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AP Environmental Science
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1. An organism that obtains organic food molecules without eating other organisms or substances derived from other organisms. autotrophs use energy from the sun or from the oxidation of inorganic substances to make organic molecules from inorganic ones.
physical (mechanical) weathering
Green Revolution
autotroph
nuclear fusion
2. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
secondary consumers
composting
preservation
primary consumers
3. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
stationary sources
Aquaculture
capture fisheries
trade winds
4. A layer of soil.
kinetic energy
biological weathering
scrubbers
Horizon
5. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
First Law of Thermodynamics
wetlands
consumer
secondary treatment
6. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.
k-selected
species
carrying capacity
non-point source pollution
7. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.
vector
heterotrophy
jet stream
high-level radioactive waste
8. A plate boundary at which plates are moving away from each other. This causes an upwelling of magma from the mantle to cool and form new crust.
barrels
pioneer species
O layer
divergent boundary
9. Urban areas that heat up more quickly and retain heat more than do nonurban areas.
heat islands
Coriolis effect
topsoil
parasitism
10. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
ED50
ozone holes
symbiotic relationships
convergent boundary
11. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
detritivore
respiration
closed-loop recycling
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
12. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
rain shadow
age-structure pyramids
malnutrition
biosphere
13. The third purest form of coal.
natural selection
Superfund Program
ecosystem capital
subbituminous
14. A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.
logistic population growth
delta
toxicity
nitrification
15. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
monoculture
overgrazed
producer
Southern Oscillation
16. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
composting
competitive exclusion
energy
Gross Primary Productivity
17. In a sewage treatment plant - the initial filtration that is done to remove debris such as stones - sticks - rags - toys - and other objects that were flushed down the toilet.
biosphere
physical treatmen
photochemical smog
secondary consumers
18. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
toxicity
closed-loop recycling
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
greenhouse effect
19. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
preservation
wind farm
photochemical smog
bioaccumulation
20. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
building-related illness
birth rate (crude birth rate)
renewable resources
upwelling
21. The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.
deforestation
conservation
habitat
subduction zone
22. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
O layer
carrying capacity
indigenous species
U.S. Noise Control Act
23. 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.
biomagnifications
toxicity
old growth forest
crop rotation
24. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
Superfund Program
mutualism
Immigration
deep well injection
25. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
B layer
capture fisheries
noise pollution
LD50
26. When a species occupies a smaller niche than it would in the absence of competition.
primary consumers
greenbelt
topsoil
realized niche
27. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
inner core
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
primary succession
weathering
28. Bacteria - virus - or other microorganisms that can cause disease.
genetic drift
strip mining
wastewater
pathogens
29. The process of burning.
decomposer
combustion
active collection
genetic drift
30. The region draining into river system or other body of water.
subduction zone
erosion
watershed
birth rate (crude birth rate)
31. The energy of motion.
deep well injection
earthquake
kinetic energy
logistic population growth
32. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
closed-loop recycling
riparian right
low-level radioactive waste
nonrenewable resources
33. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
subduction zone
total fertility rate
acute effect
chronic effect
34. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.
monoculture
hazardous waste
consumption
natural selection
35. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
tailings
estuary
genetic drift
conservation
36. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.
chemical weathering
tropical storm
active collection
renewable resources
37. 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
anthracite
photosynthesis
natural selection
38. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
crop rotation
selective cutting
closed-loop recycling
tropospheric ozone
39. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.
fly ash
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
consumer
silt
40. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
topsoil
crop rotation
logistic population growth
prior appropriation
41. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
underground mining
subduction zone
disease
topsoil
42. The least pure coal.
natural selection
evolution
lignite
anthracite
43. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
volcanoes
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
reservoir
carrying capacity
44. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
potential energy
lithosphere
convection
nuclear fusion
45. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.
demographic transition model
Hadley cell
Infection
overgrazed
46. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.
coral reef
LD50
contour farming
composting
47. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
aquifer
sick building syndrome
watershed
chronic effect
48. Says that the entropy (disorder) of the universe is increasing. One corollary of the Second Law of thermodynamics is the concept that - in most energy transformations - a significant fraction of energy is lost to the universe as heat.
tree farms
Second Law of Thermodynamics
market permits
dose-response analysis
49. A long - relatively narrow island running parallel to the mainland-built up by the action of waves and currents and serving to protect the coast from erosion by surf and tidal surges.
chronic effect
biotic
bioaccumulation
barrier island
50. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
earthquake
extinction
active collection
fossil fuel