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AP Environmental Science
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1. A soil horizon - horizon C is made up of larger pieces of rock that have not undergone much weathering.
C layer
erosion
natural resources
biological weathering
2. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
wetlands
transform boundary
bituminous
Aquaculture
3. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.
k-selected
trade winds
ecological footprint
symbiotic relationships
4. When materials - such as plastic or aluminum - are used to rebuild the same product. An example of this is the use of the aluminum from aluminum cans to produce more aluminum cans.
tailings
deep well injection
closed-loop recycling
weather
5. 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.
biotic potential
surface fires
O layer
physical (mechanical) weathering
6. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
C layer
barrels
gray smog (industrial smog)
population
7. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
clay
asthenosphere
overburden
weather
8. 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).
trophic level
long lining
risk management
thermocline
9. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.
slash-and-burn
fishery
age-structure pyramids
loamy
10. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.
coral reef
risk assessment
poison
primary succession
11. The place where two plates abut each other.
leachate
fault
realized niche
non-point source pollution
12. A program funded by the federal government and a trust that's funded by taxes on chemicals; identifies pollutants and cleans up hazardous waste sites.
monoculture
invasive species
Superfund Program
preservation
13. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
climax community
sludge
fault
doldrums
14. Any substance than is inhaled - ingested - or absorbed at dosages sufficient to damage a living organism.
toxin
natural selection
water-scarce
albedo
15. To convert or change into a vapor.
deep well injection
evolution
evaporation
capture fisheries
16. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
biosphere
nonrenewable resources
land degradation
biomagnifications
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
autotroph
total fertility rate
market permits
pathogens
18. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.
anthracite
lithosphere
mineral deposit
evolution
19. 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.
fossil fuel
crop rotation
R horizon
weathering
20. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
plate boundaries
emigration
birth rate (crude birth rate)
Aquaculture
21. The molten core of the Earth.
inner core
risk assessment
La Nina
primary pollutants
22. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
primary consumers
toxicity
alkaline
clear-cutting
23. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
wastewater
fishery
nitrogen fixation
24. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
LD50
fishery
prior appropriation
demographic transition model
25. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
noise pollution
La Nina
point source pollution
salinization
26. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
secondary pollutants
detritivore
doldrums
crude oil
27. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
B layer
C layer
volcanoes
tailings
28. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
law of conservation of matter
monoculture
crop rotation
R horizon
29. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.
humus
hydroelectric power
loamy
reservoir
30. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.
O layer
long lining
nonrenewable resources
climax community
31. 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
fishery
alkaline
no-till
32. 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.
selective cutting
sludge processor
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
erosion
33. Sunlight.
watershed
radiant energy
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
tree farms
34. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
carrying capacity
trade winds
wetlands
inner core
35. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
tertiary consumers
transpiration
Uneven-aged management
convection currents
36. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
biomagnifications
passive solar energy collection
natural resources
trade winds
37. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
deep well injection
surface fires
photosynthesis
drip irrigation
38. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
convergent boundary
pioneer species
water-scarce
inner core
39. 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.
edge effect
photosynthesis
toxicity
inner core
40. The value of natural resources.
climax community
catalytic converter
crop rotation
ecosystem capital
41. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
dose-response analysis
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
parasitism
Southern Oscillation
42. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
total fertility rate
abiotic
petroleum
anthracite
43. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
natural resources
symbiotic relationships
non-point source pollution
subbituminous
44. 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.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
pioneer species
evolution
monoculture
45. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.
vector
sludge processor
habitat
traditional subsistence agriculture
46. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
atmosphere
monoculture
weathering
genetic drift
47. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
B layer
detritivore
habitat fragmentation
48. 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.
passive solar energy collection
sludge processor
prior appropriation
agroforestry
49. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
rain shadow
albedo
population density
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
50. 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.
arable
alkaline
acute effect
U.S. Noise Control Act