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AP Environmental Science
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1. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
tropospheric ozone
convection
Coriolis effect
climax community
2. 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.
preservation
disease
C layer
green tax
3. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.
traditional subsistence agriculture
dose-response analysis
respiration
sludge processor
4. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
biosphere
secondary pollutants
low-level radioactive waste
symbiotic relationships
5. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
U.S. Noise Control Act
non-point source pollution
silviculture
terracing
6. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
toxin
clear-cutting
hydroelectric power
transform boundary
7. 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
greenhouse effect
carrying capacity
mantle
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
8. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
convection
carrying capacity
potential energy
detritivore
9. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
consumer
clear-cutting
capture fisheries
wastewater
10. Also known as plantations - these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use.
building-related illness
long lining
tree farms
wind farm
11. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
lignite
U.S. Noise Control Act
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
El Nino
12. The removal of all of the trees in an area.
Coriolis effect
nuclear fusion
clear-cutting
keystone species
13. Power generated using water.
mutualism
biotic potential
anthracite
hydroelectric power
14. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
risk assessment
consumption
producer
trophic level
15. The capacity to do work.
drip irrigation
mantle
sludge
energy
16. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
fishery
clay
leachate
Southern Oscillation
17. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.
sludge processor
reservoir
drip irrigation
symbiotic relationships
18. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.
overgrazed
contour farming
sick building syndrome
natural resources
19. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.
estuary
transpiration
biotic potential
risk management
20. 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.
physical treatmen
trophic level
wind farm
arable
21. The condition in which - at ecosystem boundaries - there is greater species diversity and biological density than there is in the heart of ecological communities.
humus
global warming
dose-response curve
edge effect
22. 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.
noise pollution
symbiotic relationships
contour farming
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
23. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
humus
water-stressed
scrubbers
symbiotic relationships
24. 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.
catalytic converter
thermocline
Horizon
salinization
25. The observed effect of the Coriolis force - especially the deflection of an object moving above the Earth - rightward in the Northern Hemisphere - and leftward in the Southern Hemisphere.
subduction zone
Coriolis effect
petroleum
biomagnifications
26. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
fossil fuel
Green Revolution
bioaccumulation
ecosystem capital
27. The low-rainfall region that exists on the leeward (downwind) side of a mountain range. This rain shadow is the result of the mountain range's causing precipitation on the windward side.
Superfund Program
toxicity
rain shadow
selective cutting
28. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
long lining
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
C layer
plate boundaries
29. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
driftnets
natural selection
heat islands
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
30. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
transpiration
trophic level
terracing
gray smog (industrial smog)
31. The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica (and to some extent - over the Arctic).
ozone holes
replacement birth rate
asthenosphere
population
32. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
hazardous waste
divergent boundary
death rate (crude death rate)
First Law of Thermodynamics
33. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
conservation
market permits
chronic effect
dose-response analysis
34. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.
natural selection
sludge processor
closed-loop recycling
long lining
35. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
strip mining
malnutrition
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
ozone holes
36. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
ecological succession
biosphere
thermosphere
atmosphere
37. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
tropical storm
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
risk management
deforestation
38. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
denitrification
chronic effect
food web
secondary consumers
39. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
indigenous species
land degradation
greenhouse effect
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
40. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
First Law of Thermodynamics
convection
chronic effect
convergent boundary
41. 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
weathering
earthquake
primary pollutants
logistic population growth
42. When one species feeds on another.
traditional subsistence agriculture
drip irrigation
predation
acid precipitation
43. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
El Nino
surface fires
R horizon
ecosystem capital
44. 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.
asthenosphere
law of conservation of matter
catalytic converter
omnivores
45. The least pure coal.
doldrums
lignite
abiotic
stationary sources
46. The uppermost horizon of soil. It is primarily made up of organic material - including waste from organisms - the bodies of decomposing organisms - and live organisms.
shelter-wood cutting
loamy
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
O layer
47. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
market permits
anthracite
dose-response curve
pioneer species
48. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
food web
point source pollution
trophic level
First Law of Thermodynamics
49. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.
petroleum
vector
photochemical smog
Half-life
50. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
radiant energy
consumer
carrying capacity
Hadley cell