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AP Environmental Science
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1. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
by-catch
total fertility rate
indigenous species
terracing
2. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
global warming
thermocline
ED50
potential energy
3. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.
El Nino
tree farms
fission
Coriolis effect
4. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
deep well injection
no-till
crude oil
tertiary consumers
5. 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).
riparian right
preservation
sick building syndrome
LD50
6. 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.
Hadley cell
silviculture
atmosphere
Superfund Program
7. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
barrels
coral reef
O layer
nonrenewable resources
8. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
hydroelectric power
sand
wastewater
ecological succession
9. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
symbiotic relationships
passive solar energy collection
convection
evolution
10. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
potential energy
conservation
logistic population growth
weathering
11. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
active collection
energy pyramid
coral reef
Second Law of Thermodynamics
12. A lowland area - such as a marsh or swamp - that is saturated with moisture - especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.
wetlands
toxin
combustion
biotic
13. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
autotroph
energy
estuary
mantle
14. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.
threshold dose
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
decomposer
niche
15. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
selective cutting
barrels
bioaccumulation
crop rotation
16. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
photochemical smog
Superfund Program
mantle
B layer
17. The energy of motion.
death rate (crude death rate)
kinetic energy
biotic potential
long lining
18. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.
food chain
respiration
energy pyramid
watershed
19. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
radiant energy
strip mining
arable
bituminous
20. The number of children an average woman will bear during her lifetime; this information is based on an analysis of data from preceding years in the population in question.
scrubbers
total fertility rate
hydroelectric power
composting
21. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
thermocline
k-selected
long lining
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
loamy
producer
market permits
subduction zone
23. 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).
market permits
risk management
extinction
producer
24. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.
coral reef
k-selected
terracing
lithosphere
25. 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.
ecological footprint
fossil fuel
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
industrial smog (gray smog)
26. 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.
crop rotation
active collection
overburden
Gross Primary Productivity
27. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.
high-level radioactive waste
traditional subsistence agriculture
sand
k-selected
28. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
O layer
trophic level
convection
bottom trawling
29. The phenomenon whereby the Earth's atmosphere traps solar radiation - caused by the presence in the atmosphere of gases such as carbon dioxide - water vapor - and methane that allow incoming sunlight to pass through - but absorb heat radiated back fr
greenbelt
demographic transition model
greenhouse effect
nonrenewable resources
30. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
passive solar energy collection
carrying capacity
indigenous species
toxin
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
sludge
plate boundaries
death rate (crude death rate)
surface fires
32. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
non-point source pollution
primary pollutants
fly ash
silviculture
33. The movement of individuals into a population.
Immigration
demographic transition model
primary consumers
wastewater
34. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
fishery
agroforestry
A layer
weather
35. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
alkaline
riparian right
upwelling
capture fisheries
36. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.
secondary treatment
asthenosphere
transform boundary
demographic transition model
37. 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.
Half-life
Second Law of Thermodynamics
wastewater
convergent boundary
38. 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.
energy pyramid
photochemical smog
deforestation
non-point source pollution
39. When a species occupies a smaller niche than it would in the absence of competition.
thermocline
realized niche
secondary treatment
reservoir
40. 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.
jet stream
nonrenewable resources
evolution
transform boundary
41. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
acid precipitation
tailings
Coriolis effect
thermosphere
42. The uppermost horizon of soil. It is primarily made up of organic material - including waste from organisms - the bodies of decomposing organisms - and live organisms.
Half-life
carrying capacity
physical (mechanical) weathering
O layer
43. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
food web
gray smog (industrial smog)
tree farms
crude oil
44. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
nitrification
convergent boundary
law of conservation of matter
capture fisheries
45. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
poison
active collection
acute effect
chemical weathering
46. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
water-stressed
fly ash
toxicity
gray smog (industrial smog)
47. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
surface fires
point source pollution
Infection
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
48. Sunlight.
prior appropriation
acid precipitation
acid
radiant energy
49. The capacity to do work.
evolution
toxicity
transform boundary
energy
50. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
barrier island
climax community
dose-response curve
consumption