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AP Environmental Science

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1. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.






2. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.






3. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.






4. The place where two plates abut each other.






5. 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






6. A process in which rows of crops are plowed across the hillside; this prevents the erosion that can occur when rows are cut up and down on a slope. ...






7. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.






8. The removal of select trees in an area; this leaves the majority of the habitat in place and has less of an impact on the ecosystem.






9. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.






10. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.






11. 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.






12. 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).






13. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).






14. A soil horizon; the layer below the O layer is called the A layer. The A layer is formed of weathered rock - with some organic material; often referred to as topsoil.






15. When materials - such as plastic or aluminum - are used to rebuild the same product. An example of this is the use of the aluminum from aluminum cans to produce more aluminum cans.






16. When populations are well below the size dictated by the carrying capacity of the region they live in - they will grow exponentially - but as they approach the carrying capacity - their growth rate will decrease and the size of the population will ev






17. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.






18. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.






19. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.






20. The movement of individuals into a population.






21. 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.






22. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.






23. Nets that are dragged through the water and indiscriminately catch everything in their path.






24. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.






25. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.






26. 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.






27. The process of fusing two nuclei.






28. Any noise that causes stress or has the potential to damage human health.






29. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.






30. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.






31. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.






32. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.






33. Organisms that consume primary consumers.






34. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.






35. 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.






36. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.






37. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.






38. 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.






39. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.






40. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.






41. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.






42. 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.






43. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.






44. Land that's fit to be cultivated.






45. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.






46. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.






47. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.






48. When a species occupies a smaller niche than it would in the absence of competition.






49. A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.






50. A lowland area - such as a marsh or swamp - that is saturated with moisture - especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.