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AP Environmental Science
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1. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
physical (mechanical) weathering
hazardous waste
secondary consumers
erosion
2. A group of modern windmills.
driftnets
wind farm
riparian right
disease
3. The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica (and to some extent - over the Arctic).
ozone holes
contour farming
Second Law of Thermodynamics
doldrums
4. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
noise pollution
transpiration
death rate (crude death rate)
abiotic
5. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.
agroforestry
global warming
risk assessment
composting
6. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
weather
sand
bottom trawling
barrels
7. The edges of tectonic plates.
ED50
crude oil
plate boundaries
wind farm
8. 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.
La Nina
toxin
barrier island
earthquake
9. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
crude oil
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
habitat
prior appropriation
10. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
secondary treatment
assimilation
potential energy
proven reserve
11. The process by which - according to Darwin's theory of evolution - only the organisms best adapted to their environment tend to survive and transmit their genetic characteristics in increasing numbers to succeeding generations - while those less adap
natural selection
volcanoes
passive solar energy collection
fossil fuel
12. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.
building-related illness
asthenosphere
capture fisheries
Second Law of Thermodynamics
13. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
conservation
demographic transition model
drip irrigation
albedo
14. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
producer
barrier island
thermocline
detritivore
15. Is the practice of planting bands of different crops across a hillside.
deep well injection
conservation
dose-response curve
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
16. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
by-catch
no-till
fossil fuel
loamy
17. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
O layer
poison
proven reserve
hydroelectric power
18. An area in which a particular mineral is concentrated - mining -the excavation of the Earth for the purpose of extracting ore or minerals.
coral reef
mineral deposit
mantle
jet stream
19. Nets that are dragged through the water and indiscriminately catch everything in their path.
competitive exclusion
Infection
consumption
driftnets
20. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
prior appropriation
LD50
natural selection
riparian right
21. The process in which plants absorb ammonium (NH3) - ammonia ions (NH4+) - and nitrate ions (NO3) through their roots.
Gross Primary Productivity
greenbelt
assimilation
Green Revolution
22. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
First Law of Thermodynamics
mantle
silt
23. Any substance than is inhaled - ingested - or absorbed at dosages sufficient to damage a living organism.
photochemical smog
convergent boundary
logistic population growth
toxin
24. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
biosphere
no-till
conservation
law of conservation of matter
25. A layer of soil.
A layer
Horizon
biomagnifications
malnutrition
26. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
chemical weathering
non-point source pollution
prior appropriation
genetic drift
27. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
sludge processor
fishery
biotic potential
tailings
28. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.
low-level radioactive waste
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
chemical weathering
mineral deposit
29. The process of burning.
acid precipitation
combustion
wetlands
fly ash
30. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
weather
transform boundary
El Nino
Green Revolution
31. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
humus
water-scarce
community
mutualism
32. Organisms that are capable of interbreeding with one another and incapable of breeding with other species.
species
kinetic energy
evaporation
trade winds
33. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
fishery
ecological succession
renewable resources
acid
34. The random fluctuations in the frequency of the appearance of a gene in a small isolated population - presumably owing to chance - rather than natural selection.
conservation
genetic drift
evaporation
estuary
35. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
C layer
dose-response analysis
tertiary consumers
carnivore
36. 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.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
mantle
tertiary consumers
acute effect
37. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.
Aquaculture
loamy
secondary pollutants
primary succession
38. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.
carrying capacity
wind farm
shelter-wood cutting
consumption
39. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.
biotic
natural selection
long lining
acid precipitation
40. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
habitat
trophic level
parasitism
replacement birth rate
41. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.
composting
mantle
producer
overburden
42. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.
sludge
biotic
secondary consumers
Superfund Program
43. A high-speed - meandering wind current - generally moving from a westerly direction at speeds often exceeding 400 km (250 miles) per hour at altitudes of 15 to 25 km (10 to 15 miles).
natural resources
realized niche
jet stream
mutualism
44. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.
respiration
terracing
kinetic energy
potential energy
45. 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.
Immigration
energy pyramid
La Nina
Horizon
46. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
physical (mechanical) weathering
passive solar energy collection
capture fisheries
composting
47. Any noise that causes stress or has the potential to damage human health.
deep well injection
gray smog (industrial smog)
noise pollution
r-selected
48. A layer in a large body of water - such as a lake - that sharply separates regions differing in temperature - so that the temperature gradient across the layer is abrupt.
coral reef
old growth forest
gray smog (industrial smog)
thermocline
49. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
sand
deep well injection
trade winds
kinetic energy
50. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
nonrenewable resources
barrier island
watershed
habitat fragmentation