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AP Environmental Science
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1. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
prior appropriation
sludge processor
green tax
renewable resources
2. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms show a negative effect from a toxin.
ED50
realized niche
overgrazed
underground mining
3. Urban areas that heat up more quickly and retain heat more than do nonurban areas.
fault
heat islands
tree farms
reservoir
4. To convert or change into a vapor.
primary treatment
evaporation
carnivore
active collection
5. The third purest form of coal.
consumer
extinction
C layer
subbituminous
6. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
R horizon
renewable resources
active collection
Second Law of Thermodynamics
7. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
transform boundary
trade winds
clay
primary pollutants
8. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
weathering
genetic drift
nitrogen fixation
secondary consumers
9. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
symbiotic relationships
genetic drift
primary consumers
climax community
10. The part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere.
genetic drift
food chain
asthenosphere
riparian right
11. The water from which a river rises; a source.
active collection
divergent boundary
Headwaters
composting
12. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
terracing
long lining
producer
slash-and-burn
13. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.
overburden
pathogens
mutualism
wastewater
14. 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
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
acid precipitation
thermocline
logistic population growth
15. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
clay
food web
keystone species
dose-response curve
16. 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.
earthquake
clay
agroforestry
indigenous species
17. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
biotic potential
heat islands
weathering
pioneer species
18. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
ED50
edge effect
capture fisheries
sand
19. 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
B layer
energy pyramid
market permits
20. The structure obtained if we organize the amount of energy contained in producers and consumers in an ecosystem by kilocalories per square meter - from largest to smallest.
species
energy pyramid
non-point source pollution
watershed
21. Power generated using water.
divergent boundary
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
LD50
hydroelectric power
22. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.
risk assessment
green tax
clear-cutting
industrial smog (gray smog)
23. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.
sick building syndrome
climax community
long lining
mantle
24. 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.
nuclear fusion
coral reef
gray smog (industrial smog)
passive solar energy collection
25. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
abiotic
delta
U.S. Noise Control Act
energy pyramid
26. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.
renewable resources
silt
mantle
green tax
27. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
thermosphere
nitrification
El Nino
radiant energy
28. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
catalytic converter
population density
drip irrigation
La Nina
29. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
convection
greenhouse effect
mutualism
biotic potential
30. 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.
age-structure pyramids
global warming
divergent boundary
Headwaters
31. 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.
red tide
transpiration
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
preservation
32. The practice of alternating the crops grown on a piece of land - for example - corn one year - legumes for two years - and then back to corn.
catalytic converter
crop rotation
age-structure pyramids
old growth forest
33. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
bioaccumulation
strip mining
watershed
asthenosphere
34. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
population
climax community
energy
topsoil
35. The process by which specialized bacteria (mostly anaerobic bacteria) convert ammonia to NOy NO2 - and N2 and release it back to the atmosphere.
denitrification
biological weathering
death rate (crude death rate)
salinization
36. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.
jet stream
composting
extinction
ED50
37. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.
energy
natural resources
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
vector
38. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
wastewater
gray smog (industrial smog)
barrels
total fertility rate
39. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
conservation
tailings
R horizon
bituminous
40. An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
heterotrophy
overburden
threshold dose
41. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
fission
biological weathering
upwelling
albedo
42. Sunlight.
radiant energy
biomagnifications
albedo
LD50
43. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
detritivore
loamy
disease
vector
44. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
sand
kinetic energy
nonrenewable resources
closed-loop recycling
45. A fiscal policy that lowers taxes on income - including wages and profit - and raises taxes on consumption - particularly the unsustainable consumption of non-renewable resources.
terracing
dose-response analysis
green tax
driftnets
46. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
decomposer
emigration
old growth forest
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
47. Can consist of hazardous waste - industrial solid waste - or municipal waste. Many types of solid waste provide a threat to human health and the environment.
solid waste
emigration
prior appropriation
threshold dose
48. Organisms that are capable of interbreeding with one another and incapable of breeding with other species.
energy pyramid
species
Gross Primary Productivity
Uneven-aged management
49. 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.
decomposer
bottom trawling
reservoir
drip irrigation
50. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.
composting
risk management
water-scarce
energy pyramid