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1. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
deforestation
LD50
respiration
industrial smog (gray smog)
2. A nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus - especially a heavy nucleus such as an isotope of uranium - splits into fragments - usually two fragments of comparable mass - releasing from 100 million to several hundred million electron volts of ener
doldrums
nitrification
Superfund Program
fission
3. The second-purest form of coal.
predation
death rate (crude death rate)
bituminous
land degradation
4. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
fission
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
barrier island
conservation
5. A cooling of the ocean surface off the western coast of South America - occurring periodically every 4 to 12 years and affecting Pacific and other weather patterns.
Superfund Program
La Nina
water-scarce
Uneven-aged management
6. A lowland area - such as a marsh or swamp - that is saturated with moisture - especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.
jet stream
sick building syndrome
wetlands
acute effect
7. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.
edge effect
O layer
disease
doldrums
8. An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.
tailings
terracing
nonrenewable resources
heterotrophy
9. The use of building materials - building placement - and design to passively collect solar energy that can be used to keep a building warm or cool.
invasive species
sludge processor
passive solar energy collection
population
10. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
proven reserve
old growth forest
weather
tertiary consumers
11. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
silviculture
Horizon
replacement birth rate
industrial smog (gray smog)
12. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
sludge
transform boundary
hazardous waste
indigenous species
13. The water from which a river rises; a source.
albedo
earthquake
Headwaters
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
14. A severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean - traveling north - northwest - or northeast from its point of origin - and usually involving heavy rains.
no-till
evolution
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
proven reserve
15. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
red tide
Uneven-aged management
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
point source pollution
16. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
tropospheric ozone
petroleum
O layer
thermosphere
17. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
nitrogen fixation
ecological footprint
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
water-scarce
18. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
convection
nuclear fusion
autotroph
humus
19. Urban areas that heat up more quickly and retain heat more than do nonurban areas.
contour farming
heat islands
vector
Southern Oscillation
20. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
ED50
scrubbers
albedo
convection
21. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
risk management
terracing
old growth forest
Uneven-aged management
22. 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
Green Revolution
sludge processor
subbituminous
23. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
leachate
biomagnifications
hydroelectric power
riparian right
24. Can consist of hazardous waste - industrial solid waste - or municipal waste. Many types of solid waste provide a threat to human health and the environment.
solid waste
low-level radioactive waste
primary consumers
by-catch
25. 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.
contour farming
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
reservoir
malnutrition
26. The process of burning.
replacement birth rate
combustion
habitat
contour farming
27. 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.
terracing
autotroph
slash-and-burn
abiotic
28. A succession of organisms in an ecological community that constitutes a continuation of food energy from one organism to another as each consumes a lower member and - in turn - is preyed upon by a higher member.
heterotrophy
kinetic energy
food chain
realized niche
29. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.
acute effect
biosphere
petroleum
high-level radioactive waste
30. When one species feeds on another.
acute effect
predation
silviculture
albedo
31. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.
salinization
building-related illness
chemical weathering
gray smog (industrial smog)
32. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
energy
abiotic
prior appropriation
detritivore
33. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
total fertility rate
clear-cutting
thermocline
malnutrition
34. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
upwelling
sand
jet stream
composting
35. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
convergent boundary
low-level radioactive waste
estuary
noise pollution
36. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
Horizon
toxin
by-catch
scrubbers
37. 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.
alkaline
photosynthesis
nuclear fusion
erosion
38. Organisms that are capable of interbreeding with one another and incapable of breeding with other species.
lithosphere
species
autotroph
overburden
39. 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.
renewable resources
thermocline
catalytic converter
proven reserve
40. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
hydroelectric power
sick building syndrome
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
mantle
41. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
old growth forest
trophic level
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
habitat fragmentation
42. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
abiotic
habitat fragmentation
atmosphere
photochemical smog
43. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
chronic effect
gray smog (industrial smog)
estuary
nitrogen fixation
44. 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).
extinction
ED50
overgrazed
jet stream
45. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.
El Nino
preservation
thermocline
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
46. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms show a negative effect from a toxin.
thermocline
non-point source pollution
ED50
Horizon
47. 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.
Hadley cell
humus
barrier island
La Nina
48. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
selective cutting
hazardous waste
convection currents
surface fires
49. The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in countries since the 1960s.
physical treatmen
selective cutting
composting
Green Revolution
50. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.
inner core
threshold dose
Second Law of Thermodynamics
thermosphere
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