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AP Environmental Science
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1. A succession of organisms in an ecological community that constitutes a continuation of food energy from one organism to another as each consumes a lower member and - in turn - is preyed upon by a higher member.
food chain
closed-loop recycling
pathogens
earthquake
2. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.
riparian right
primary treatment
slash-and-burn
detritivore
3. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
terracing
extinction
conservation
consumer
4. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
tropical storm
dose-response curve
combustion
subduction zone
5. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.
chemical weathering
greenbelt
barrels
volcanoes
6. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
natural resources
greenbelt
watershed
passive solar energy collection
7. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
primary treatment
photosynthesis
drip irrigation
Coriolis effect
8. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
genetic drift
lignite
producer
kinetic energy
9. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
threshold dose
birth rate (crude birth rate)
vector
weather
10. 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.
carrying capacity
alkaline
biotic potential
red tide
11. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
acute effect
nitrogen fixation
catalytic converter
replacement birth rate
12. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
trophic level
gray smog (industrial smog)
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
anthracite
13. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
nonrenewable resources
acid
risk assessment
primary treatment
14. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
food web
acute effect
sludge
vector
15. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
Horizon
aquifer
clay
acid precipitation
16. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
autotroph
gray smog (industrial smog)
evolution
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
17. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
chronic effect
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
catalytic converter
convection
18. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
second growth forests
climax community
crop rotation
plate boundaries
19. An introduced - normative species.
barrels
invasive species
bituminous
old growth forest
20. Sunlight.
wetlands
radiant energy
scrubbers
silt
21. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
monoculture
wetlands
bioaccumulation
preservation
22. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
wastewater
selective cutting
natural resources
subbituminous
23. When companies are allowed to buy permits that allow them a certain amount of discharge of substances into certain environmental outlets. If they can reduce their amount of discharge - they are allowed to sell the remaining portion of their permit to
market permits
erosion
loamy
abiotic
24. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
Southern Oscillation
realized niche
riparian right
arable
25. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
dose-response analysis
acute effect
lithosphere
age-structure pyramids
26. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
surface fires
slash-and-burn
non-point source pollution
silviculture
27. 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.
earthquake
fly ash
Aquaculture
physical (mechanical) weathering
28. Any substance that has an LD50 - of 50 mg or less per kg of body weight.
pathogens
plate boundaries
poison
sand
29. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
mineral deposit
fault
by-catch
doldrums
30. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
dose-response curve
prior appropriation
denitrification
El Nino
31. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
jet stream
community
traditional subsistence agriculture
energy
32. 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.
LD50
dose-response analysis
edge effect
inner core
33. The least pure coal.
emigration
logistic population growth
lignite
food chain
34. Bacteria - virus - or other microorganisms that can cause disease.
albedo
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
pathogens
non-point source pollution
35. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
risk assessment
First Law of Thermodynamics
disease
old growth forest
36. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
building-related illness
greenhouse effect
tropospheric ozone
silt
37. 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.
clear-cutting
omnivores
replacement birth rate
physical treatmen
38. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
pioneer species
driftnets
thermosphere
capture fisheries
39. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
extinction
point source pollution
wetlands
consumer
40. 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.
nitrification
disease
green tax
fossil fuel
41. A bloom of dinoflagellates that causes reddish discoloration of coastal ocean waters. Certain dinoflagellates of the genus Gonyamfox produce toxins that kill fish and contaminate shellfish.
red tide
Half-life
earthquake
long lining
42. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
parasitism
photochemical smog
greenbelt
vector
43. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
weathering
Infection
niche
k-selected
44. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
deep well injection
overgrazed
Southern Oscillation
convection currents
45. Says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed.
renewable resources
malnutrition
non-point source pollution
First Law of Thermodynamics
46. The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source. Most forms of photosynthesis release oxygen as a byproduct.
aquifer
conservation
photosynthesis
weathering
47. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
fossil fuel
population density
detritivore
heat islands
48. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
low-level radioactive waste
long lining
R horizon
acute effect
49. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.
food chain
thermosphere
second growth forests
disease
50. 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.
acute effect
global warming
energy pyramid
agroforestry