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AP Environmental Science
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1. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
mineral deposit
Uneven-aged management
toxicity
transpiration
2. The dark - crumbly - nutrient-rich material that results from the decomposition of organic material.
capture fisheries
humus
secondary consumers
genetic drift
3. The process of soil particles being carried away by wind or water. Erosion moves the smaller particles first and hence degrades the soil to a coarser - sandier - stonier texture.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
erosion
red tide
renewable resources
4. 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.
ecological footprint
nitrification
earthquake
risk management
5. The molten core of the Earth.
topsoil
inner core
greenbelt
tertiary consumers
6. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
convergent boundary
Green Revolution
monoculture
barrels
7. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
Coriolis effect
toxin
sick building syndrome
convection
8. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.
trade winds
secondary pollutants
terracing
arable
9. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
primary succession
replacement birth rate
evaporation
petroleum
10. Is the practice of planting bands of different crops across a hillside.
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
habitat
preservation
agroforestry
11. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
invasive species
habitat
rain shadow
underground mining
12. The region draining into river system or other body of water.
ED50
secondary pollutants
watershed
upwelling
13. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
pathogens
Second Law of Thermodynamics
natural resources
capture fisheries
14. 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
threshold dose
coral reef
death rate (crude death rate)
15. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
combustion
energy pyramid
jet stream
Southern Oscillation
16. The observed effect of the Coriolis force - especially the deflection of an object moving above the Earth - rightward in the Northern Hemisphere - and leftward in the Southern Hemisphere.
age-structure pyramids
Coriolis effect
malnutrition
fossil fuel
17. When companies are allowed to buy permits that allow them a certain amount of discharge of substances into certain environmental outlets. If they can reduce their amount of discharge - they are allowed to sell the remaining portion of their permit to
greenhouse effect
market permits
sick building syndrome
community
18. 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.
total fertility rate
coral reef
kinetic energy
biomagnifications
19. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
silviculture
riparian right
keystone species
monoculture
20. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
sick building syndrome
autotroph
weather
parasitism
21. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
conservation
noise pollution
thermosphere
k-selected
22. A basic substance; chemically - a substance that absorbs hydrogen ions or releases hydroxyl ions; in reference to natural water - a measure of the base content of the water.
alkaline
sand
logistic population growth
strip mining
23. The low-rainfall region that exists on the leeward (downwind) side of a mountain range. This rain shadow is the result of the mountain range's causing precipitation on the windward side.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
fossil fuel
rain shadow
bituminous
24. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
photochemical smog
ecosystem capital
by-catch
barrels
25. The place where two plates abut each other.
evaporation
industrial smog (gray smog)
fault
nuclear fusion
26. An introduced - normative species.
invasive species
lignite
competitive exclusion
food chain
27. The right - as to fishing or to the use of a riverbed - of one who owns riparian land (the land adjacent to a river or stream).
inner core
riparian right
slash-and-burn
active collection
28. 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.
physical (mechanical) weathering
wastewater
edge effect
agroforestry
29. The process in which plants absorb ammonium (NH3) - ammonia ions (NH4+) - and nitrate ions (NO3) through their roots.
dose-response curve
ecological footprint
nuclear fusion
assimilation
30. Transition in species composition of a biological community - often following ecological disturbance of the community; the establishment of a biological community in any area virtually barren of life.
plate boundaries
conservation
estuary
ecological succession
31. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
death rate (crude death rate)
physical (mechanical) weathering
Uneven-aged management
wind farm
32. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.
secondary treatment
extinction
risk management
monoculture
33. The movement of individuals out of a population.
emigration
mineral deposit
convergent boundary
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
34. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
predation
tailings
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
renewable resources
35. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
pioneer species
R horizon
carnivore
C layer
36. The process of burning.
combustion
old growth forest
no-till
nitrogen fixation
37. Says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed.
jet stream
First Law of Thermodynamics
fishery
high-level radioactive waste
38. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
agroforestry
ecosystem capital
convergent boundary
catalytic converter
39. The structure obtained if we organize the amount of energy contained in producers and consumers in an ecosystem by kilocalories per square meter - from largest to smallest.
land degradation
energy pyramid
petroleum
acute effect
40. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
wind farm
malnutrition
preservation
Green Revolution
41. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
arable
fly ash
parasitism
fossil fuel
42. The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in countries since the 1960s.
watershed
Green Revolution
acute effect
keystone species
43. Change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals and resulting in the development of new species.
evolution
poison
preservation
drip irrigation
44. Organisms that are capable of interbreeding with one another and incapable of breeding with other species.
Infection
species
closed-loop recycling
edge effect
45. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
nuclear fusion
weathering
wastewater
topsoil
46. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
gray smog (industrial smog)
edge effect
R horizon
inner core
47. 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).
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
risk management
B layer
driftnets
48. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
primary succession
heterotrophy
law of conservation of matter
kinetic energy
49. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.
terracing
land degradation
detritivore
renewable resources
50. A waste product produced by the burning of coal.
deforestation
erosion
divergent boundary
fly ash