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AP Environmental Science
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1. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
plate boundaries
population density
no-till
trade winds
2. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
alkaline
nitrogen fixation
ecological succession
low-level radioactive waste
3. Organisms that are capable of interbreeding with one another and incapable of breeding with other species.
replacement birth rate
atmosphere
species
Immigration
4. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.
loamy
Half-life
overburden
malnutrition
5. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
nitrogen fixation
Coriolis effect
potential energy
strip mining
6. 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.
earthquake
primary consumers
preservation
driftnets
7. The capacity to do work.
fossil fuel
renewable resources
community
energy
8. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
respiration
natural resources
tropospheric ozone
nitrification
9. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms show a negative effect from a toxin.
chemical weathering
birth rate (crude birth rate)
erosion
ED50
10. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
Gross Primary Productivity
doldrums
secondary treatment
natural selection
11. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
R horizon
old growth forest
sick building syndrome
food chain
12. An intensification of the Greenhouse Effect due to the increased presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
global warming
no-till
riparian right
prior appropriation
13. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
composting
vector
deep well injection
14. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
weathering
poison
primary succession
transform boundary
15. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
albedo
habitat fragmentation
omnivores
plate boundaries
16. The phenomenon whereby the Earth's atmosphere traps solar radiation - caused by the presence in the atmosphere of gases such as carbon dioxide - water vapor - and methane that allow incoming sunlight to pass through - but absorb heat radiated back fr
global warming
consumption
thermocline
greenhouse effect
17. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
monoculture
low-level radioactive waste
carrying capacity
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
18. The amount of the Earth's surface that's necessary to supply the needs of - and dispose of the waste from a particular population.
jet stream
secondary treatment
high-level radioactive waste
ecological footprint
19. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.
high-level radioactive waste
consumer
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
trade winds
20. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.
kinetic energy
ozone holes
agroforestry
lithosphere
21. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
proven reserve
autotroph
A layer
photosynthesis
22. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
potential energy
biological weathering
heterotrophy
Immigration
23. A nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus - especially a heavy nucleus such as an isotope of uranium - splits into fragments - usually two fragments of comparable mass - releasing from 100 million to several hundred million electron volts of ener
fission
thermocline
alkaline
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
24. Any substance than is inhaled - ingested - or absorbed at dosages sufficient to damage a living organism.
toxin
age-structure pyramids
passive solar energy collection
deep well injection
25. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
gray smog (industrial smog)
indigenous species
topsoil
global warming
26. An underground layer of porous rock - sand - or other material that allows the movement of water between layers of nonporous rock or clay. Aquifers are frequently tapped for wells.
aquifer
autotroph
transpiration
replacement birth rate
27. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava - ash - and gases are ejected.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
volcanoes
aquifer
dose-response analysis
28. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
realized niche
heterotrophy
topsoil
capture fisheries
29. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
estuary
watershed
habitat
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
30. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
Uneven-aged management
malnutrition
ozone holes
thermosphere
31. A layer of soil.
Horizon
silt
convection currents
threshold dose
32. Sunlight.
toxicity
malnutrition
radiant energy
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
33. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
atmosphere
sand
denitrification
weather
34. 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.
fault
biotic potential
kinetic energy
primary treatment
35. The removal of all of the trees in an area.
clear-cutting
mineral deposit
tree farms
overgrazed
36. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
conservation
Uneven-aged management
silviculture
sick building syndrome
37. The process of fusing two nuclei.
bioaccumulation
photosynthesis
nuclear fusion
species
38. Says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed.
extinction
crop rotation
carnivore
First Law of Thermodynamics
39. The molten core of the Earth.
lignite
Horizon
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
inner core
40. The edges of tectonic plates.
plate boundaries
A layer
no-till
secondary treatment
41. 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
Uneven-aged management
evolution
upwelling
42. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
divergent boundary
consumer
demographic transition model
climax community
43. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
ecological footprint
symbiotic relationships
death rate (crude death rate)
acute effect
44. The process of burning.
deforestation
combustion
total fertility rate
noise pollution
45. Any water that has been used by humans. This includes human sewage - water drained from showers - tubs - sinks - dishwashers - washing machines - water from industrial processes - and storm water runoff.
shelter-wood cutting
solid waste
wastewater
wind farm
46. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
community
r-selected
convergent boundary
preservation
47. 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.
B layer
genetic drift
physical (mechanical) weathering
population
48. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
volcanoes
land degradation
thermosphere
producer
49. 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.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
solid waste
risk management
deep well injection
50. Urban areas that heat up more quickly and retain heat more than do nonurban areas.
wetlands
mutualism
heat islands
realized niche