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AP Environmental Science
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1. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
stationary sources
barrels
silt
birth rate (crude birth rate)
2. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.
doldrums
r-selected
biomagnifications
El Nino
3. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
species
clay
silt
green tax
4. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
risk management
malnutrition
chemical weathering
high-level radioactive waste
5. A severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean - traveling north - northwest - or northeast from its point of origin - and usually involving heavy rains.
competitive exclusion
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
ozone holes
fission
6. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
mutualism
pioneer species
arable
green tax
7. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
fault
acid
old growth forest
consumption
8. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.
weather
agroforestry
subduction zone
second growth forests
9. The process of burning.
risk management
combustion
r-selected
genetic drift
10. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.
Aquaculture
consumption
reservoir
rain shadow
11. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.
Infection
sludge
trade winds
combustion
12. 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.
evaporation
acid precipitation
Second Law of Thermodynamics
mutualism
13. The process in which soil bacteria convert ammonium (NH4+) to a form that can be used by plants; nitrate - or NO3.
demographic transition model
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
nitrification
pioneer species
14. The condition in which - at ecosystem boundaries - there is greater species diversity and biological density than there is in the heart of ecological communities.
emigration
acute effect
preservation
edge effect
15. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
trophic level
divergent boundary
replacement birth rate
biotic
16. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
silt
photochemical smog
population
physical (mechanical) weathering
17. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
long lining
poison
kinetic energy
18. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
mantle
shelter-wood cutting
acute effect
sludge processor
19. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
photochemical smog
tropical storm
O layer
crude oil
20. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.
anthracite
secondary pollutants
no-till
r-selected
21. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
transpiration
nuclear fusion
tailings
erosion
22. The least pure coal.
risk management
lignite
rain shadow
fossil fuel
23. An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.
heterotrophy
extinction
low-level radioactive waste
transform boundary
24. When one species feeds on another.
volcanoes
lithosphere
predation
detritivore
25. The amount of the Earth's surface that's necessary to supply the needs of - and dispose of the waste from a particular population.
autotroph
topsoil
Superfund Program
ecological footprint
26. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
ecosystem capital
Half-life
topsoil
biomagnifications
27. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
r-selected
chemical weathering
convection currents
potential energy
28. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
prior appropriation
terracing
evaporation
barrels
29. The third purest form of coal.
overburden
subbituminous
thermosphere
dose-response curve
30. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms show a negative effect from a toxin.
rain shadow
ED50
anthracite
volcanoes
31. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
combustion
proven reserve
watershed
U.S. Noise Control Act
32. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.
coral reef
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
strip mining
combustion
33. A succession of organisms in an ecological community that constitutes a continuation of food energy from one organism to another as each consumes a lower member and - in turn - is preyed upon by a higher member.
divergent boundary
water-scarce
food chain
r-selected
34. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
secondary pollutants
convection
catalytic converter
by-catch
35. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
energy pyramid
autotroph
prior appropriation
poison
36. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
acid
high-level radioactive waste
prior appropriation
tropospheric ozone
37. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
assimilation
monoculture
weathering
wastewater
38. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava - ash - and gases are ejected.
closed-loop recycling
wind farm
volcanoes
by-catch
39. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
salinization
population density
C layer
food web
40. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
market permits
wind farm
producer
water-stressed
41. Species that originate and live - or occur naturally - in an area or environment.
invasive species
indigenous species
hazardous waste
nonrenewable resources
42. 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.
loamy
decomposer
secondary treatment
k-selected
43. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
food web
El Nino
consumption
population
44. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.
doldrums
extinction
biological weathering
biomagnifications
45. 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
habitat
estuary
fission
age-structure pyramids
46. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.
traditional subsistence agriculture
fishery
ecosystem capital
building-related illness
47. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
second growth forests
consumer
ecosystem capital
slash-and-burn
48. 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.
primary treatment
clay
greenhouse effect
fishery
49. 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.
humus
by-catch
biotic potential
salinization
50. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
weather
trade winds
biosphere
stationary sources