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AP Environmental Science

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.






2. Sunlight.






3. When a species occupies a smaller niche than it would in the absence of competition.






4. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.






5. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.






6. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.






7. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.






8. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.






9. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.






10. The movement of individuals out of a population.






11. An area in which a particular mineral is concentrated - mining -the excavation of the Earth for the purpose of extracting ore or minerals.






12. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.






13. Fires that typically burn only the forest's underbrush and do little damage to mature trees. Surface fires actually serve to protect the forest from more harmful fires by removing underbrush and dead materials that would burn quickly and at high temp






14. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.






15. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.






16. The third purest form of coal.






17. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.






18. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.






19. Any substance that has an LD50 - of 50 mg or less per kg of body weight.






20. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.






21. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.






22. Organisms that consume primary consumers.






23. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.






24. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.






25. The place where two plates abut each other.






26. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.






27. An influential theory that concerns the long - term rate of conventional oil (and other fossil fuel) extraction and depletion. It predicts that future world oil production will soon reach a peak and then rapidly decline.






28. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.






29. Nets that are dragged through the water and indiscriminately catch everything in their path.






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.






31. The edges of tectonic plates.






32. The second-purest form of coal.






33. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.






34. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.






35. 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.






36. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.






37. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.






38. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.






39. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.






40. Power generated using water.






41. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.






42. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.






43. A layer of soil.






44. 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.






45. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.






46. To convert or change into a vapor.






47. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.






48. The removal of select trees in an area; this leaves the majority of the habitat in place and has less of an impact on the ecosystem.






49. The capacity to do work.






50. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.