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AP Environmental Science
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1. A long - relatively narrow island running parallel to the mainland-built up by the action of waves and currents and serving to protect the coast from erosion by surf and tidal surges.
crop rotation
Superfund Program
second growth forests
barrier island
2. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
wetlands
acid precipitation
law of conservation of matter
active collection
3. 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
preservation
doldrums
Coriolis effect
4. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.
LD50
lithosphere
weather
land degradation
5. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
chemical weathering
subduction zone
death rate (crude death rate)
Horizon
6. 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.
closed-loop recycling
bioaccumulation
carnivore
silviculture
7. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
climax community
greenhouse effect
dose-response curve
stationary sources
8. A program funded by the federal government and a trust that's funded by taxes on chemicals; identifies pollutants and cleans up hazardous waste sites.
LD50
long lining
Superfund Program
fault
9. The gaseous mass or envelope surrounding a celestial body - especially the one surrounding the Earth - which is retained by the celestial body's gravitational field.
atmosphere
volcanoes
sick building syndrome
Southern Oscillation
10. 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.
disease
biomagnifications
pioneer species
aquifer
11. 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.
total fertility rate
ecological succession
toxin
proven reserve
12. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.
toxicity
slash-and-burn
secondary consumers
biotic
13. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
disease
chemical weathering
greenbelt
earthquake
14. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.
consumption
salinization
green tax
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
15. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
primary consumers
crude oil
atmosphere
acute effect
16. The edges of tectonic plates.
physical treatmen
plate boundaries
estuary
water-stressed
17. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
clear-cutting
threshold dose
chemical weathering
18. 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.
salinization
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
greenhouse effect
biological weathering
19. The use of building materials - building placement - and design to passively collect solar energy that can be used to keep a building warm or cool.
passive solar energy collection
land degradation
atmosphere
First Law of Thermodynamics
20. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
hydroelectric power
long lining
population density
Southern Oscillation
21. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
food web
O layer
photosynthesis
22. 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. ...
malnutrition
contour farming
community
conservation
23. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
competitive exclusion
convergent boundary
conservation
global warming
24. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
parasitism
water-stressed
biological weathering
low-level radioactive waste
25. 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.
noise pollution
rain shadow
secondary pollutants
barrier island
26. To convert or change into a vapor.
Aquaculture
Hadley cell
acute effect
evaporation
27. Any water that has been used by humans. This includes human sewage - water drained from showers - tubs - sinks - dishwashers - washing machines - water from industrial processes - and storm water runoff.
heterotrophy
delta
wastewater
trade winds
28. 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.
C layer
shelter-wood cutting
decomposer
consumer
29. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
divergent boundary
primary succession
Immigration
fossil fuel
30. The least pure coal.
respiration
lignite
denitrification
evaporation
31. 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.
parasitism
selective cutting
sand
O layer
32. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
replacement birth rate
biomagnifications
population
symbiotic relationships
33. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
tertiary consumers
energy pyramid
crude oil
water-stressed
34. 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.
evolution
emigration
primary succession
A layer
35. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.
conservation
parasitism
greenhouse effect
second growth forests
36. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
dose-response analysis
fault
secondary pollutants
old growth forest
37. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
global warming
trophic level
albedo
energy pyramid
38. Living or derived from living things.
ecological succession
terracing
poison
biotic
39. Change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals and resulting in the development of new species.
overgrazed
Gross Primary Productivity
evolution
bituminous
40. The place where two plates abut each other.
monoculture
detritivore
fault
thermocline
41. Bacteria - virus - or other microorganisms that can cause disease.
logistic population growth
predation
pathogens
passive solar energy collection
42. Pollutants that are released directly into the lower atmosphere.
primary pollutants
First Law of Thermodynamics
food chain
contour farming
43. A layer in a large body of water - such as a lake - that sharply separates regions differing in temperature - so that the temperature gradient across the layer is abrupt.
autotroph
consumption
thermocline
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
44. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
building-related illness
asthenosphere
carnivore
Hadley cell
45. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
closed-loop recycling
competitive exclusion
disease
mantle
46. The phenomenon whereby the Earth's atmosphere traps solar radiation - caused by the presence in the atmosphere of gases such as carbon dioxide - water vapor - and methane that allow incoming sunlight to pass through - but absorb heat radiated back fr
trophic level
birth rate (crude birth rate)
Gross Primary Productivity
greenhouse effect
47. The practice of alternating the crops grown on a piece of land - for example - corn one year - legumes for two years - and then back to corn.
Aquaculture
agroforestry
vector
crop rotation
48. The process in which soil bacteria convert ammonium (NH4+) to a form that can be used by plants; nitrate - or NO3.
malnutrition
low-level radioactive waste
Southern Oscillation
nitrification
49. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
Gross Primary Productivity
autotroph
detritivore
indigenous species
50. The random fluctuations in the frequency of the appearance of a gene in a small isolated population - presumably owing to chance - rather than natural selection.
genetic drift
First Law of Thermodynamics
consumer
Uneven-aged management
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