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AP Environmental Science
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1. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
contour farming
thermosphere
logistic population growth
wastewater
2. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
deep well injection
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
noise pollution
lignite
3. To convert or change into a vapor.
sand
primary consumers
evaporation
realized niche
4. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.
Half-life
upwelling
respiration
A layer
5. The structure obtained if we organize the amount of energy contained in producers and consumers in an ecosystem by kilocalories per square meter - from largest to smallest.
old growth forest
consumption
energy pyramid
delta
6. 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.
ozone holes
evolution
Infection
symbiotic relationships
7. 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.
poison
red tide
fly ash
Second Law of Thermodynamics
8. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
reservoir
Green Revolution
silt
barrier island
9. Says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed.
First Law of Thermodynamics
physical (mechanical) weathering
Aquaculture
parasitism
10. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
building-related illness
upwelling
active collection
replacement birth rate
11. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.
agroforestry
mineral deposit
vector
tertiary consumers
12. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
by-catch
denitrification
solid waste
Gross Primary Productivity
13. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
barrels
ecosystem capital
estuary
divergent boundary
14. An introduced - normative species.
law of conservation of matter
invasive species
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
subbituminous
15. 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.
point source pollution
asthenosphere
nitrification
La Nina
16. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
Uneven-aged management
prior appropriation
agroforestry
biotic potential
17. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.
ecological footprint
extinction
population
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
18. 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.
slash-and-burn
no-till
combustion
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
19. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.
industrial smog (gray smog)
pioneer species
nuclear fusion
high-level radioactive waste
20. 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.
traditional subsistence agriculture
nuclear fusion
carnivore
Second Law of Thermodynamics
21. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
autotroph
high-level radioactive waste
thermosphere
low-level radioactive waste
22. When companies are allowed to buy permits that allow them a certain amount of discharge of substances into certain environmental outlets. If they can reduce their amount of discharge - they are allowed to sell the remaining portion of their permit to
primary succession
market permits
nitrogen fixation
industrial smog (gray smog)
23. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
preservation
high-level radioactive waste
topsoil
industrial smog (gray smog)
24. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
energy
Southern Oscillation
Green Revolution
market permits
25. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
bioaccumulation
capture fisheries
malnutrition
crop rotation
26. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
LD50
ecological succession
conservation
salinization
27. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
mutualism
secondary consumers
transpiration
producer
28. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
predation
malnutrition
contour farming
primary consumers
29. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
clear-cutting
convection
risk management
30. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
low-level radioactive waste
water-stressed
carrying capacity
overburden
31. An animal that only consumes other animals.
carnivore
extinction
age-structure pyramids
niche
32. 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
red tide
risk assessment
sludge processor
33. 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
surface fires
high-level radioactive waste
evolution
barrels
34. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
greenbelt
energy
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
age-structure pyramids
35. The amount of sugar that the plants produce in photosynthesis and subtracting from it the amount of energy the plants need for growth maintenance - repair - and reproduction.
radiant energy
Gross Primary Productivity
population
bituminous
36. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
crude oil
driftnets
renewable resources
Horizon
37. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
crude oil
C layer
driftnets
water-scarce
38. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
petroleum
climax community
primary consumers
albedo
39. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.
respiration
birth rate (crude birth rate)
doldrums
underground mining
40. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
transpiration
doldrums
divergent boundary
agroforestry
41. 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.
market permits
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
Immigration
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
42. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.
gray smog (industrial smog)
deforestation
loamy
industrial smog (gray smog)
43. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
monoculture
preservation
prior appropriation
symbiotic relationships
44. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.
crude oil
photochemical smog
reservoir
acid precipitation
45. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.
subduction zone
traditional subsistence agriculture
demographic transition model
sludge processor
46. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
Aquaculture
upwelling
law of conservation of matter
respiration
47. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
preservation
physical treatmen
Second Law of Thermodynamics
rain shadow
48. 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.
plate boundaries
La Nina
selective cutting
Headwaters
49. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.
sick building syndrome
renewable resources
solid waste
disease
50. When one species feeds on another.
earthquake
tailings
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
predation