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AP Environmental Science
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1. 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
toxin
estuary
solid waste
2. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.
subduction zone
anthracite
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
acid precipitation
3. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
tropical storm
secondary treatment
hazardous waste
death rate (crude death rate)
4. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
barrels
birth rate (crude birth rate)
wetlands
market permits
5. Bacteria - virus - or other microorganisms that can cause disease.
estuary
selective cutting
pathogens
potential energy
6. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
active collection
bioaccumulation
acute effect
inner core
7. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
stationary sources
plate boundaries
heat islands
acid
8. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
biotic
agroforestry
selective cutting
industrial smog (gray smog)
9. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
food web
parasitism
weathering
mantle
10. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
bottom trawling
emigration
decomposer
r-selected
11. The liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.
industrial smog (gray smog)
Infection
leachate
tropospheric ozone
12. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.
realized niche
physical treatmen
B layer
industrial smog (gray smog)
13. 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.
closed-loop recycling
energy
keystone species
old growth forest
14. 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.
thermosphere
Coriolis effect
First Law of Thermodynamics
greenbelt
15. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
monoculture
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
contour farming
scrubbers
16. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
r-selected
weathering
reservoir
active collection
17. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
fossil fuel
silt
sick building syndrome
consumer
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.
fault
ozone holes
food chain
producer
19. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.
LD50
albedo
acid
long lining
20. The removal of all of the trees in an area.
tropospheric ozone
clear-cutting
trophic level
Southern Oscillation
21. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.
nitrogen fixation
solid waste
red tide
k-selected
22. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.
Aquaculture
sand
r-selected
Superfund Program
23. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
Uneven-aged management
replacement birth rate
competitive exclusion
rain shadow
24. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
respiration
dose-response analysis
detritivore
El Nino
25. A high-speed - meandering wind current - generally moving from a westerly direction at speeds often exceeding 400 km (250 miles) per hour at altitudes of 15 to 25 km (10 to 15 miles).
predation
convection
detritivore
jet stream
26. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
overburden
Headwaters
conservation
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
27. 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.
dose-response analysis
primary pollutants
shelter-wood cutting
fishery
28. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
upwelling
keystone species
ozone holes
clay
29. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
transpiration
carrying capacity
population
chronic effect
30. The second-purest form of coal.
divergent boundary
bituminous
autotroph
sludge
31. The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica (and to some extent - over the Arctic).
hydroelectric power
ecosystem capital
mineral deposit
ozone holes
32. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
convection
Southern Oscillation
preservation
plate boundaries
33. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
climax community
indigenous species
ecosystem capital
competitive exclusion
34. The water from which a river rises; a source.
physical (mechanical) weathering
Superfund Program
wetlands
Headwaters
35. 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.
strip mining
convergent boundary
kinetic energy
evolution
36. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
terracing
biological weathering
U.S. Noise Control Act
37. The edges of tectonic plates.
energy
plate boundaries
demographic transition model
niche
38. 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.
solid waste
albedo
barrier island
physical treatmen
39. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
producer
mineral deposit
carrying capacity
El Nino
40. The region draining into river system or other body of water.
long lining
passive solar energy collection
Coriolis effect
watershed
41. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
by-catch
natural selection
R horizon
ecological succession
42. Species that originate and live - or occur naturally - in an area or environment.
watershed
indigenous species
building-related illness
weather
43. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
community
global warming
risk management
convection
44. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
biotic potential
consumer
photochemical smog
convergent boundary
45. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.
sludge
conservation
shelter-wood cutting
fishery
46. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
renewable resources
indigenous species
deep well injection
logistic population growth
47. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
green tax
demographic transition model
convergent boundary
energy
48. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
drip irrigation
nitrogen fixation
plate boundaries
transpiration
49. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
First Law of Thermodynamics
non-point source pollution
crude oil
mineral deposit
50. A program funded by the federal government and a trust that's funded by taxes on chemicals; identifies pollutants and cleans up hazardous waste sites.
coral reef
trophic level
Superfund Program
green tax