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AP Environmental Science
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1. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.
land degradation
sludge
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
demographic transition model
2. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.
Hadley cell
symbiotic relationships
El Nino
second growth forests
3. 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
fission
heterotrophy
trade winds
4. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
community
photochemical smog
kinetic energy
5. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
physical (mechanical) weathering
long lining
nuclear fusion
C layer
6. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
symbiotic relationships
weather
surface fires
replacement birth rate
7. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.
fishery
rain shadow
physical treatmen
overgrazed
8. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
nitrogen fixation
transpiration
transform boundary
renewable resources
9. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
radiant energy
gray smog (industrial smog)
nonrenewable resources
sand
10. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
volcanoes
crude oil
point source pollution
nitrification
11. The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.
nuclear fusion
alkaline
LD50
deforestation
12. 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.
underground mining
composting
bioaccumulation
reservoir
13. The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in countries since the 1960s.
mineral deposit
rain shadow
weathering
Green Revolution
14. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
barrels
Aquaculture
upwelling
15. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
convection
low-level radioactive waste
overgrazed
anthracite
16. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
R horizon
deforestation
agroforestry
primary consumers
17. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
overgrazed
scrubbers
Hadley cell
preservation
18. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
toxicity
biological weathering
long lining
strip mining
19. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
First Law of Thermodynamics
no-till
symbiotic relationships
ecological succession
20. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
death rate (crude death rate)
Infection
Aquaculture
Coriolis effect
21. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
competitive exclusion
poison
pathogens
abiotic
22. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
physical treatmen
prior appropriation
extinction
secondary treatment
23. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.
weather
O layer
long lining
prior appropriation
24. The molten core of the Earth.
selective cutting
autotroph
arable
inner core
25. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
upwelling
consumption
asthenosphere
Hadley cell
26. 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
water-stressed
symbiotic relationships
dose-response curve
27. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
proven reserve
biological weathering
bituminous
albedo
28. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
species
chronic effect
primary consumers
Southern Oscillation
29. The removal of all of the trees in an area.
B layer
clay
clear-cutting
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
30. A process in which rows of crops are plowed across the hillside; this prevents the erosion that can occur when rows are cut up and down on a slope. ...
competitive exclusion
aquifer
C layer
contour farming
31. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
bottom trawling
dose-response curve
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
deep well injection
32. Living or derived from living things.
silviculture
biotic
dose-response curve
volcanoes
33. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
wind farm
risk assessment
omnivores
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
34. 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.
Green Revolution
catalytic converter
ED50
agroforestry
35. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
lithosphere
sludge
secondary treatment
edge effect
36. The process of fusing two nuclei.
underground mining
nuclear fusion
C layer
old growth forest
37. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
physical (mechanical) weathering
fault
extinction
parasitism
38. 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
keystone species
acute effect
logistic population growth
pioneer species
39. When companies are allowed to buy permits that allow them a certain amount of discharge of substances into certain environmental outlets. If they can reduce their amount of discharge - they are allowed to sell the remaining portion of their permit to
market permits
sludge
monoculture
detritivore
40. 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.
atmosphere
aquifer
birth rate (crude birth rate)
selective cutting
41. A severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean - traveling north - northwest - or northeast from its point of origin - and usually involving heavy rains.
wind farm
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
El Nino
biological weathering
42. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.
decomposer
biotic potential
consumption
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
43. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
mineral deposit
tailings
C layer
doldrums
44. 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.
Gross Primary Productivity
divergent boundary
prior appropriation
scrubbers
45. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.
death rate (crude death rate)
Half-life
sand
deforestation
46. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
demographic transition model
solid waste
earthquake
doldrums
47. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.
terracing
biotic potential
toxicity
weathering
48. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
terracing
strip mining
convection
primary succession
49. Species that originate and live - or occur naturally - in an area or environment.
species
atmosphere
indigenous species
risk assessment
50. The third purest form of coal.
Horizon
subbituminous
malnutrition
respiration