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AP Environmental Science
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1. 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.
atmosphere
pathogens
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
nitrogen fixation
2. 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.
building-related illness
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
primary treatment
Green Revolution
3. Any substance than is inhaled - ingested - or absorbed at dosages sufficient to damage a living organism.
genetic drift
humus
renewable resources
toxin
4. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.
biological weathering
lithosphere
trophic level
bottom trawling
5. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
dose-response curve
trophic level
total fertility rate
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
6. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
divergent boundary
k-selected
fishery
ozone holes
7. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
bottom trawling
nitrogen fixation
leachate
natural resources
8. The dark - crumbly - nutrient-rich material that results from the decomposition of organic material.
humus
industrial smog (gray smog)
driftnets
biosphere
9. Pollutants that are released directly into the lower atmosphere.
stationary sources
primary pollutants
ED50
population
10. 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.
photosynthesis
autotroph
assimilation
law of conservation of matter
11. 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.
mutualism
dose-response analysis
global warming
volcanoes
12. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
scrubbers
passive solar energy collection
weather
loamy
13. 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.
realized niche
fission
Half-life
Coriolis effect
14. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
point source pollution
indigenous species
convection currents
acid precipitation
15. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
point source pollution
omnivores
capture fisheries
community
16. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.
B layer
carnivore
demographic transition model
crude oil
17. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
tailings
toxin
divergent boundary
18. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
upwelling
surface fires
evaporation
19. 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.
logistic population growth
contour farming
photosynthesis
respiration
20. 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.
deforestation
earthquake
risk assessment
chronic effect
21. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
consumption
parasitism
abiotic
water-stressed
22. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
O layer
natural resources
Hadley cell
tropospheric ozone
23. When one species feeds on another.
symbiotic relationships
malnutrition
Aquaculture
predation
24. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
low-level radioactive waste
nitrogen fixation
overburden
25. 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.
second growth forests
food chain
mineral deposit
La Nina
26. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
threshold dose
pioneer species
hazardous waste
hydroelectric power
27. 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.
solid waste
low-level radioactive waste
B layer
earthquake
28. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
volcanoes
aquifer
prior appropriation
Horizon
29. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.
producer
underground mining
El Nino
denitrification
30. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
Uneven-aged management
estuary
La Nina
wastewater
31. 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
surface fires
biotic potential
ozone holes
fault
32. To convert or change into a vapor.
earthquake
evaporation
reservoir
salinization
33. 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.
market permits
Superfund Program
greenhouse effect
predation
34. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms show a negative effect from a toxin.
age-structure pyramids
ED50
edge effect
dose-response analysis
35. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
plate boundaries
active collection
natural resources
fission
36. A plate boundary at which plates are moving away from each other. This causes an upwelling of magma from the mantle to cool and form new crust.
sand
divergent boundary
passive solar energy collection
food web
37. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
age-structure pyramids
inner core
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
secondary consumers
38. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
birth rate (crude birth rate)
risk management
community
39. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
clear-cutting
LD50
land degradation
risk management
40. 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.
fault
red tide
petroleum
LD50
41. 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.
green tax
deforestation
second growth forests
clear-cutting
42. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
kinetic energy
population density
Infection
community
43. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
consumer
gray smog (industrial smog)
carnivore
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
44. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.
silt
heterotrophy
A layer
doldrums
45. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
biological weathering
point source pollution
silt
proven reserve
46. Involves the sinking of shafts to reach underground deposits. In this type of mining - networks of tunnels are dug or blasted and humans enter these tunnels in order to manually retrieve the coal.
nuclear fusion
underground mining
Horizon
alkaline
47. 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.
water-stressed
wind farm
erosion
alkaline
48. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
r-selected
autotroph
symbiotic relationships
Headwaters
49. 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).
weathering
vector
fishery
jet stream
50. Sunlight.
kinetic energy
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
old growth forest
radiant energy