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AP Environmental Science

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1. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.






2. The movement of individuals into a population.






3. An introduced - normative species.






4. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.






5. 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.






6. The removal of select trees in an area; this leaves the majority of the habitat in place and has less of an impact on the ecosystem.






7. Devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants.






8. Bacteria or fungi that absorb nutrients from nonliving organic matter like plant material - the wastes of living organisms - and corpses. They convert these materials into inorganic forms.






9. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.






10. The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.






11. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.






12. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.






13. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.






14. Also known as plantations - these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use.






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.






18. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.






19. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.






20. The edges of tectonic plates.






21. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.






22. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.






23. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.






24. A process in which rows of crops are plowed across the hillside; this prevents the erosion that can occur when rows are cut up and down on a slope. ...






25. Says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed.






26. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.






27. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.






28. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.






29. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.






30. When physically treated sewage water is passed into a settling tank - where suspended solids settle out as sludge; chemically treated polymers may be added to help the suspended solids separate and settle out.






31. Sunlight.






32. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.






33. 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.






34. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.






35. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.






36. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.






37. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.






38. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.






39. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.






40. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.






41. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.






42. The water from which a river rises; a source.






43. 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.






44. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.






45. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.






46. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.






47. 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.






48. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.






49. Using strategies to reduce the amount of risk (the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen).






50. Graphical representations of populations' ages.