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AP Environmental Science

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1. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.






2. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.






3. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.






4. Land that's fit to be cultivated.






5. The process of soil particles being carried away by wind or water. Erosion moves the smaller particles first and hence degrades the soil to a coarser - sandier - stonier texture.






6. The process of burning.






7. 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.






8. The process of fusing two nuclei.






9. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.






10. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.






11. Power generated using water.






12. 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.






13. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.






14. 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.






15. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.






16. The second-purest form of coal.






17. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.






18. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.






19. An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.






20. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.






21. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.






22. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.






23. 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.






24. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.






25. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.






26. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.






27. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.






28. The process in which soil bacteria convert ammonium (NH4+) to a form that can be used by plants; nitrate - or NO3.






29. The water from which a river rises; a source.






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.






31. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.






32. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.






33. An animal that only consumes other animals.






34. 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.






35. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.






36. The part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere.






37. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.






38. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).






39. 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.






40. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.






41. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.






42. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.






43. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.






44. 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.






45. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.






46. The least pure coal.






47. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.






48. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.






49. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.






50. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.