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AP Environmental Science
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1. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
natural selection
watershed
stationary sources
Southern Oscillation
2. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.
fly ash
radiant energy
secondary pollutants
long lining
3. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
drip irrigation
subduction zone
threshold dose
clay
4. 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.
total fertility rate
nitrification
building-related illness
physical treatmen
5. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.
non-point source pollution
consumer
passive solar energy collection
lithosphere
6. Bacteria or fungi that absorb nutrients from nonliving organic matter like plant material - the wastes of living organisms - and corpses. They convert these materials into inorganic forms.
biotic
decomposer
law of conservation of matter
sludge
7. 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.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
solid waste
contour farming
silviculture
8. The edges of tectonic plates.
prior appropriation
acid
primary succession
plate boundaries
9. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
long lining
sick building syndrome
water-stressed
parasitism
10. The process in which soil becomes saltier and saltier until - finally - the salt prevents the growth of plants. Salinization is caused by irrigation because salts brought in with the water remain in the soil as water evaporates.
capture fisheries
salinization
risk assessment
crude oil
11. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
nitrogen fixation
water-scarce
anthracite
clay
12. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.
law of conservation of matter
coral reef
thermosphere
community
13. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
preservation
keystone species
conservation
vector
14. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.
clear-cutting
thermocline
fossil fuel
secondary pollutants
15. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
dose-response analysis
transpiration
sick building syndrome
biotic
16. 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.
salinization
chemical weathering
dose-response analysis
extinction
17. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
silviculture
weather
point source pollution
weathering
18. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
symbiotic relationships
community
monoculture
conservation
19. An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.
agroforestry
C layer
heterotrophy
convection
20. 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.
Coriolis effect
trade winds
Second Law of Thermodynamics
catalytic converter
21. A long - relatively narrow island running parallel to the mainland-built up by the action of waves and currents and serving to protect the coast from erosion by surf and tidal surges.
barrier island
stationary sources
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
transform boundary
22. The uppermost horizon of soil. It is primarily made up of organic material - including waste from organisms - the bodies of decomposing organisms - and live organisms.
heat islands
secondary consumers
O layer
anthracite
23. 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.
driftnets
C layer
closed-loop recycling
photosynthesis
24. The right - as to fishing or to the use of a riverbed - of one who owns riparian land (the land adjacent to a river or stream).
Immigration
transpiration
riparian right
decomposer
25. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.
First Law of Thermodynamics
pioneer species
k-selected
acid precipitation
26. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
biomagnifications
combustion
Half-life
gray smog (industrial smog)
27. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
coral reef
salinization
carrying capacity
biomagnifications
28. The part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere.
asthenosphere
mutualism
El Nino
poison
29. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
prior appropriation
sludge
transpiration
second growth forests
30. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
primary succession
C layer
contour farming
preservation
31. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
convection currents
overgrazed
long lining
building-related illness
32. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
crude oil
closed-loop recycling
consumer
sick building syndrome
33. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
detritivore
population density
Headwaters
potential energy
34. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.
natural resources
traditional subsistence agriculture
ecological footprint
tailings
35. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.
building-related illness
indigenous species
wetlands
coral reef
36. The place where two plates abut each other.
death rate (crude death rate)
asthenosphere
fault
omnivores
37. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
capture fisheries
active collection
sludge
First Law of Thermodynamics
38. The process of burning.
threshold dose
combustion
coral reef
tree farms
39. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
catalytic converter
divergent boundary
logistic population growth
40. The molten core of the Earth.
population density
invasive species
inner core
arable
41. Says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed.
toxin
volcanoes
drip irrigation
First Law of Thermodynamics
42. A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.
delta
leachate
evaporation
natural resources
43. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
erosion
bituminous
reservoir
U.S. Noise Control Act
44. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.
fly ash
trade winds
risk assessment
acid precipitation
45. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
emigration
weathering
biosphere
Coriolis effect
46. 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.
catalytic converter
respiration
symbiotic relationships
Coriolis effect
47. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
no-till
omnivores
chronic effect
active collection
48. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
energy
convection currents
driftnets
replacement birth rate
49. The process of soil particles being carried away by wind or water. Erosion moves the smaller particles first and hence degrades the soil to a coarser - sandier - stonier texture.
assimilation
population
erosion
decomposer
50. The number of children an average woman will bear during her lifetime; this information is based on an analysis of data from preceding years in the population in question.
ecosystem capital
total fertility rate
alkaline
disease