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AP Environmental Science
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1. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
sand
Southern Oscillation
disease
delta
2. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
autotroph
topsoil
mutualism
fossil fuel
3. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
omnivores
deforestation
tertiary consumers
wind farm
4. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
Superfund Program
passive solar energy collection
Immigration
deep well injection
5. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
non-point source pollution
habitat fragmentation
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
sludge processor
6. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
malnutrition
community
nitrogen fixation
Southern Oscillation
7. Power generated using water.
vector
hydroelectric power
r-selected
O layer
8. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
convection
composting
secondary consumers
producer
9. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
barrels
competitive exclusion
high-level radioactive waste
convection currents
10. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
energy
crude oil
thermocline
secondary treatment
11. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
toxicity
clear-cutting
tropical storm
Coriolis effect
12. The third purest form of coal.
composting
bottom trawling
subbituminous
secondary treatment
13. Any waste that poses a danger to human health; it must be dealt with in a different way from other types of waste.
dose-response analysis
chronic effect
hazardous waste
slash-and-burn
14. The process in which plants absorb ammonium (NH3) - ammonia ions (NH4+) - and nitrate ions (NO3) through their roots.
predation
assimilation
respiration
overgrazed
15. Change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals and resulting in the development of new species.
traditional subsistence agriculture
evolution
overgrazed
demographic transition model
16. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
age-structure pyramids
traditional subsistence agriculture
energy pyramid
preservation
17. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
water-stressed
ED50
realized niche
natural selection
18. Devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants.
scrubbers
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
food web
clear-cutting
19. 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
law of conservation of matter
biomagnifications
natural selection
mantle
20. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
Superfund Program
rain shadow
crop rotation
carrying capacity
21. The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in countries since the 1960s.
subbituminous
global warming
capture fisheries
Green Revolution
22. Nets that are dragged through the water and indiscriminately catch everything in their path.
fossil fuel
atmosphere
driftnets
strip mining
23. 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. ...
disease
upwelling
weathering
contour farming
24. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
high-level radioactive waste
solid waste
kinetic energy
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
25. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
terracing
vector
nitrification
respiration
26. 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.
aquifer
weathering
La Nina
slash-and-burn
27. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.
extinction
deep well injection
drip irrigation
loamy
28. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
global warming
estuary
law of conservation of matter
thermocline
29. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
arable
reservoir
Gross Primary Productivity
respiration
30. 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.
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
ozone holes
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
nitrification
31. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
water-stressed
wind farm
monoculture
weathering
32. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
heat islands
El Nino
transpiration
primary treatment
33. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
Hadley cell
habitat
detritivore
sick building syndrome
34. Living or derived from living things.
fossil fuel
biotic
asthenosphere
doldrums
35. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
active collection
First Law of Thermodynamics
omnivores
slash-and-burn
36. The liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.
leachate
natural resources
acid
traditional subsistence agriculture
37. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
O layer
nonrenewable resources
gray smog (industrial smog)
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
38. The process in which soil becomes saltier and saltier until - finally - the salt prevents the growth of plants. Salinization is caused by irrigation because salts brought in with the water remain in the soil as water evaporates.
estuary
salinization
silviculture
dose-response curve
39. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
capture fisheries
niche
birth rate (crude birth rate)
biosphere
40. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.
radiant energy
overgrazed
wind farm
replacement birth rate
41. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
silviculture
biological weathering
bioaccumulation
nonrenewable resources
42. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
weathering
green tax
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
high-level radioactive waste
43. 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.
photosynthesis
B layer
energy pyramid
combustion
44. 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.
toxicity
loamy
watershed
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
45. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.
demographic transition model
overburden
lignite
anthracite
46. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
physical (mechanical) weathering
Green Revolution
Coriolis effect
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
47. The result of a pathogen invading a body.
Infection
natural selection
ecological succession
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
48. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
nitrification
thermosphere
Superfund Program
barrier island
49. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
biosphere
fission
terracing
abiotic
50. An organism that obtains organic food molecules without eating other organisms or substances derived from other organisms. autotrophs use energy from the sun or from the oxidation of inorganic substances to make organic molecules from inorganic ones.
autotroph
replacement birth rate
toxicity
fossil fuel
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