
22. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
food web
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
ecological footprint
vector
23. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
albedo
secondary pollutants
biological weathering
erosion
24. 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.
k-selected
invasive species
genetic drift
transpiration
25. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
kinetic energy
energy pyramid
slash-and-burn
biomagnifications
26. The process of fusing two nuclei.
tree farms
vector
red tide
nuclear fusion
27. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
market permits
Green Revolution
red tide
transform boundary
28. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
alkaline
tropical storm
loamy
by-catch
29. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.
heat islands
Infection
denitrification
long lining
30. The result of a pathogen invading a body.
chemical weathering
Infection
convection currents
dose-response curve
31. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.
B layer
carrying capacity
silviculture
food chain
32. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
habitat
water-scarce
assimilation
emigration
33. 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.
erosion
total fertility rate
ecosystem capital
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
34. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.
transform boundary
chemical weathering
food chain
selective cutting
35. Is the practice of planting bands of different crops across a hillside.
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
biological weathering
passive solar energy collection
transform boundary
36. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
malnutrition
birth rate (crude birth rate)
barrier island
second growth forests
37. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.
food web
shelter-wood cutting
wetlands
jet stream
38. The phenomenon whereby the Earth's atmosphere traps solar radiation - caused by the presence in the atmosphere of gases such as carbon dioxide - water vapor - and methane that allow incoming sunlight to pass through - but absorb heat radiated back fr
competitive exclusion
biomagnifications
greenhouse effect
low-level radioactive waste
39. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
nuclear fusion
crude oil
decomposer
stationary sources
40. 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
inner core
plate boundaries
death rate (crude death rate)
41. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
r-selected
O layer
crude oil
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
42. 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.
salinization
poison
Green Revolution
long lining
43. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
renewable resources
atmosphere
detritivore
subduction zone
44. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
primary consumers
parasitism
natural resources
rain shadow
45. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
proven reserve
barrier island
catalytic converter
species
46. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.
Half-life
acid
mantle
sludge processor
47. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
overgrazed
barrier island
greenbelt
prior appropriation
48. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
trophic level
food chain
genetic drift
acid precipitation
49. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
edge effect
convection currents
consumer
50. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
scrubbers
catalytic converter
driftnets
Hadley cell