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AP Environmental Science
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1. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
traditional subsistence agriculture
non-point source pollution
ecological succession
transpiration
2. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
tropospheric ozone
toxicity
delta
nonrenewable resources
3. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
carrying capacity
reservoir
fossil fuel
Hadley cell
4. 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.
carrying capacity
aquifer
First Law of Thermodynamics
long lining
5. The removal of all of the trees in an area.
clear-cutting
atmosphere
convection
Green Revolution
6. 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
toxicity
monoculture
acid precipitation
7. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
Superfund Program
crop rotation
water-scarce
physical treatmen
8. A soil horizon - horizon C is made up of larger pieces of rock that have not undergone much weathering.
riparian right
realized niche
capture fisheries
C layer
9. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
old growth forest
biological weathering
Horizon
topsoil
10. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
Immigration
habitat
consumption
biotic
11. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.
acid precipitation
heterotrophy
subbituminous
contour farming
12. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
genetic drift
non-point source pollution
energy pyramid
toxicity
13. The edges of tectonic plates.
tropical storm
Horizon
plate boundaries
slash-and-burn
14. Transition in species composition of a biological community - often following ecological disturbance of the community; the establishment of a biological community in any area virtually barren of life.
Aquaculture
transpiration
primary succession
ecological succession
15. The value of natural resources.
ecosystem capital
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
Headwaters
water-stressed
16. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
bottom trawling
rain shadow
pioneer species
no-till
17. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
convergent boundary
invasive species
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
greenbelt
18. The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in countries since the 1960s.
Green Revolution
bituminous
producer
silviculture
19. 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.
Southern Oscillation
potential energy
decomposer
terracing
20. 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.
solid waste
photochemical smog
parasitism
keystone species
21. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
logistic population growth
wetlands
food web
r-selected
22. An introduced - normative species.
LD50
biosphere
replacement birth rate
invasive species
23. The movement of individuals out of a population.
edge effect
autotroph
wastewater
emigration
24. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
divergent boundary
no-till
selective cutting
gray smog (industrial smog)
25. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.
parasitism
deep well injection
humus
second growth forests
26. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
subduction zone
competitive exclusion
leachate
consumption
27. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
radiant energy
Coriolis effect
community
barrels
28. The process of fusing two nuclei.
composting
nuclear fusion
pathogens
threshold dose
29. 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.
symbiotic relationships
acid precipitation
selective cutting
jet stream
30. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
proven reserve
overgrazed
riparian right
bioaccumulation
31. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
sludge processor
biosphere
acute effect
Second Law of Thermodynamics
32. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
surface fires
habitat fragmentation
respiration
aquifer
33. 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
industrial smog (gray smog)
pathogens
nitrification
34. 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.
closed-loop recycling
pioneer species
Coriolis effect
secondary treatment
35. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
niche
primary consumers
dose-response analysis
secondary consumers
36. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
nitrification
law of conservation of matter
acid precipitation
selective cutting
37. 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
Gross Primary Productivity
logistic population growth
predation
bottom trawling
38. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
death rate (crude death rate)
nitrogen fixation
bottom trawling
nuclear fusion
39. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
Aquaculture
building-related illness
proven reserve
population
40. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
abiotic
tree farms
clay
fishery
41. 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.
toxin
catalytic converter
threshold dose
long lining
42. The condition in which - at ecosystem boundaries - there is greater species diversity and biological density than there is in the heart of ecological communities.
silt
acid precipitation
genetic drift
edge effect
43. 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.
natural resources
potential energy
Coriolis effect
Hadley cell
44. 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
acid precipitation
red tide
natural selection
clay
45. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.
Gross Primary Productivity
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
slash-and-burn
sludge
46. Living or derived from living things.
decomposer
biotic
acid precipitation
carnivore
47. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
radiant energy
nitrification
Aquaculture
capture fisheries
48. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
LD50
loamy
abiotic
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
49. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
active collection
preservation
energy
sick building syndrome
50. A process in which an organism is exposed to a toxin at different concentrations - and the dosage that causes the death of the organism is recorded.
keystone species
overburden
photosynthesis
dose-response analysis