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AP Environmental Science
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1. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
wastewater
second growth forests
Second Law of Thermodynamics
habitat
2. The edges of tectonic plates.
biomagnifications
active collection
plate boundaries
drip irrigation
3. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
market permits
LD50
population density
topsoil
4. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
indigenous species
underground mining
barrels
primary succession
5. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
LD50
climax community
old growth forest
tree farms
6. 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).
barrels
overburden
crop rotation
risk management
7. 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
R horizon
fission
divergent boundary
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
8. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
sand
gray smog (industrial smog)
LD50
consumption
9. Any water that has been used by humans. This includes human sewage - water drained from showers - tubs - sinks - dishwashers - washing machines - water from industrial processes - and storm water runoff.
disease
red tide
shelter-wood cutting
wastewater
10. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
Uneven-aged management
estuary
U.S. Noise Control Act
symbiotic relationships
11. A process in which an organism is exposed to a toxin at different concentrations - and the dosage that causes the death of the organism is recorded.
dose-response analysis
strip mining
loamy
law of conservation of matter
12. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
greenbelt
decomposer
shelter-wood cutting
conservation
13. To convert or change into a vapor.
evaporation
climax community
barrels
no-till
14. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
ozone holes
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
photochemical smog
green tax
15. The place where two plates abut each other.
market permits
fault
water-stressed
Green Revolution
16. A platinum - coated device that oxidizes most of the VOCs and some of the CO that would otherwise be emitted in exhaust - converting them to CO2.
delta
wetlands
catalytic converter
consumption
17. The water from which a river rises; a source.
respiration
Headwaters
habitat fragmentation
clear-cutting
18. 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.
mineral deposit
chronic effect
photosynthesis
realized niche
19. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
delta
toxin
transform boundary
toxicity
20. Urban areas that heat up more quickly and retain heat more than do nonurban areas.
nonrenewable resources
sludge
Coriolis effect
heat islands
21. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
climax community
law of conservation of matter
proven reserve
barrels
22. Any substance than is inhaled - ingested - or absorbed at dosages sufficient to damage a living organism.
bioaccumulation
albedo
by-catch
toxin
23. The observed effect of the Coriolis force - especially the deflection of an object moving above the Earth - rightward in the Northern Hemisphere - and leftward in the Southern Hemisphere.
green tax
food chain
threshold dose
Coriolis effect
24. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
weather
bituminous
habitat fragmentation
abiotic
25. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
carrying capacity
alkaline
trade winds
albedo
26. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
secondary treatment
delta
barrels
dose-response curve
27. A soil horizon - horizon C is made up of larger pieces of rock that have not undergone much weathering.
asthenosphere
C layer
primary succession
shelter-wood cutting
28. A soil horizon; the layer below the O layer is called the A layer. The A layer is formed of weathered rock - with some organic material; often referred to as topsoil.
topsoil
A layer
fission
loamy
29. 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.
thermocline
underground mining
aquifer
Uneven-aged management
30. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
transpiration
abiotic
U.S. Noise Control Act
Gross Primary Productivity
31. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
Horizon
nitrogen fixation
photochemical smog
ozone holes
32. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
Infection
topsoil
Gross Primary Productivity
proven reserve
33. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.
age-structure pyramids
high-level radioactive waste
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
sludge processor
34. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.
convection
active collection
building-related illness
trade winds
35. 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
conservation
logistic population growth
C layer
primary succession
36. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
catalytic converter
keystone species
old growth forest
weathering
37. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
Half-life
Hadley cell
population
no-till
38. An intensification of the Greenhouse Effect due to the increased presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
land degradation
overburden
global warming
selective cutting
39. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
habitat
tailings
primary consumers
La Nina
40. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.
Half-life
chronic effect
fossil fuel
plate boundaries
41. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
prior appropriation
biomagnifications
nonrenewable resources
birth rate (crude birth rate)
42. A high-speed - meandering wind current - generally moving from a westerly direction at speeds often exceeding 400 km (250 miles) per hour at altitudes of 15 to 25 km (10 to 15 miles).
fault
jet stream
silt
deep well injection
43. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.
conservation
consumption
biotic potential
Hadley cell
44. 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.
traditional subsistence agriculture
ecological succession
surface fires
nitrification
45. The process in which plants absorb ammonium (NH3) - ammonia ions (NH4+) - and nitrate ions (NO3) through their roots.
climax community
noise pollution
assimilation
nuclear fusion
46. 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.
slash-and-burn
Second Law of Thermodynamics
bituminous
consumer
47. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
sick building syndrome
plate boundaries
crop rotation
lignite
48. The capacity to do work.
carnivore
energy
emigration
biotic
49. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
convection currents
agroforestry
noise pollution
50. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
natural selection
tropospheric ozone
A layer
LD50