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AP Environmental Science
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1. When one species feeds on another.
tropical storm
predation
gray smog (industrial smog)
food chain
2. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
denitrification
solid waste
land degradation
omnivores
3. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
competitive exclusion
demographic transition model
risk management
divergent boundary
4. An underground layer of porous rock - sand - or other material that allows the movement of water between layers of nonporous rock or clay. Aquifers are frequently tapped for wells.
water-scarce
aquifer
sludge
building-related illness
5. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
primary treatment
demographic transition model
population density
atmosphere
6. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.
chemical weathering
trade winds
tailings
El Nino
7. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
fly ash
acid
sick building syndrome
wastewater
8. The number of children an average woman will bear during her lifetime; this information is based on an analysis of data from preceding years in the population in question.
total fertility rate
habitat fragmentation
selective cutting
assimilation
9. An animal that only consumes other animals.
carnivore
biotic potential
chemical weathering
energy
10. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
poison
realized niche
malnutrition
no-till
11. The second-purest form of coal.
death rate (crude death rate)
high-level radioactive waste
noise pollution
bituminous
12. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
land degradation
tree farms
weathering
greenhouse effect
13. The capacity to do work.
non-point source pollution
tropospheric ozone
energy
demographic transition model
14. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
barrier island
risk assessment
stationary sources
petroleum
15. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
topsoil
delta
replacement birth rate
symbiotic relationships
16. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
terracing
rain shadow
biotic potential
convergent boundary
17. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
weathering
La Nina
plate boundaries
Uneven-aged management
18. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
Gross Primary Productivity
fishery
sand
population density
19. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
ecological succession
prior appropriation
acute effect
primary treatment
20. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.
poison
risk assessment
overburden
disease
21. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
water-stressed
tropical storm
risk assessment
evaporation
22. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
fly ash
petroleum
lithosphere
dose-response curve
23. An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.
dose-response analysis
heterotrophy
slash-and-burn
driftnets
24. Any waste that poses a danger to human health; it must be dealt with in a different way from other types of waste.
photosynthesis
niche
bituminous
hazardous waste
25. 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
pioneer species
wind farm
high-level radioactive waste
26. Species that originate and live - or occur naturally - in an area or environment.
estuary
B layer
indigenous species
tropical storm
27. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
food chain
malnutrition
secondary consumers
edge effect
28. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
water-stressed
detritivore
U.S. Noise Control Act
wetlands
29. The process by which specialized bacteria (mostly anaerobic bacteria) convert ammonia to NOy NO2 - and N2 and release it back to the atmosphere.
First Law of Thermodynamics
clear-cutting
volcanoes
denitrification
30. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
prior appropriation
chronic effect
jet stream
photochemical smog
31. 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
industrial smog (gray smog)
red tide
passive solar energy collection
logistic population growth
32. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.
divergent boundary
symbiotic relationships
population density
biotic potential
33. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
reservoir
malnutrition
Second Law of Thermodynamics
assimilation
34. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.
divergent boundary
lithosphere
atmosphere
bottom trawling
35. Change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals and resulting in the development of new species.
tree farms
B layer
evolution
Second Law of Thermodynamics
36. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.
Horizon
slash-and-burn
parasitism
composting
37. Says that the entropy (disorder) of the universe is increasing. One corollary of the Second Law of thermodynamics is the concept that - in most energy transformations - a significant fraction of energy is lost to the universe as heat.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
silt
photochemical smog
Hadley cell
38. 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.
clay
mantle
population
earthquake
39. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
energy
earthquake
primary treatment
silviculture
40. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
Headwaters
R horizon
fission
sludge
41. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
active collection
U.S. Noise Control Act
photochemical smog
nuclear fusion
42. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
consumer
replacement birth rate
wind farm
no-till
43. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
barrier island
old growth forest
parasitism
deforestation
44. Power generated using water.
hydroelectric power
Coriolis effect
A layer
wastewater
45. The removal of select trees in an area; this leaves the majority of the habitat in place and has less of an impact on the ecosystem.
plate boundaries
pathogens
ecological succession
selective cutting
46. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
nonrenewable resources
scrubbers
thermosphere
low-level radioactive waste
47. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
combustion
climax community
topsoil
water-scarce
48. A soil horizon - horizon C is made up of larger pieces of rock that have not undergone much weathering.
atmosphere
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
C layer
underground mining
49. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
ecosystem capital
doldrums
deep well injection
population
50. The process of burning.
combustion
estuary
water-stressed
asthenosphere