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AP Environmental Science
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1. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
long lining
extinction
overburden
2. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
green tax
mineral deposit
fishery
habitat fragmentation
3. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
topsoil
Infection
birth rate (crude birth rate)
sand
4. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.
thermosphere
dose-response curve
Second Law of Thermodynamics
k-selected
5. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
hydroelectric power
secondary pollutants
niche
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
6. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
nonrenewable resources
crude oil
slash-and-burn
biological weathering
7. A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.
Uneven-aged management
nitrogen fixation
delta
dose-response analysis
8. Any waste that poses a danger to human health; it must be dealt with in a different way from other types of waste.
erosion
primary treatment
hazardous waste
total fertility rate
9. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
heat islands
tropical storm
B layer
sludge
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.
monoculture
autotroph
watershed
photochemical smog
11. The movement of individuals into a population.
Immigration
fly ash
low-level radioactive waste
point source pollution
12. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.
secondary pollutants
weathering
renewable resources
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
13. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
secondary pollutants
topsoil
nitrogen fixation
U.S. Noise Control Act
14. The random fluctuations in the frequency of the appearance of a gene in a small isolated population - presumably owing to chance - rather than natural selection.
genetic drift
fission
photochemical smog
La Nina
15. Says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed.
First Law of Thermodynamics
birth rate (crude birth rate)
malnutrition
biomagnifications
16. 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.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
barrier island
inner core
primary treatment
17. A waste product produced by the burning of coal.
fossil fuel
inner core
replacement birth rate
fly ash
18. The part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere.
crop rotation
R horizon
asthenosphere
loamy
19. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
deep well injection
reservoir
logistic population growth
by-catch
20. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
heterotrophy
habitat
consumer
photochemical smog
21. The value of natural resources.
convection
by-catch
invasive species
ecosystem capital
22. An animal that only consumes other animals.
selective cutting
carnivore
anthracite
potential energy
23. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
toxicity
risk assessment
riparian right
population
24. The result of a pathogen invading a body.
leachate
topsoil
renewable resources
Infection
25. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
acid
monoculture
population
detritivore
26. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
ED50
trophic level
Hadley cell
active collection
27. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
niche
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
petroleum
bottom trawling
28. Any substance than is inhaled - ingested - or absorbed at dosages sufficient to damage a living organism.
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
invasive species
genetic drift
toxin
29. Is the practice of planting bands of different crops across a hillside.
tailings
thermocline
heat islands
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
30. Living or derived from living things.
Superfund Program
biotic
U.S. Noise Control Act
capture fisheries
31. Says that the entropy (disorder) of the universe is increasing. One corollary of the Second Law of thermodynamics is the concept that - in most energy transformations - a significant fraction of energy is lost to the universe as heat.
thermosphere
Second Law of Thermodynamics
mutualism
Coriolis effect
32. 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
rain shadow
water-scarce
birth rate (crude birth rate)
33. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
land degradation
abiotic
asthenosphere
extinction
34. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.
heat islands
extinction
old growth forest
k-selected
35. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
habitat fragmentation
jet stream
detritivore
nonrenewable resources
36. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.
convergent boundary
prior appropriation
risk assessment
second growth forests
37. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
barrels
fission
sludge
alkaline
38. The low-rainfall region that exists on the leeward (downwind) side of a mountain range. This rain shadow is the result of the mountain range's causing precipitation on the windward side.
rain shadow
silviculture
capture fisheries
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
39. 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.
fossil fuel
mineral deposit
photosynthesis
industrial smog (gray smog)
40. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
heat islands
vector
O layer
albedo
41. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
C layer
green tax
subduction zone
evaporation
42. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
indigenous species
potential energy
monoculture
energy
43. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
arable
overburden
acute effect
community
44. The second-purest form of coal.
barrels
natural resources
bituminous
tropical storm
45. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.
Half-life
clear-cutting
renewable resources
dose-response curve
46. 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.
primary succession
atmosphere
tropical storm
old growth forest
47. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
tailings
niche
extinction
weather
48. 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.
omnivores
prior appropriation
coral reef
physical treatmen
49. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
estuary
emigration
nuclear fusion
Immigration
50. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
extinction
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
old growth forest
convergent boundary