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AP Environmental Science
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1. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
abiotic
age-structure pyramids
agroforestry
Infection
2. 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).
A layer
primary succession
B layer
riparian right
3. The movement of individuals into a population.
total fertility rate
tropical storm
point source pollution
Immigration
4. 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.
convergent boundary
O layer
secondary consumers
trade winds
5. The low-rainfall region that exists on the leeward (downwind) side of a mountain range. This rain shadow is the result of the mountain range's causing precipitation on the windward side.
rain shadow
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
age-structure pyramids
evolution
6. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.
low-level radioactive waste
O layer
evolution
traditional subsistence agriculture
7. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
hydroelectric power
convection currents
dose-response analysis
tropical storm
8. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.
scrubbers
loamy
combustion
Second Law of Thermodynamics
9. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
transpiration
proven reserve
noise pollution
rain shadow
10. 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.
detritivore
primary treatment
trophic level
Infection
11. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
Superfund Program
biotic potential
reservoir
potential energy
12. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
barrier island
age-structure pyramids
long lining
climax community
13. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
scrubbers
convection currents
acid
barrier island
14. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
topsoil
potential energy
heat islands
Immigration
15. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.
wetlands
alkaline
risk assessment
keystone species
16. The dark - crumbly - nutrient-rich material that results from the decomposition of organic material.
terracing
humus
clear-cutting
Superfund Program
17. The capacity to do work.
delta
energy
detritivore
catalytic converter
18. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
population
crop rotation
watershed
wind farm
19. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
agroforestry
k-selected
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
risk assessment
20. 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.
law of conservation of matter
underground mining
energy pyramid
subduction zone
21. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
delta
market permits
wind farm
primary consumers
22. An introduced - normative species.
invasive species
by-catch
tertiary consumers
coral reef
23. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
aquifer
photochemical smog
vector
community
24. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
plate boundaries
secondary treatment
earthquake
tailings
25. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
no-till
age-structure pyramids
subduction zone
bituminous
26. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
carrying capacity
primary pollutants
topsoil
contour farming
27. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
doldrums
O layer
old growth forest
replacement birth rate
28. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
producer
proven reserve
greenbelt
tertiary consumers
29. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.
sick building syndrome
renewable resources
prior appropriation
bituminous
30. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.
respiration
point source pollution
solid waste
tailings
31. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.
passive solar energy collection
Half-life
subduction zone
salinization
32. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.
First Law of Thermodynamics
demographic transition model
community
active collection
33. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.
noise pollution
gray smog (industrial smog)
overgrazed
hydroelectric power
34. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
carnivore
strip mining
convergent boundary
underground mining
35. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
barrels
drip irrigation
genetic drift
detritivore
36. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
surface fires
photochemical smog
humus
Hadley cell
37. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
transform boundary
fly ash
photochemical smog
B layer
38. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
humus
mantle
tropical storm
drip irrigation
39. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
deep well injection
sludge processor
age-structure pyramids
primary consumers
40. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
abiotic
potential energy
sand
point source pollution
41. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
Infection
weathering
habitat fragmentation
realized niche
42. 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.
energy pyramid
green tax
Uneven-aged management
acid precipitation
43. 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
secondary treatment
biomagnifications
extinction
44. The water from which a river rises; a source.
Immigration
Headwaters
inner core
wastewater
45. 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.
natural resources
decomposer
niche
invasive species
46. The region draining into river system or other body of water.
toxicity
heat islands
proven reserve
watershed
47. 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.
subduction zone
divergent boundary
dose-response curve
toxin
48. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
denitrification
clear-cutting
edge effect
competitive exclusion
49. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.
driftnets
population
asthenosphere
secondary pollutants
50. 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.
overburden
replacement birth rate
salinization
age-structure pyramids