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AP Environmental Science
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1. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
contour farming
lithosphere
extinction
biosphere
2. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
monoculture
active collection
consumption
industrial smog (gray smog)
3. The result of a pathogen invading a body.
heterotrophy
Infection
traditional subsistence agriculture
r-selected
4. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
convection currents
leachate
topsoil
5. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
mantle
nitrogen fixation
LD50
driftnets
6. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
nitrification
Uneven-aged management
strip mining
LD50
7. Can consist of hazardous waste - industrial solid waste - or municipal waste. Many types of solid waste provide a threat to human health and the environment.
barrels
greenhouse effect
solid waste
anthracite
8. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.
plate boundaries
anthracite
bottom trawling
Infection
9. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
doldrums
secondary consumers
El Nino
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
10. A bloom of dinoflagellates that causes reddish discoloration of coastal ocean waters. Certain dinoflagellates of the genus Gonyamfox produce toxins that kill fish and contaminate shellfish.
red tide
hazardous waste
respiration
competitive exclusion
11. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.
extinction
transpiration
detritivore
parasitism
12. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
stationary sources
proven reserve
Southern Oscillation
evaporation
13. An area in which a particular mineral is concentrated - mining -the excavation of the Earth for the purpose of extracting ore or minerals.
El Nino
upwelling
mineral deposit
silviculture
14. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.
overgrazed
secondary pollutants
delta
pathogens
15. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
pathogens
biosphere
Gross Primary Productivity
Uneven-aged management
16. The liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.
edge effect
greenbelt
upwelling
leachate
17. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
A layer
land degradation
emigration
slash-and-burn
18. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
convergent boundary
non-point source pollution
barrier island
wetlands
19. The amount of the Earth's surface that's necessary to supply the needs of - and dispose of the waste from a particular population.
ecological footprint
transpiration
competitive exclusion
natural resources
20. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
silviculture
water-scarce
bottom trawling
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
21. A platinum - coated device that oxidizes most of the VOCs and some of the CO that would otherwise be emitted in exhaust - converting them to CO2.
catalytic converter
conservation
Headwaters
radiant energy
22. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
community
potential energy
nitrogen fixation
invasive species
23. 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.
dose-response analysis
thermosphere
greenhouse effect
convection
24. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
carnivore
deep well injection
lithosphere
convection
25. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
R horizon
biomagnifications
heterotrophy
leachate
26. 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.
estuary
asthenosphere
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
vector
27. 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.
Aquaculture
wastewater
decomposer
secondary pollutants
28. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
clay
acid
population
kinetic energy
29. The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica (and to some extent - over the Arctic).
low-level radioactive waste
agroforestry
ozone holes
tropical storm
30. 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.
La Nina
potential energy
U.S. Noise Control Act
biosphere
31. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
habitat fragmentation
volcanoes
Southern Oscillation
LD50
32. 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.
salinization
Half-life
hydroelectric power
aquifer
33. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.
r-selected
coral reef
loamy
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
34. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
tailings
vector
biological weathering
catalytic converter
35. Nets that are dragged through the water and indiscriminately catch everything in their path.
driftnets
natural selection
strip mining
physical (mechanical) weathering
36. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
wastewater
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
doldrums
bioaccumulation
37. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
consumer
abiotic
population
law of conservation of matter
38. Urban areas that heat up more quickly and retain heat more than do nonurban areas.
ozone holes
extinction
nitrogen fixation
heat islands
39. The capacity to do work.
energy
alkaline
B layer
reservoir
40. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.
renewable resources
biotic potential
bottom trawling
water-stressed
41. Sunlight.
low-level radioactive waste
U.S. Noise Control Act
hazardous waste
radiant energy
42. 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.
Coriolis effect
photochemical smog
inner core
sand
43. Pollutants that are released directly into the lower atmosphere.
ecological footprint
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
primary pollutants
age-structure pyramids
44. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
mutualism
convergent boundary
convection currents
producer
45. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
Aquaculture
primary pollutants
old growth forest
global warming
46. 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.
omnivores
O layer
water-stressed
keystone species
47. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
monoculture
radiant energy
subduction zone
tropospheric ozone
48. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
sand
market permits
secondary pollutants
bioaccumulation
49. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
doldrums
low-level radioactive waste
natural selection
primary treatment
50. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
physical treatmen
trophic level
surface fires
Hubbert peak (peak oil)