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AP Environmental Science
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1. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
bituminous
biosphere
overburden
energy pyramid
2. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
red tide
producer
non-point source pollution
keystone species
3. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
producer
radiant energy
trade winds
weather
4. 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
C layer
tropospheric ozone
poison
market permits
5. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
conservation
community
Horizon
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
6. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.
terracing
global warming
acid precipitation
respiration
7. 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.
keystone species
niche
evolution
clay
8. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
agroforestry
reservoir
coral reef
El Nino
9. 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.
ozone holes
coral reef
primary treatment
threshold dose
10. 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.
assimilation
by-catch
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
La Nina
11. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
Aquaculture
population
barrels
gray smog (industrial smog)
12. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
toxin
earthquake
traditional subsistence agriculture
no-till
13. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
anthracite
tropical storm
silviculture
respiration
14. 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.
physical (mechanical) weathering
autotroph
fault
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
15. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
convergent boundary
O layer
fly ash
sand
16. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
fossil fuel
fission
radiant energy
divergent boundary
17. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
habitat fragmentation
risk management
mantle
drip irrigation
18. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.
sludge
topsoil
industrial smog (gray smog)
Half-life
19. Devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants.
mineral deposit
scrubbers
wastewater
bituminous
20. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
long lining
nitrogen fixation
chemical weathering
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
21. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
tropospheric ozone
deforestation
bioaccumulation
agroforestry
22. The liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.
leachate
earthquake
water-scarce
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
23. To convert or change into a vapor.
parasitism
evaporation
law of conservation of matter
watershed
24. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
tailings
chronic effect
law of conservation of matter
tropical storm
25. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
traditional subsistence agriculture
bioaccumulation
convergent boundary
biological weathering
26. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
petroleum
genetic drift
secondary consumers
nonrenewable resources
27. The second-purest form of coal.
Horizon
ecosystem capital
bituminous
predation
28. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
r-selected
potential energy
greenbelt
salinization
29. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.
risk assessment
bioaccumulation
terracing
indigenous species
30. Any waste that poses a danger to human health; it must be dealt with in a different way from other types of waste.
hazardous waste
long lining
ecological succession
evolution
31. The third purest form of coal.
carnivore
subbituminous
realized niche
Coriolis effect
32. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.
demographic transition model
Green Revolution
heterotrophy
deep well injection
33. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
potential energy
food chain
risk management
primary succession
34. 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.
arable
solid waste
old growth forest
extinction
35. The process of burning.
combustion
natural selection
non-point source pollution
replacement birth rate
36. The least pure coal.
lignite
bottom trawling
parasitism
U.S. Noise Control Act
37. 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.
estuary
earthquake
tree farms
market permits
38. A waste product produced by the burning of coal.
rain shadow
food web
fly ash
high-level radioactive waste
39. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
demographic transition model
convergent boundary
surface fires
Half-life
40. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
population
acute effect
composting
convection currents
41. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava - ash - and gases are ejected.
traditional subsistence agriculture
water-stressed
volcanoes
preservation
42. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
natural resources
mantle
by-catch
parasitism
43. Power generated using water.
hydroelectric power
trade winds
acid
age-structure pyramids
44. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
monoculture
keystone species
transform boundary
physical treatmen
45. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
arable
detritivore
traditional subsistence agriculture
drip irrigation
46. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
long lining
Horizon
stationary sources
water-stressed
47. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.
respiration
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
symbiotic relationships
deep well injection
48. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
deep well injection
Coriolis effect
humus
upwelling
49. When one species feeds on another.
trade winds
acid
predation
deep well injection
50. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
population density
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
respiration
risk assessment