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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.
trophic level
leachate
k-selected
ecological footprint
2. Also known as plantations - these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use.
humus
tree farms
evolution
weathering
3. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
Aquaculture
consumption
by-catch
denitrification
4. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
selective cutting
detritivore
evaporation
demographic transition model
5. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
demographic transition model
surface fires
topsoil
6. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
primary treatment
pioneer species
tertiary consumers
convection currents
7. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
land degradation
point source pollution
death rate (crude death rate)
toxicity
8. 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.
weather
selective cutting
thermocline
evaporation
9. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.
renewable resources
Gross Primary Productivity
toxin
Southern Oscillation
10. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
toxicity
industrial smog (gray smog)
salinization
convergent boundary
11. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
stationary sources
petroleum
combustion
plate boundaries
12. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
population
thermocline
food web
El Nino
13. Any noise that causes stress or has the potential to damage human health.
disease
Aquaculture
dose-response curve
noise pollution
14. The energy of motion.
kinetic energy
terracing
volcanoes
vector
15. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.
trade winds
mantle
extinction
overburden
16. The result of vibrations (often due to plate movements) deep in the Earth that release energy. They often occur as two plates slide past one another at a transform boundary.
photosynthesis
clay
surface fires
earthquake
17. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
thermosphere
dose-response curve
agroforestry
by-catch
18. An area in which a particular mineral is concentrated - mining -the excavation of the Earth for the purpose of extracting ore or minerals.
greenhouse effect
mineral deposit
catalytic converter
bottom trawling
19. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
biomagnifications
total fertility rate
combustion
convection currents
20. 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.
total fertility rate
threshold dose
jet stream
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
21. 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.
biological weathering
Second Law of Thermodynamics
greenhouse effect
hydroelectric power
22. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
La Nina
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
agroforestry
convergent boundary
23. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
global warming
secondary treatment
LD50
thermocline
24. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.
k-selected
albedo
demographic transition model
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
25. Species that originate and live - or occur naturally - in an area or environment.
closed-loop recycling
indigenous species
passive solar energy collection
fishery
26. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.
market permits
physical treatmen
assimilation
second growth forests
27. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
predation
crude oil
fishery
sand
28. 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.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
overburden
energy pyramid
divergent boundary
29. The least pure coal.
habitat fragmentation
coral reef
nitrogen fixation
lignite
30. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
conservation
deforestation
primary pollutants
Superfund Program
31. 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
bioaccumulation
Coriolis effect
k-selected
surface fires
32. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
agroforestry
catalytic converter
community
physical (mechanical) weathering
33. The molten core of the Earth.
vector
non-point source pollution
inner core
symbiotic relationships
34. 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.
old growth forest
potential energy
reservoir
atmosphere
35. To convert or change into a vapor.
evaporation
gray smog (industrial smog)
niche
thermocline
36. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
Infection
k-selected
dose-response analysis
transpiration
37. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
La Nina
land degradation
U.S. Noise Control Act
long lining
38. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
malnutrition
birth rate (crude birth rate)
selective cutting
water-scarce
39. An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.
heterotrophy
Green Revolution
no-till
A layer
40. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
vector
proven reserve
albedo
bottom trawling
41. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.
thermosphere
edge effect
rain shadow
vector
42. A program funded by the federal government and a trust that's funded by taxes on chemicals; identifies pollutants and cleans up hazardous waste sites.
Superfund Program
trade winds
passive solar energy collection
omnivores
43. The second-purest form of coal.
red tide
bituminous
logistic population growth
estuary
44. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
bioaccumulation
tailings
fishery
realized niche
45. 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).
food web
risk management
chronic effect
fossil fuel
46. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
weathering
old growth forest
high-level radioactive waste
subduction zone
47. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
Immigration
selective cutting
divergent boundary
weather
48. The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica (and to some extent - over the Arctic).
consumption
ozone holes
Half-life
O layer
49. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
A layer
emigration
habitat fragmentation
long lining
50. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
genetic drift
noise pollution
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
agroforestry