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AP Environmental Science

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






2. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.






3. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.






4. 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.






5. Any substance that has an LD50 - of 50 mg or less per kg of body weight.






6. 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.






7. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.






8. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.






9. 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






10. When one species feeds on another.






11. The removal of all of the trees in an area.






12. The liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.






13. 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.






14. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.






15. 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.






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






17. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.






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






19. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.






20. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.






21. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.






22. When populations are well below the size dictated by the carrying capacity of the region they live in - they will grow exponentially - but as they approach the carrying capacity - their growth rate will decrease and the size of the population will ev






23. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.






24. An underground layer of porous rock - sand - or other material that allows the movement of water between layers of nonporous rock or clay. Aquifers are frequently tapped for wells.






25. Pollutants that are released directly into the lower atmosphere.






26. The movement of individuals out of a population.






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






28. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.






29. 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.






30. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.






31. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.






32. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.






33. Bacteria or fungi that absorb nutrients from nonliving organic matter like plant material - the wastes of living organisms - and corpses. They convert these materials into inorganic forms.






34. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.






35. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.






36. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.






37. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.






38. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.






39. 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.






40. The use of building materials - building placement - and design to passively collect solar energy that can be used to keep a building warm or cool.






41. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.






42. The value of natural resources.






43. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.






44. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.






45. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.






46. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.






47. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.






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






49. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.






50. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.






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