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AP Environmental Science
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1. A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.
aquifer
high-level radioactive waste
emigration
delta
2. A layer of soil.
biotic potential
tailings
Horizon
acute effect
3. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
Green Revolution
point source pollution
malnutrition
noise pollution
4. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
Gross Primary Productivity
primary succession
abiotic
conservation
5. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
drip irrigation
overgrazed
coral reef
subduction zone
6. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
gray smog (industrial smog)
bottom trawling
U.S. Noise Control Act
community
7. Fires that typically burn only the forest's underbrush and do little damage to mature trees. Surface fires actually serve to protect the forest from more harmful fires by removing underbrush and dead materials that would burn quickly and at high temp
acid precipitation
atmosphere
malnutrition
surface fires
8. A lowland area - such as a marsh or swamp - that is saturated with moisture - especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.
tailings
wetlands
Aquaculture
nuclear fusion
9. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
abiotic
wastewater
atmosphere
La Nina
10. The number of children an average woman will bear during her lifetime; this information is based on an analysis of data from preceding years in the population in question.
volcanoes
poison
abiotic
total fertility rate
11. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
dose-response curve
R horizon
convergent boundary
anthracite
12. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
driftnets
evaporation
tailings
R horizon
13. The least pure coal.
trade winds
lignite
Superfund Program
potential energy
14. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
symbiotic relationships
Headwaters
greenbelt
contour farming
15. To convert or change into a vapor.
evaporation
dose-response analysis
r-selected
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
16. An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.
drip irrigation
deforestation
heterotrophy
disease
17. The practice of alternating the crops grown on a piece of land - for example - corn one year - legumes for two years - and then back to corn.
capture fisheries
crop rotation
silviculture
water-stressed
18. 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.
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
ecological succession
transform boundary
secondary consumers
19. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
biotic
bioaccumulation
community
primary consumers
20. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
non-point source pollution
catalytic converter
Green Revolution
barrels
21. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
no-till
niche
reservoir
overburden
22. The movement of individuals out of a population.
emigration
B layer
primary pollutants
El Nino
23. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
Immigration
fossil fuel
combustion
sick building syndrome
24. The liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.
leachate
R horizon
greenbelt
predation
25. The edges of tectonic plates.
strip mining
petroleum
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
plate boundaries
26. 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.
closed-loop recycling
Coriolis effect
subduction zone
erosion
27. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
strip mining
thermocline
petroleum
nuclear fusion
28. The result of vibrations (often due to plate movements) deep in the Earth that release energy. They often occur as two plates slide past one another at a transform boundary.
old growth forest
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
earthquake
topsoil
29. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
mutualism
deforestation
tropospheric ozone
predation
30. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
photochemical smog
hydroelectric power
tree farms
convection currents
31. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
bottom trawling
loamy
point source pollution
energy pyramid
32. The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in countries since the 1960s.
weathering
Green Revolution
Infection
stationary sources
33. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
law of conservation of matter
primary consumers
convection
agroforestry
34. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.
earthquake
stationary sources
loamy
decomposer
35. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
low-level radioactive waste
composting
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
disease
36. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
thermosphere
silviculture
topsoil
watershed
37. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
weather
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
sand
invasive species
38. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
secondary treatment
parasitism
scrubbers
sand
39. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
fault
Horizon
greenbelt
birth rate (crude birth rate)
40. Any water that has been used by humans. This includes human sewage - water drained from showers - tubs - sinks - dishwashers - washing machines - water from industrial processes - and storm water runoff.
k-selected
wastewater
crude oil
fission
41. The value of natural resources.
ecosystem capital
anthracite
sludge
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
42. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
ED50
transform boundary
second growth forests
acid
43. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.
traditional subsistence agriculture
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
no-till
U.S. Noise Control Act
44. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
total fertility rate
detritivore
underground mining
45. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
nitrification
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
convection currents
by-catch
46. 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
natural selection
decomposer
old growth forest
acid
47. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
conservation
divergent boundary
biotic potential
solid waste
48. The capacity to do work.
closed-loop recycling
subduction zone
energy
kinetic energy
49. A group of modern windmills.
greenhouse effect
wind farm
dose-response analysis
sludge
50. The region draining into river system or other body of water.
underground mining
watershed
asthenosphere
evolution
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