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AP Environmental Science
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1. The amount of the Earth's surface that's necessary to supply the needs of - and dispose of the waste from a particular population.
food web
ecological footprint
habitat
natural resources
2. A layer of soil.
barrels
agroforestry
secondary treatment
Horizon
3. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
jet stream
mantle
combustion
4. Fires that typically burn only the forest's underbrush and do little damage to mature trees. Surface fires actually serve to protect the forest from more harmful fires by removing underbrush and dead materials that would burn quickly and at high temp
k-selected
surface fires
biotic potential
Southern Oscillation
5. Using strategies to reduce the amount of risk (the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen).
carnivore
consumer
Horizon
risk management
6. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
solid waste
green tax
La Nina
tailings
7. 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
natural selection
thermosphere
heterotrophy
biotic potential
8. The least pure coal.
lignite
death rate (crude death rate)
thermocline
transform boundary
9. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
green tax
nitrification
Green Revolution
primary consumers
10. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
driftnets
La Nina
consumption
natural resources
11. An area in which a particular mineral is concentrated - mining -the excavation of the Earth for the purpose of extracting ore or minerals.
mineral deposit
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
energy pyramid
pathogens
12. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.
hazardous waste
toxin
overgrazed
crop rotation
13. Pollutants that are released directly into the lower atmosphere.
energy
biomagnifications
Southern Oscillation
primary pollutants
14. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
keystone species
deep well injection
competitive exclusion
malnutrition
15. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
high-level radioactive waste
upwelling
acid
16. 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.
primary succession
crop rotation
dose-response analysis
gray smog (industrial smog)
17. The place where two plates abut each other.
fault
convection
chemical weathering
salinization
18. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
Aquaculture
risk management
shelter-wood cutting
nonrenewable resources
19. 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.
thermocline
competitive exclusion
tree farms
toxicity
20. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
age-structure pyramids
Headwaters
vector
preservation
21. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
biosphere
competitive exclusion
C layer
barrels
22. Power generated using water.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
Superfund Program
population density
hydroelectric power
23. A waste product produced by the burning of coal.
subduction zone
fly ash
acid
physical treatmen
24. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.
greenbelt
acid precipitation
nonrenewable resources
noise pollution
25. 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.
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
ecological footprint
Headwaters
primary treatment
26. An intensification of the Greenhouse Effect due to the increased presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
O layer
global warming
community
27. A basic substance; chemically - a substance that absorbs hydrogen ions or releases hydroxyl ions; in reference to natural water - a measure of the base content of the water.
dose-response curve
alkaline
hydroelectric power
photochemical smog
28. 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
photochemical smog
Superfund Program
sick building syndrome
29. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
age-structure pyramids
humus
anthracite
producer
30. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.
carrying capacity
biotic potential
watershed
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
31. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
subbituminous
bottom trawling
fishery
acute effect
32. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms show a negative effect from a toxin.
nonrenewable resources
high-level radioactive waste
ED50
Half-life
33. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
monoculture
r-selected
petroleum
composting
34. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
population density
barrier island
traditional subsistence agriculture
habitat fragmentation
35. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
biomagnifications
energy
physical (mechanical) weathering
divergent boundary
36. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
upwelling
keystone species
water-scarce
underground mining
37. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.
selective cutting
disease
clay
Horizon
38. 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.
earthquake
alkaline
genetic drift
Coriolis effect
39. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
fly ash
denitrification
gray smog (industrial smog)
omnivores
40. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.
ozone holes
First Law of Thermodynamics
sludge
demographic transition model
41. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
species
biosphere
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
biological weathering
42. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
land degradation
capture fisheries
detritivore
greenbelt
43. 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.
population
biological weathering
noise pollution
barrier island
44. 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.
photosynthesis
earthquake
slash-and-burn
Uneven-aged management
45. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
climax community
convergent boundary
photosynthesis
trophic level
46. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.
k-selected
autotroph
hazardous waste
thermocline
47. 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.
composting
detritivore
species
catalytic converter
48. The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.
deforestation
fault
niche
water-stressed
49. Any noise that causes stress or has the potential to damage human health.
traditional subsistence agriculture
industrial smog (gray smog)
noise pollution
agroforestry
50. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
total fertility rate
active collection
photochemical smog
sludge