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AP Environmental Science
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1. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.
anthracite
replacement birth rate
strip mining
leachate
2. 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.
crop rotation
ecological succession
energy pyramid
Second Law of Thermodynamics
3. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
Aquaculture
clear-cutting
habitat fragmentation
point source pollution
4. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
A layer
law of conservation of matter
crude oil
keystone species
5. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
biotic
stationary sources
energy
Southern Oscillation
6. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
niche
consumer
carrying capacity
heat islands
7. To convert or change into a vapor.
evaporation
abiotic
rain shadow
vector
8. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.
underground mining
El Nino
O layer
overburden
9. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
community
reservoir
trophic level
carrying capacity
10. The region draining into river system or other body of water.
passive solar energy collection
crude oil
watershed
shelter-wood cutting
11. Living or derived from living things.
biotic
hydroelectric power
primary treatment
respiration
12. The gaseous mass or envelope surrounding a celestial body - especially the one surrounding the Earth - which is retained by the celestial body's gravitational field.
realized niche
ozone holes
weather
atmosphere
13. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
fishery
convection
Green Revolution
14. The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in countries since the 1960s.
erosion
ecological succession
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
Green Revolution
15. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.
shelter-wood cutting
ozone holes
coral reef
salinization
16. An intensification of the Greenhouse Effect due to the increased presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
lignite
global warming
A layer
jet stream
17. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
r-selected
hazardous waste
transpiration
detritivore
18. 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
Half-life
primary consumers
death rate (crude death rate)
19. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
building-related illness
energy pyramid
subduction zone
indigenous species
20. 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.
mantle
ecological succession
La Nina
scrubbers
21. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.
composting
point source pollution
heterotrophy
malnutrition
22. The process of burning.
food chain
combustion
LD50
no-till
23. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
pioneer species
predation
trophic level
contour farming
24. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
replacement birth rate
drip irrigation
point source pollution
noise pollution
25. A waste product produced by the burning of coal.
bioaccumulation
fly ash
land degradation
underground mining
26. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
capture fisheries
clay
genetic drift
aquifer
27. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
food web
composting
delta
habitat
28. Organisms that are capable of interbreeding with one another and incapable of breeding with other species.
transpiration
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
proven reserve
species
29. 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).
abiotic
risk management
photochemical smog
death rate (crude death rate)
30. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
convection
scrubbers
arable
hydroelectric power
31. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
evolution
acid precipitation
biosphere
convection currents
32. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
death rate (crude death rate)
monoculture
Headwaters
El Nino
33. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
humus
assimilation
Hadley cell
greenhouse effect
34. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
ecological succession
humus
potential energy
climax community
35. The second-purest form of coal.
coral reef
community
bituminous
sludge processor
36. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
subbituminous
chronic effect
habitat fragmentation
U.S. Noise Control Act
37. 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.
total fertility rate
Green Revolution
earthquake
acid
38. 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.
nuclear fusion
Immigration
evolution
hazardous waste
39. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
trade winds
biotic
divergent boundary
LD50
40. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
humus
old growth forest
salinization
acid
41. 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.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
chronic effect
food web
solid waste
42. The amount of the Earth's surface that's necessary to supply the needs of - and dispose of the waste from a particular population.
Green Revolution
prior appropriation
population
ecological footprint
43. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
convergent boundary
traditional subsistence agriculture
population
assimilation
44. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
bottom trawling
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
mutualism
biotic potential
45. 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.
primary treatment
malnutrition
high-level radioactive waste
invasive species
46. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
water-scarce
ED50
threshold dose
clear-cutting
47. The amount of sugar that the plants produce in photosynthesis and subtracting from it the amount of energy the plants need for growth maintenance - repair - and reproduction.
drip irrigation
Superfund Program
Gross Primary Productivity
nitrogen fixation
48. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
Headwaters
building-related illness
convection
natural selection
49. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
community
poison
agroforestry
physical (mechanical) weathering
50. 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.
climax community
secondary pollutants
contour farming
catalytic converter