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AP Environmental Science
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1. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
carrying capacity
climax community
clear-cutting
silviculture
2. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.
chemical weathering
mutualism
disease
old growth forest
3. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
upwelling
agroforestry
chronic effect
C layer
4. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
physical (mechanical) weathering
transpiration
tailings
subbituminous
5. The capacity to do work.
nitrification
niche
energy
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
6. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
acute effect
underground mining
biological weathering
replacement birth rate
7. The molten core of the Earth.
inner core
mantle
realized niche
assimilation
8. The process by which specialized bacteria (mostly anaerobic bacteria) convert ammonia to NOy NO2 - and N2 and release it back to the atmosphere.
denitrification
terracing
fault
weathering
9. Any noise that causes stress or has the potential to damage human health.
clear-cutting
Aquaculture
arable
noise pollution
10. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
reservoir
silt
subbituminous
risk assessment
11. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
acid
hazardous waste
Gross Primary Productivity
La Nina
12. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
capture fisheries
primary consumers
Horizon
R horizon
13. Also known as plantations - these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use.
poison
active collection
composting
tree farms
14. 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.
heterotrophy
by-catch
earthquake
sludge
15. 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.
building-related illness
La Nina
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
hazardous waste
16. The process by which - according to Darwin's theory of evolution - only the organisms best adapted to their environment tend to survive and transmit their genetic characteristics in increasing numbers to succeeding generations - while those less adap
evaporation
preservation
lignite
natural selection
17. An introduced - normative species.
chemical weathering
traditional subsistence agriculture
invasive species
watershed
18. Any waste that poses a danger to human health; it must be dealt with in a different way from other types of waste.
photochemical smog
convection
by-catch
hazardous waste
19. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
preservation
long lining
prior appropriation
Aquaculture
20. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
wetlands
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
old growth forest
market permits
21. 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.
death rate (crude death rate)
photosynthesis
primary succession
deep well injection
22. The third purest form of coal.
risk management
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
subbituminous
biotic potential
23. 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.
erosion
aquifer
toxin
ecological footprint
24. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
community
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
realized niche
crude oil
25. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.
active collection
Coriolis effect
building-related illness
tree farms
26. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
tailings
LD50
thermosphere
bioaccumulation
27. 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.
conservation
total fertility rate
nitrification
tertiary consumers
28. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.
renewable resources
divergent boundary
extinction
physical treatmen
29. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms show a negative effect from a toxin.
ED50
malnutrition
hazardous waste
aquifer
30. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.
risk management
consumption
no-till
land degradation
31. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.
green tax
second growth forests
wetlands
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
32. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
disease
population
thermosphere
wetlands
33. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
tropical storm
risk assessment
detritivore
low-level radioactive waste
34. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
population density
albedo
contour farming
35. When one species feeds on another.
predation
logistic population growth
fly ash
decomposer
36. A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.
threshold dose
delta
disease
tropospheric ozone
37. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
deep well injection
invasive species
greenbelt
high-level radioactive waste
38. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.
community
biological weathering
acid precipitation
upwelling
39. The structure obtained if we organize the amount of energy contained in producers and consumers in an ecosystem by kilocalories per square meter - from largest to smallest.
Headwaters
energy pyramid
population
greenhouse effect
40. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.
secondary pollutants
long lining
active collection
shelter-wood cutting
41. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
transform boundary
niche
earthquake
toxicity
42. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.
slash-and-burn
catalytic converter
renewable resources
lithosphere
43. The second-purest form of coal.
consumption
crop rotation
bituminous
subduction zone
44. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
logistic population growth
terracing
U.S. Noise Control Act
biotic
45. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
mantle
tertiary consumers
composting
Aquaculture
46. The amount of the Earth's surface that's necessary to supply the needs of - and dispose of the waste from a particular population.
physical (mechanical) weathering
ecological footprint
Headwaters
ED50
47. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
population density
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
carrying capacity
building-related illness
48. 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 growth forests
long lining
La Nina
Second Law of Thermodynamics
49. The value of natural resources.
ecosystem capital
threshold dose
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
edge effect
50. 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.
composting
overburden
physical (mechanical) weathering
green tax