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AP Environmental Science
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1. The result of a pathogen invading a body.
bioaccumulation
Hadley cell
jet stream
Infection
2. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
bioaccumulation
asthenosphere
loamy
O layer
3. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.
threshold dose
mutualism
r-selected
market permits
4. The edges of tectonic plates.
plate boundaries
reservoir
land degradation
weather
5. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
preservation
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
law of conservation of matter
omnivores
6. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
ED50
niche
point source pollution
primary treatment
7. 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).
jet stream
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
demographic transition model
non-point source pollution
8. 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.
passive solar energy collection
selective cutting
green tax
age-structure pyramids
9. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
Aquaculture
petroleum
malnutrition
global warming
10. Power generated using water.
symbiotic relationships
community
mineral deposit
hydroelectric power
11. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
subbituminous
albedo
drip irrigation
greenbelt
12. 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.
energy pyramid
natural selection
underground mining
acute effect
13. Devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants.
fission
acid
high-level radioactive waste
scrubbers
14. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
heat islands
plate boundaries
denitrification
detritivore
15. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
loamy
thermosphere
acid precipitation
upwelling
16. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
agroforestry
barrier island
fly ash
threshold dose
17. Any noise that causes stress or has the potential to damage human health.
competitive exclusion
autotroph
noise pollution
biotic
18. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
vector
combustion
replacement birth rate
non-point source pollution
19. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
death rate (crude death rate)
wastewater
photochemical smog
poison
20. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
lithosphere
death rate (crude death rate)
stationary sources
estuary
21. An underground layer of porous rock - sand - or other material that allows the movement of water between layers of nonporous rock or clay. Aquifers are frequently tapped for wells.
radiant energy
niche
aquifer
logistic population growth
22. The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in countries since the 1960s.
producer
species
ecological succession
Green Revolution
23. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
Headwaters
symbiotic relationships
estuary
greenbelt
24. 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.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
wastewater
alkaline
genetic drift
25. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
humus
birth rate (crude birth rate)
secondary treatment
abiotic
26. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.
vector
anthracite
long lining
ecological succession
27. A species whose very presence contributes to an ecosystem's diversity and whose extinction would consequently lead to the extinction of other forms of life.
acid
keystone species
hydroelectric power
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
28. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
potential energy
greenbelt
acute effect
radiant energy
29. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
jet stream
fault
population density
A layer
30. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
disease
R horizon
ED50
industrial smog (gray smog)
31. 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.
green tax
food web
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
overgrazed
32. The amount of the Earth's surface that's necessary to supply the needs of - and dispose of the waste from a particular population.
nitrogen fixation
noise pollution
ecological footprint
energy
33. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
tertiary consumers
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
Second Law of Thermodynamics
ecosystem capital
34. The part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere.
asthenosphere
Green Revolution
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
consumption
35. When a species occupies a smaller niche than it would in the absence of competition.
fossil fuel
terracing
realized niche
ozone holes
36. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
rain shadow
chronic effect
atmosphere
secondary consumers
37. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
photosynthesis
niche
deep well injection
poison
38. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
convergent boundary
albedo
B layer
convection currents
39. A bloom of dinoflagellates that causes reddish discoloration of coastal ocean waters. Certain dinoflagellates of the genus Gonyamfox produce toxins that kill fish and contaminate shellfish.
La Nina
lignite
high-level radioactive waste
red tide
40. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
secondary treatment
natural selection
acid
age-structure pyramids
41. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
deep well injection
hazardous waste
strip mining
poison
42. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
primary consumers
convergent boundary
disease
extinction
43. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.
convection currents
shelter-wood cutting
Half-life
point source pollution
44. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
edge effect
silviculture
sick building syndrome
preservation
45. The third purest form of coal.
subbituminous
water-stressed
acute effect
volcanoes
46. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
market permits
sick building syndrome
population
producer
47. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
topsoil
salinization
sand
red tide
48. When one species feeds on another.
predation
sand
subbituminous
agroforestry
49. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
terracing
global warming
population
climax community
50. When populations are well below the size dictated by the carrying capacity of the region they live in - they will grow exponentially - but as they approach the carrying capacity - their growth rate will decrease and the size of the population will ev
logistic population growth
competitive exclusion
biomagnifications
deforestation