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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.






2. Organisms that consume primary consumers.






3. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.






4. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.






5. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.






6. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.






7. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.






8. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.






9. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.






10. Pollutants that are released directly into the lower atmosphere.






11. Says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed.






12. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.






13. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.






14. The edges of tectonic plates.






15. Graphical representations of populations' ages.






16. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.






17. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.






18. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.






19. The process by which specialized bacteria (mostly anaerobic bacteria) convert ammonia to NOy NO2 - and N2 and release it back to the atmosphere.






20. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.






21. An introduced - normative species.






22. The part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere.






23. The amount of the Earth's surface that's necessary to supply the needs of - and dispose of the waste from a particular population.






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






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






26. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.






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






28. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.






29. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.






30. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.






31. Energy at rest - or stored energy.






32. 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.






33. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.






34. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.






35. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.






36. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.






37. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.






38. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.






39. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.






40. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.






41. The low-rainfall region that exists on the leeward (downwind) side of a mountain range. This rain shadow is the result of the mountain range's causing precipitation on the windward side.






42. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.






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






44. To convert or change into a vapor.






45. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.






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






47. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.






48. 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.






49. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.






50. The region draining into river system or other body of water.