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AP Environmental Science
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1. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
malnutrition
symbiotic relationships
mutualism
catalytic converter
2. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.
extinction
photochemical smog
land degradation
traditional subsistence agriculture
3. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
parasitism
terracing
coral reef
nitrogen fixation
4. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
topsoil
mineral deposit
tailings
community
5. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
aquifer
genetic drift
community
transform boundary
6. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
tertiary consumers
habitat
age-structure pyramids
fishery
7. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.
physical treatmen
disease
food chain
shelter-wood cutting
8. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.
second growth forests
overgrazed
physical treatmen
population density
9. 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.
no-till
biomagnifications
building-related illness
closed-loop recycling
10. The right - as to fishing or to the use of a riverbed - of one who owns riparian land (the land adjacent to a river or stream).
tertiary consumers
riparian right
Uneven-aged management
contour farming
11. In a sewage treatment plant - the initial filtration that is done to remove debris such as stones - sticks - rags - toys - and other objects that were flushed down the toilet.
mutualism
natural resources
physical treatmen
clear-cutting
12. An area in which a particular mineral is concentrated - mining -the excavation of the Earth for the purpose of extracting ore or minerals.
dose-response analysis
natural resources
A layer
mineral deposit
13. Also known as plantations - these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use.
trophic level
preservation
atmosphere
tree farms
14. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
fission
LD50
Immigration
salinization
15. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
chronic effect
monoculture
kinetic energy
edge effect
16. 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.
extinction
alkaline
aquifer
lignite
17. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
Superfund Program
natural resources
old growth forest
stationary sources
18. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
upwelling
wastewater
market permits
hazardous waste
19. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
Hadley cell
mutualism
photochemical smog
community
20. A soil horizon - horizon C is made up of larger pieces of rock that have not undergone much weathering.
producer
photochemical smog
C layer
stationary sources
21. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
primary consumers
composting
subduction zone
lignite
22. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.
vector
strip mining
atmosphere
threshold dose
23. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
denitrification
death rate (crude death rate)
watershed
deforestation
24. The energy of motion.
sick building syndrome
weathering
kinetic energy
primary consumers
25. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
trade winds
radiant energy
niche
transpiration
26. The process in which soil bacteria convert ammonium (NH4+) to a form that can be used by plants; nitrate - or NO3.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
A layer
nitrification
traditional subsistence agriculture
27. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
hydroelectric power
nonrenewable resources
catalytic converter
age-structure pyramids
28. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
competitive exclusion
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
mantle
El Nino
29. A nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus - especially a heavy nucleus such as an isotope of uranium - splits into fragments - usually two fragments of comparable mass - releasing from 100 million to several hundred million electron volts of ener
fission
Green Revolution
acid
nuclear fusion
30. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
acid
food web
proven reserve
point source pollution
31. 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. ...
biosphere
contour farming
edge effect
tailings
32. The place where two plates abut each other.
LD50
indigenous species
fault
secondary consumers
33. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
A layer
primary treatment
secondary pollutants
biomagnifications
34. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
tree farms
Green Revolution
convergent boundary
crop rotation
35. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
barrels
threshold dose
Infection
Aquaculture
36. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
toxicity
doldrums
Uneven-aged management
LD50
37. To convert or change into a vapor.
wastewater
stationary sources
evaporation
primary consumers
38. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
old growth forest
no-till
fishery
albedo
39. Involves the sinking of shafts to reach underground deposits. In this type of mining - networks of tunnels are dug or blasted and humans enter these tunnels in order to manually retrieve the coal.
radiant energy
terracing
erosion
underground mining
40. 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.
gray smog (industrial smog)
pioneer species
selective cutting
earthquake
41. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
parasitism
assimilation
point source pollution
Hadley cell
42. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
trade winds
weather
non-point source pollution
risk assessment
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.
R horizon
scrubbers
thermocline
terracing
44. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
energy pyramid
abiotic
consumption
R horizon
45. The least pure coal.
secondary consumers
U.S. Noise Control Act
mantle
lignite
46. Transition in species composition of a biological community - often following ecological disturbance of the community; the establishment of a biological community in any area virtually barren of life.
photosynthesis
market permits
sand
ecological succession
47. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
convergent boundary
nonrenewable resources
long lining
erosion
48. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
lignite
fishery
Hadley cell
gray smog (industrial smog)
49. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
autotroph
photosynthesis
evaporation
birth rate (crude birth rate)
50. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
Aquaculture
population density
active collection
denitrification