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AP Environmental Science
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1. The place where two plates abut each other.
fault
traditional subsistence agriculture
genetic drift
water-stressed
2. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
mineral deposit
volcanoes
physical (mechanical) weathering
acid
3. An animal that only consumes other animals.
nitrification
hazardous waste
carnivore
bottom trawling
4. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
Gross Primary Productivity
monoculture
acute effect
natural resources
5. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava - ash - and gases are ejected.
volcanoes
hazardous waste
k-selected
sludge
6. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
primary treatment
barrier island
total fertility rate
biological weathering
7. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
biotic potential
symbiotic relationships
Uneven-aged management
8. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
trade winds
crop rotation
Half-life
habitat
9. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.
upwelling
disease
nitrification
monoculture
10. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.
loamy
overburden
threshold dose
heat islands
11. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
low-level radioactive waste
preservation
Superfund Program
lignite
12. The value of natural resources.
thermocline
ecosystem capital
atmosphere
hydroelectric power
13. Urban areas that heat up more quickly and retain heat more than do nonurban areas.
coral reef
heat islands
malnutrition
watershed
14. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
aquifer
clay
biosphere
primary pollutants
15. 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.
rain shadow
mineral deposit
overgrazed
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
16. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
pioneer species
extinction
detritivore
silviculture
17. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
malnutrition
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
wastewater
population density
18. The second-purest form of coal.
population
land degradation
bituminous
fly ash
19. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
passive solar energy collection
mineral deposit
omnivores
20. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
fossil fuel
omnivores
consumer
renewable resources
21. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
market permits
composting
logistic population growth
producer
22. Involves the sinking of shafts to reach underground deposits. In this type of mining - networks of tunnels are dug or blasted and humans enter these tunnels in order to manually retrieve the coal.
silviculture
crop rotation
keystone species
underground mining
23. An introduced - normative species.
mutualism
invasive species
detritivore
symbiotic relationships
24. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.
biotic potential
mutualism
noise pollution
trade winds
25. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.
lithosphere
crude oil
volcanoes
ecosystem capital
26. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.
petroleum
wind farm
monoculture
traditional subsistence agriculture
27. A lowland area - such as a marsh or swamp - that is saturated with moisture - especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.
wetlands
nitrogen fixation
extinction
global warming
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
scrubbers
monoculture
traditional subsistence agriculture
29. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
petroleum
El Nino
Uneven-aged management
30. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
silviculture
O layer
physical treatmen
tailings
31. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.
B layer
acid
energy pyramid
by-catch
32. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.
wetlands
secondary pollutants
tailings
consumption
33. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
non-point source pollution
mineral deposit
birth rate (crude birth rate)
alkaline
34. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
loamy
natural resources
emigration
albedo
35. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
mantle
topsoil
petroleum
capture fisheries
36. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
closed-loop recycling
food web
death rate (crude death rate)
ecological succession
37. The process of burning.
secondary pollutants
underground mining
combustion
global warming
38. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.
long lining
tree farms
R horizon
energy
39. Power generated using water.
potential energy
hydroelectric power
traditional subsistence agriculture
point source pollution
40. 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
scrubbers
abiotic
market permits
slash-and-burn
41. 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
surface fires
water-stressed
First Law of Thermodynamics
mantle
42. The process in which soil becomes saltier and saltier until - finally - the salt prevents the growth of plants. Salinization is caused by irrigation because salts brought in with the water remain in the soil as water evaporates.
salinization
vector
symbiotic relationships
gray smog (industrial smog)
43. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
B layer
competitive exclusion
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
44. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
evolution
reservoir
sick building syndrome
deforestation
45. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
contour farming
Infection
terracing
convection currents
46. 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).
clear-cutting
fly ash
riparian right
earthquake
47. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
doldrums
mantle
radiant energy
weathering
48. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.
nitrogen fixation
replacement birth rate
acid precipitation
First Law of Thermodynamics
49. When one species feeds on another.
predation
topsoil
wastewater
divergent boundary
50. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
radiant energy
acid
erosion
La Nina