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AP Environmental Science
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1. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
erosion
U.S. Noise Control Act
bituminous
secondary treatment
2. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
malnutrition
by-catch
Headwaters
carrying capacity
3. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
volcanoes
stationary sources
monoculture
inner core
4. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.
leachate
denitrification
lithosphere
fly ash
5. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.
risk assessment
replacement birth rate
surface fires
silt
6. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.
ED50
market permits
convergent boundary
building-related illness
7. The third purest form of coal.
stationary sources
subbituminous
consumption
habitat
8. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
silviculture
deep well injection
barrier island
tertiary consumers
9. The part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere.
pioneer species
sick building syndrome
asthenosphere
atmosphere
10. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.
clay
silt
Immigration
industrial smog (gray smog)
11. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.
long lining
non-point source pollution
overburden
fission
12. Is the practice of planting bands of different crops across a hillside.
tropospheric ozone
habitat
divergent boundary
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
13. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
thermocline
greenhouse effect
water-scarce
bioaccumulation
14. When one species feeds on another.
humus
competitive exclusion
predation
inner core
15. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
inner core
chronic effect
Headwaters
dose-response analysis
16. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
toxicity
wetlands
U.S. Noise Control Act
proven reserve
17. A nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus - especially a heavy nucleus such as an isotope of uranium - splits into fragments - usually two fragments of comparable mass - releasing from 100 million to several hundred million electron volts of ener
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
fission
prior appropriation
k-selected
18. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
acid precipitation
silviculture
habitat fragmentation
19. A waste product produced by the burning of coal.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
reservoir
R horizon
fly ash
20. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.
B layer
keystone species
fault
slash-and-burn
21. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
sand
scrubbers
conservation
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
22. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
water-stressed
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
hazardous waste
keystone species
23. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.
sick building syndrome
second growth forests
secondary pollutants
delta
24. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
low-level radioactive waste
transpiration
tertiary consumers
aquifer
25. The molten core of the Earth.
preservation
thermosphere
logistic population growth
inner core
26. A cooling of the ocean surface off the western coast of South America - occurring periodically every 4 to 12 years and affecting Pacific and other weather patterns.
tailings
volcanoes
La Nina
delta
27. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
natural selection
biological weathering
wetlands
strip mining
28. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
emigration
tailings
law of conservation of matter
renewable resources
29. The movement of individuals out of a population.
natural resources
contour farming
old growth forest
emigration
30. 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
market permits
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
barrier island
parasitism
31. 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.
Immigration
decomposer
thermosphere
nonrenewable resources
32. An intensification of the Greenhouse Effect due to the increased presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
subduction zone
heterotrophy
clear-cutting
global warming
33. The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source. Most forms of photosynthesis release oxygen as a byproduct.
consumption
photosynthesis
lignite
thermosphere
34. The process in which plants absorb ammonium (NH3) - ammonia ions (NH4+) - and nitrate ions (NO3) through their roots.
tertiary consumers
assimilation
nitrogen fixation
LD50
35. A group of modern windmills.
wind farm
global warming
evolution
nuclear fusion
36. 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.
no-till
point source pollution
arable
alkaline
37. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
producer
inner core
tropospheric ozone
parasitism
38. Living or derived from living things.
toxin
delta
Superfund Program
biotic
39. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
land degradation
silviculture
heat islands
sick building syndrome
40. Nets that are dragged through the water and indiscriminately catch everything in their path.
acid
evaporation
mutualism
driftnets
41. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
arable
aquifer
A layer
death rate (crude death rate)
42. 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.
proven reserve
inner core
acid
earthquake
43. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
omnivores
barrels
hydroelectric power
Second Law of Thermodynamics
44. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
aquifer
sick building syndrome
sand
Hadley cell
45. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
petroleum
pioneer species
toxin
clear-cutting
46. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
abiotic
long lining
proven reserve
decomposer
47. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
omnivores
atmosphere
emigration
genetic drift
48. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
trade winds
carrying capacity
respiration
passive solar energy collection
49. A layer of soil.
Horizon
predation
ecological footprint
sludge
50. 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.
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
food chain
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
acid precipitation
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