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AP Environmental Science
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1. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
sludge processor
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
Coriolis effect
tropical storm
2. When one species feeds on another.
asthenosphere
community
predation
anthracite
3. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
hazardous waste
pioneer species
detritivore
market permits
4. A layer of soil.
Horizon
genetic drift
food chain
noise pollution
5. 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.
arable
barrier island
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
acute effect
6. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
convection
LD50
bottom trawling
dose-response analysis
7. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
hazardous waste
competitive exclusion
habitat fragmentation
photochemical smog
8. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
by-catch
drip irrigation
low-level radioactive waste
prior appropriation
9. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
risk assessment
loamy
acute effect
El Nino
10. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
age-structure pyramids
leachate
biomagnifications
noise pollution
11. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
inner core
asthenosphere
bioaccumulation
old growth forest
12. To convert or change into a vapor.
evaporation
passive solar energy collection
closed-loop recycling
transpiration
13. 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.
r-selected
alkaline
greenhouse effect
silt
14. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
Uneven-aged management
catalytic converter
mutualism
disease
15. 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).
inner core
dose-response curve
population
risk management
16. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
selective cutting
nitrification
proven reserve
monoculture
17. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
coral reef
selective cutting
convection currents
potential energy
18. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.
by-catch
population
consumption
riparian right
19. 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.
producer
acid
solid waste
dose-response analysis
20. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.
sludge processor
rain shadow
subbituminous
no-till
21. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
noise pollution
trade winds
alkaline
petroleum
22. The value of natural resources.
ecosystem capital
demographic transition model
birth rate (crude birth rate)
salinization
23. Urban areas that heat up more quickly and retain heat more than do nonurban areas.
long lining
earthquake
A layer
heat islands
24. 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.
barrier island
proven reserve
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
energy pyramid
25. The place where two plates abut each other.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
C layer
fault
Hadley cell
26. The liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.
k-selected
leachate
atmosphere
building-related illness
27. 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.
ecological succession
underground mining
acid
asthenosphere
28. 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.
Coriolis effect
risk management
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
Gross Primary Productivity
29. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
noise pollution
law of conservation of matter
population density
30. 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.
greenbelt
atmosphere
predation
slash-and-burn
31. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
realized niche
El Nino
bioaccumulation
weather
32. Any substance that has an LD50 - of 50 mg or less per kg of body weight.
high-level radioactive waste
prior appropriation
poison
biomagnifications
33. 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.
C layer
shelter-wood cutting
extinction
red tide
34. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.
disease
petroleum
fly ash
secondary treatment
35. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.
natural selection
slash-and-burn
dose-response curve
wetlands
36. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
denitrification
upwelling
no-till
Southern Oscillation
37. The region draining into river system or other body of water.
chronic effect
barrels
mutualism
watershed
38. A species whose very presence contributes to an ecosystem's diversity and whose extinction would consequently lead to the extinction of other forms of life.
photosynthesis
kinetic energy
terracing
keystone species
39. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
B layer
acid
overburden
physical treatmen
40. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
clear-cutting
age-structure pyramids
ED50
gray smog (industrial smog)
41. An area in which a particular mineral is concentrated - mining -the excavation of the Earth for the purpose of extracting ore or minerals.
subbituminous
Half-life
tropospheric ozone
mineral deposit
42. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.
riparian right
plate boundaries
traditional subsistence agriculture
primary consumers
43. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
upwelling
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
tree farms
combustion
44. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
kinetic energy
toxicity
loamy
malnutrition
45. Devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants.
scrubbers
capture fisheries
passive solar energy collection
solid waste
46. 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
radiant energy
drip irrigation
surface fires
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
47. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
subduction zone
sand
low-level radioactive waste
watershed
48. 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.
water-scarce
greenhouse effect
habitat
physical treatmen
49. 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).
primary pollutants
riparian right
extinction
fly ash
50. A fiscal policy that lowers taxes on income - including wages and profit - and raises taxes on consumption - particularly the unsustainable consumption of non-renewable resources.
silviculture
prior appropriation
extinction
green tax