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AP Environmental Science
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1. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
pioneer species
biological weathering
point source pollution
long lining
2. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.
r-selected
abiotic
high-level radioactive waste
greenhouse effect
3. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
transpiration
ED50
symbiotic relationships
primary pollutants
4. The phenomenon whereby the Earth's atmosphere traps solar radiation - caused by the presence in the atmosphere of gases such as carbon dioxide - water vapor - and methane that allow incoming sunlight to pass through - but absorb heat radiated back fr
barrier island
greenhouse effect
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
scrubbers
5. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
thermocline
asthenosphere
U.S. Noise Control Act
food web
6. A platinum - coated device that oxidizes most of the VOCs and some of the CO that would otherwise be emitted in exhaust - converting them to CO2.
Half-life
gray smog (industrial smog)
U.S. Noise Control Act
catalytic converter
7. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
driftnets
food chain
nonrenewable resources
realized niche
8. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.
divergent boundary
plate boundaries
contour farming
secondary pollutants
9. 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.
proven reserve
La Nina
overburden
closed-loop recycling
10. 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.
disease
death rate (crude death rate)
nitrogen fixation
Second Law of Thermodynamics
11. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
food web
crude oil
mutualism
deep well injection
12. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
niche
coral reef
trophic level
emigration
13. A lowland area - such as a marsh or swamp - that is saturated with moisture - especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.
tropospheric ozone
wetlands
heterotrophy
risk assessment
14. Says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed.
denitrification
First Law of Thermodynamics
producer
old growth forest
15. The gaseous mass or envelope surrounding a celestial body - especially the one surrounding the Earth - which is retained by the celestial body's gravitational field.
atmosphere
pioneer species
nonrenewable resources
acute effect
16. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.
photosynthesis
passive solar energy collection
fossil fuel
threshold dose
17. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.
ecosystem capital
energy pyramid
loamy
petroleum
18. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
dose-response curve
Hadley cell
climax community
nitrification
19. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
active collection
silviculture
thermosphere
extinction
20. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
biotic potential
dose-response analysis
wind farm
omnivores
21. 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.
volcanoes
crude oil
abiotic
physical treatmen
22. A fiscal policy that lowers taxes on income - including wages and profit - and raises taxes on consumption - particularly the unsustainable consumption of non-renewable resources.
salinization
B layer
nonrenewable resources
green tax
23. Any noise that causes stress or has the potential to damage human health.
species
food web
ecological footprint
noise pollution
24. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
arable
combustion
threshold dose
lithosphere
25. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.
scrubbers
primary treatment
active collection
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
26. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
Immigration
tertiary consumers
r-selected
strip mining
27. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
consumption
jet stream
biological weathering
biosphere
28. When one species feeds on another.
heterotrophy
carnivore
predation
fishery
29. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
jet stream
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
petroleum
birth rate (crude birth rate)
30. Pollutants that are released directly into the lower atmosphere.
primary pollutants
rain shadow
poison
ecological footprint
31. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.
bituminous
composting
R horizon
heat islands
32. 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
producer
market permits
pathogens
symbiotic relationships
33. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
doldrums
green tax
bioaccumulation
habitat fragmentation
34. Is the practice of planting bands of different crops across a hillside.
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
topsoil
greenhouse effect
riparian right
35. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
nuclear fusion
sludge processor
biological weathering
overgrazed
36. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
respiration
water-scarce
nonrenewable resources
37. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
barrier island
watershed
proven reserve
First Law of Thermodynamics
38. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.
indigenous species
long lining
proven reserve
Half-life
39. The water from which a river rises; a source.
pathogens
assimilation
Headwaters
overgrazed
40. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
biotic potential
inner core
acid precipitation
law of conservation of matter
41. 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.
C layer
extinction
biosphere
alkaline
42. The value of natural resources.
greenbelt
extinction
ecosystem capital
carrying capacity
43. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
topsoil
renewable resources
autotroph
nitrogen fixation
44. 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.
pioneer species
earthquake
nitrification
contour farming
45. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
poison
coral reef
humus
U.S. Noise Control Act
46. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
bituminous
trade winds
threshold dose
primary pollutants
47. 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
secondary consumers
natural selection
fission
passive solar energy collection
48. The capacity to do work.
transform boundary
thermosphere
humus
energy
49. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
strip mining
physical treatmen
coral reef
mutualism
50. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
petroleum
greenbelt
by-catch
tropospheric ozone