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AP Environmental Science
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1. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.
primary pollutants
decomposer
barrier island
consumption
2. 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
overgrazed
scrubbers
total fertility rate
surface fires
3. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
active collection
edge effect
rain shadow
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
4. The process of burning.
malnutrition
ecological succession
combustion
mineral deposit
5. 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
R horizon
greenhouse effect
coral reef
k-selected
6. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
disease
tailings
weathering
thermocline
7. The energy of motion.
denitrification
trophic level
ecological succession
kinetic energy
8. 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.
crop rotation
Hadley cell
Green Revolution
salinization
9. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
vector
disease
long lining
symbiotic relationships
10. 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.
active collection
secondary consumers
C layer
O layer
11. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.
delta
earthquake
slash-and-burn
biotic
12. To convert or change into a vapor.
dose-response curve
trade winds
Superfund Program
evaporation
13. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.
physical treatmen
anthracite
capture fisheries
Headwaters
14. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
fault
natural resources
deforestation
renewable resources
15. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
realized niche
riparian right
hazardous waste
fossil fuel
16. An organism that obtains organic food molecules without eating other organisms or substances derived from other organisms. autotrophs use energy from the sun or from the oxidation of inorganic substances to make organic molecules from inorganic ones.
autotroph
underground mining
composting
primary succession
17. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.
riparian right
global warming
B layer
primary succession
18. 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.
alkaline
long lining
Horizon
solid waste
19. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.
composting
predation
tropical storm
passive solar energy collection
20. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
biotic
threshold dose
nitrogen fixation
LD50
21. 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).
risk management
nonrenewable resources
Headwaters
primary consumers
22. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
O layer
silviculture
k-selected
lithosphere
23. An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.
Aquaculture
green tax
sick building syndrome
heterotrophy
24. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
toxicity
clay
pioneer species
Second Law of Thermodynamics
25. The least pure coal.
lignite
k-selected
tropical storm
trade winds
26. Pollutants that are released directly into the lower atmosphere.
primary pollutants
habitat
chemical weathering
reservoir
27. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
First Law of Thermodynamics
estuary
Hadley cell
population
28. A bloom of dinoflagellates that causes reddish discoloration of coastal ocean waters. Certain dinoflagellates of the genus Gonyamfox produce toxins that kill fish and contaminate shellfish.
wind farm
trade winds
red tide
Gross Primary Productivity
29. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
arable
poison
convection currents
Second Law of Thermodynamics
30. The second-purest form of coal.
bituminous
estuary
water-stressed
lithosphere
31. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
carrying capacity
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
conservation
barrels
32. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
industrial smog (gray smog)
proven reserve
secondary consumers
nuclear fusion
33. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
topsoil
solid waste
barrels
R horizon
34. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
renewable resources
biotic
tertiary consumers
plate boundaries
35. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
biotic
replacement birth rate
tree farms
wastewater
36. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
dose-response curve
tropospheric ozone
carrying capacity
genetic drift
37. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
agroforestry
overgrazed
primary treatment
climax community
38. 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).
parasitism
nuclear fusion
riparian right
barrels
39. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
second growth forests
barrels
toxicity
detritivore
40. When materials - such as plastic or aluminum - are used to rebuild the same product. An example of this is the use of the aluminum from aluminum cans to produce more aluminum cans.
Half-life
low-level radioactive waste
closed-loop recycling
death rate (crude death rate)
41. An intensification of the Greenhouse Effect due to the increased presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
alkaline
composting
global warming
combustion
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.
erosion
weather
bioaccumulation
Superfund Program
43. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
passive solar energy collection
kinetic energy
Southern Oscillation
bioaccumulation
44. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
proven reserve
global warming
pioneer species
Superfund Program
45. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.
subduction zone
stationary sources
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
coral reef
46. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.
delta
chemical weathering
biotic
second growth forests
47. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.
parasitism
Half-life
monoculture
mineral deposit
48. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
clay
emigration
sand
gray smog (industrial smog)
49. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
malnutrition
radiant energy
chronic effect
El Nino
50. 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.
thermocline
long lining
omnivores
water-stressed