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AP Environmental Science
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1. 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.
by-catch
biotic potential
fault
salinization
2. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
driftnets
sludge processor
R horizon
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
3. An area in which a particular mineral is concentrated - mining -the excavation of the Earth for the purpose of extracting ore or minerals.
reservoir
mineral deposit
weathering
subbituminous
4. 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.
passive solar energy collection
building-related illness
ecological succession
predation
5. Sunlight.
radiant energy
tree farms
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
thermocline
6. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
First Law of Thermodynamics
C layer
abiotic
7. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
chronic effect
risk assessment
emigration
strip mining
8. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
biotic
proven reserve
land degradation
species
9. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.
r-selected
plate boundaries
trade winds
clear-cutting
10. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
asthenosphere
mutualism
autotroph
traditional subsistence agriculture
11. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
stationary sources
chemical weathering
Infection
demographic transition model
12. A waste product produced by the burning of coal.
closed-loop recycling
fly ash
competitive exclusion
active collection
13. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.
Southern Oscillation
biotic potential
driftnets
vector
14. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
low-level radioactive waste
malnutrition
contour farming
second growth forests
15. The amount of the Earth's surface that's necessary to supply the needs of - and dispose of the waste from a particular population.
ecological footprint
omnivores
drip irrigation
second growth forests
16. The liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.
fly ash
divergent boundary
deep well injection
leachate
17. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
carrying capacity
risk assessment
habitat
plate boundaries
18. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
market permits
lithosphere
age-structure pyramids
demographic transition model
19. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.
coral reef
edge effect
water-scarce
atmosphere
20. The process of fusing two nuclei.
nuclear fusion
building-related illness
biotic
Coriolis effect
21. When physically treated sewage water is passed into a settling tank - where suspended solids settle out as sludge; chemically treated polymers may be added to help the suspended solids separate and settle out.
producer
tertiary consumers
primary treatment
global warming
22. 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.
O layer
albedo
contour farming
solid waste
23. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
clay
red tide
omnivores
age-structure pyramids
24. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
symbiotic relationships
tropospheric ozone
low-level radioactive waste
wetlands
25. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
primary pollutants
genetic drift
Infection
community
26. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
capture fisheries
high-level radioactive waste
energy pyramid
weathering
27. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.
replacement birth rate
greenhouse effect
second growth forests
crop rotation
28. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
Hadley cell
pathogens
solid waste
pioneer species
29. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.
carrying capacity
deep well injection
respiration
First Law of Thermodynamics
30. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.
age-structure pyramids
Gross Primary Productivity
El Nino
active collection
31. 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.
sick building syndrome
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
riparian right
overgrazed
32. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
convection currents
traditional subsistence agriculture
industrial smog (gray smog)
sick building syndrome
33. A plate boundary at which plates are moving away from each other. This causes an upwelling of magma from the mantle to cool and form new crust.
loamy
stationary sources
divergent boundary
overgrazed
34. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
catalytic converter
sand
renewable resources
delta
35. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
mantle
atmosphere
sick building syndrome
traditional subsistence agriculture
36. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
trade winds
proven reserve
primary consumers
sick building syndrome
37. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
agroforestry
ecosystem capital
law of conservation of matter
Gross Primary Productivity
38. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
thermosphere
Southern Oscillation
Aquaculture
physical treatmen
39. 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.
wetlands
underground mining
kinetic energy
Infection
40. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.
demographic transition model
doldrums
biotic potential
wastewater
41. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
building-related illness
barrier island
law of conservation of matter
erosion
42. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.
barrels
noise pollution
transform boundary
sludge processor
43. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
tropical storm
reservoir
wetlands
death rate (crude death rate)
44. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
transform boundary
closed-loop recycling
R horizon
r-selected
45. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
mantle
U.S. Noise Control Act
primary pollutants
kinetic energy
46. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.
anthracite
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
biological weathering
nitrogen fixation
47. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.
underground mining
building-related illness
silt
barrels
48. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
silviculture
Uneven-aged management
acid precipitation
consumer
49. Power generated using water.
hydroelectric power
mantle
silviculture
r-selected
50. Bacteria - virus - or other microorganisms that can cause disease.
A layer
old growth forest
hydroelectric power
pathogens