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AP Environmental Science
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1. The amount of the Earth's surface that's necessary to supply the needs of - and dispose of the waste from a particular population.
ecological footprint
demographic transition model
reservoir
A layer
2. The value of natural resources.
emigration
B layer
potential energy
ecosystem capital
3. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
Superfund Program
potential energy
producer
composting
4. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.
clear-cutting
shelter-wood cutting
drip irrigation
sludge processor
5. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
ozone holes
driftnets
primary consumers
pathogens
6. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
red tide
jet stream
topsoil
natural resources
7. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
loamy
sick building syndrome
overgrazed
8. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
low-level radioactive waste
monoculture
greenhouse effect
B layer
9. The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica (and to some extent - over the Arctic).
dose-response analysis
market permits
ozone holes
Southern Oscillation
10. 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.
thermosphere
total fertility rate
ecological footprint
barrels
11. Urban areas that heat up more quickly and retain heat more than do nonurban areas.
red tide
primary succession
heat islands
biotic
12. 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.
wind farm
ecosystem capital
water-stressed
keystone species
13. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
competitive exclusion
Immigration
invasive species
r-selected
14. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.
monoculture
acid precipitation
sand
coral reef
15. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
passive solar energy collection
conservation
primary succession
solid waste
16. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
La Nina
water-scarce
Aquaculture
greenbelt
17. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
acid precipitation
tropical storm
poison
demographic transition model
18. An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
heterotrophy
greenbelt
El Nino
19. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.
age-structure pyramids
shelter-wood cutting
wetlands
traditional subsistence agriculture
20. The amount of sugar that the plants produce in photosynthesis and subtracting from it the amount of energy the plants need for growth maintenance - repair - and reproduction.
wetlands
greenhouse effect
abiotic
Gross Primary Productivity
21. 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.
closed-loop recycling
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
inner core
Immigration
22. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
secondary pollutants
lignite
nuclear fusion
age-structure pyramids
23. Devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants.
nitrogen fixation
scrubbers
Headwaters
closed-loop recycling
24. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
keystone species
red tide
death rate (crude death rate)
energy
25. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
energy pyramid
risk assessment
agroforestry
loamy
26. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
building-related illness
topsoil
tree farms
consumption
27. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
population density
sludge processor
omnivores
28. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
thermosphere
population
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
trade winds
29. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
food web
A layer
trade winds
niche
30. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
photosynthesis
capture fisheries
prior appropriation
atmosphere
31. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
producer
pioneer species
Southern Oscillation
food chain
32. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.
Half-life
Coriolis effect
trophic level
water-stressed
33. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
bioaccumulation
reservoir
point source pollution
decomposer
34. 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.
earthquake
logistic population growth
watershed
Coriolis effect
35. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
slash-and-burn
photochemical smog
bottom trawling
sludge processor
36. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
gray smog (industrial smog)
nitrification
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
fishery
37. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
mantle
indigenous species
no-till
earthquake
38. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.
convection currents
radiant energy
second growth forests
denitrification
39. 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).
riparian right
toxicity
underground mining
strip mining
40. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.
evolution
land degradation
risk assessment
secondary consumers
41. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
thermosphere
genetic drift
photochemical smog
denitrification
42. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
heterotrophy
overburden
convection currents
mutualism
43. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
subduction zone
convection
loamy
land degradation
44. Living or derived from living things.
primary treatment
thermocline
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
biotic
45. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
consumer
sludge processor
clay
preservation
46. 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).
photosynthesis
consumer
capture fisheries
risk management
47. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
biosphere
physical treatmen
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
silt
48. The result of a pathogen invading a body.
symbiotic relationships
inner core
La Nina
Infection
49. The process in which soil bacteria convert ammonium (NH4+) to a form that can be used by plants; nitrate - or NO3.
shelter-wood cutting
slash-and-burn
leachate
nitrification
50. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
biomagnifications
drip irrigation
loamy
C layer