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AP Environmental Science
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1. A lowland area - such as a marsh or swamp - that is saturated with moisture - especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.
evolution
proven reserve
wetlands
composting
2. An animal that only consumes other animals.
alkaline
First Law of Thermodynamics
convection currents
carnivore
3. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
emigration
greenbelt
gray smog (industrial smog)
heterotrophy
4. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
ED50
underground mining
crude oil
noise pollution
5. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
potential energy
risk assessment
noise pollution
by-catch
6. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
Immigration
nitrogen fixation
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
petroleum
7. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
low-level radioactive waste
conservation
fossil fuel
weathering
8. The use of building materials - building placement - and design to passively collect solar energy that can be used to keep a building warm or cool.
natural resources
passive solar energy collection
scrubbers
jet stream
9. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava - ash - and gases are ejected.
nitrification
secondary consumers
volcanoes
habitat
10. The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in countries since the 1960s.
Green Revolution
closed-loop recycling
food web
acute effect
11. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
clay
overgrazed
topsoil
weather
12. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
greenhouse effect
community
underground mining
non-point source pollution
13. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.
closed-loop recycling
active collection
replacement birth rate
demographic transition model
14. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
ecological footprint
death rate (crude death rate)
LD50
genetic drift
15. The part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere.
death rate (crude death rate)
asthenosphere
water-scarce
keystone species
16. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.
slash-and-burn
El Nino
dose-response analysis
abiotic
17. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
water-stressed
ecosystem capital
lignite
habitat fragmentation
18. The movement of individuals out of a population.
doldrums
emigration
niche
erosion
19. The process in which soil bacteria convert ammonium (NH4+) to a form that can be used by plants; nitrate - or NO3.
traditional subsistence agriculture
nitrification
Superfund Program
salinization
20. A group of modern windmills.
threshold dose
wind farm
keystone species
leachate
21. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
no-till
coral reef
monoculture
community
22. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
nuclear fusion
toxin
underground mining
clay
23. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
catalytic converter
O layer
nitrogen fixation
Coriolis effect
24. 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.
r-selected
solid waste
La Nina
composting
25. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
aquifer
by-catch
volcanoes
consumer
26. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
physical (mechanical) weathering
fossil fuel
underground mining
albedo
27. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
transform boundary
edge effect
green tax
threshold dose
28. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
reservoir
replacement birth rate
greenbelt
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
29. Organisms that are capable of interbreeding with one another and incapable of breeding with other species.
species
fossil fuel
earthquake
Headwaters
30. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
biotic
birth rate (crude birth rate)
photochemical smog
age-structure pyramids
31. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
age-structure pyramids
reservoir
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
disease
32. The region draining into river system or other body of water.
driftnets
lignite
U.S. Noise Control Act
watershed
33. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
industrial smog (gray smog)
heterotrophy
La Nina
atmosphere
34. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
watershed
bioaccumulation
denitrification
competitive exclusion
35. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.
inner core
B layer
k-selected
tree farms
36. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
bituminous
no-till
Southern Oscillation
U.S. Noise Control Act
37. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
plate boundaries
mutualism
underground mining
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
38. 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.
watershed
R horizon
keystone species
surface fires
39. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.
keystone species
chemical weathering
lithosphere
ecological footprint
40. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.
Green Revolution
C layer
Gross Primary Productivity
shelter-wood cutting
41. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
climax community
nuclear fusion
invasive species
nitrification
42. A severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean - traveling north - northwest - or northeast from its point of origin - and usually involving heavy rains.
reservoir
symbiotic relationships
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
physical (mechanical) weathering
43. 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. ...
driftnets
gray smog (industrial smog)
physical treatmen
contour farming
44. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
food web
Horizon
trophic level
catalytic converter
45. Sunlight.
radiant energy
subduction zone
climax community
evolution
46. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
replacement birth rate
gray smog (industrial smog)
keystone species
ecosystem capital
47. Species that originate and live - or occur naturally - in an area or environment.
subduction zone
indigenous species
divergent boundary
radiant energy
48. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
old growth forest
habitat fragmentation
barrier island
vector
49. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.
decomposer
threshold dose
topsoil
risk management
50. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
photosynthesis
tailings
convection
upwelling