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AP Environmental Science
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1. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
building-related illness
acid
parasitism
water-scarce
2. A layer in a large body of water - such as a lake - that sharply separates regions differing in temperature - so that the temperature gradient across the layer is abrupt.
thermocline
nitrogen fixation
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
Immigration
3. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.
consumption
Aquaculture
species
topsoil
4. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
photosynthesis
vector
habitat fragmentation
climax community
5. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
scrubbers
threshold dose
active collection
gray smog (industrial smog)
6. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
heat islands
barrels
pioneer species
driftnets
7. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
Uneven-aged management
silviculture
convection currents
nitrogen fixation
8. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
tropospheric ozone
Green Revolution
salinization
scrubbers
9. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
pioneer species
biomagnifications
sick building syndrome
asthenosphere
10. 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.
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
slash-and-burn
combustion
underground mining
11. The gaseous mass or envelope surrounding a celestial body - especially the one surrounding the Earth - which is retained by the celestial body's gravitational field.
habitat fragmentation
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
atmosphere
secondary treatment
12. 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).
risk management
acid
abiotic
A layer
13. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
wetlands
birth rate (crude birth rate)
renewable resources
habitat fragmentation
14. 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.
tertiary consumers
loamy
tropospheric ozone
aquifer
15. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
niche
wetlands
malnutrition
nitrogen fixation
16. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
primary treatment
U.S. Noise Control Act
upwelling
non-point source pollution
17. The region draining into river system or other body of water.
watershed
delta
convergent boundary
tertiary consumers
18. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
doldrums
riparian right
denitrification
Green Revolution
19. 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.
watershed
bioaccumulation
solid waste
trade winds
20. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
reservoir
non-point source pollution
habitat fragmentation
consumption
21. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
noise pollution
replacement birth rate
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
renewable resources
22. The process by which - according to Darwin's theory of evolution - only the organisms best adapted to their environment tend to survive and transmit their genetic characteristics in increasing numbers to succeeding generations - while those less adap
natural selection
biotic potential
risk assessment
emigration
23. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
natural resources
photochemical smog
anthracite
A layer
24. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
consumer
upwelling
albedo
prior appropriation
25. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
crude oil
food web
biotic
disease
26. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
total fertility rate
producer
kinetic energy
death rate (crude death rate)
27. 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.
closed-loop recycling
Coriolis effect
thermocline
mutualism
28. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.
transform boundary
silt
erosion
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
29. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
trophic level
volcanoes
monoculture
Headwaters
30. Urban areas that heat up more quickly and retain heat more than do nonurban areas.
albedo
Immigration
heat islands
radiant energy
31. 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.
primary consumers
greenbelt
dose-response analysis
Half-life
32. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.
extinction
thermocline
First Law of Thermodynamics
total fertility rate
33. 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.
non-point source pollution
driftnets
evolution
Infection
34. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
Infection
tailings
preservation
keystone species
35. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
combustion
habitat fragmentation
fossil fuel
monoculture
36. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
risk management
age-structure pyramids
reservoir
riparian right
37. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.
energy pyramid
threshold dose
fission
tertiary consumers
38. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
ecological footprint
photochemical smog
old growth forest
primary treatment
39. The random fluctuations in the frequency of the appearance of a gene in a small isolated population - presumably owing to chance - rather than natural selection.
convection
greenhouse effect
genetic drift
Headwaters
40. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
topsoil
heterotrophy
transpiration
underground mining
41. 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.
photosynthesis
ED50
heterotrophy
pathogens
42. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
Aquaculture
energy
tailings
long lining
43. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
transform boundary
denitrification
birth rate (crude birth rate)
salinization
44. 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
LD50
community
surface fires
monoculture
45. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
niche
thermocline
thermosphere
surface fires
46. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
fossil fuel
overburden
Uneven-aged management
water-stressed
47. 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.
decomposer
total fertility rate
salinization
active collection
48. The dark - crumbly - nutrient-rich material that results from the decomposition of organic material.
by-catch
industrial smog (gray smog)
natural resources
humus
49. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.
niche
traditional subsistence agriculture
slash-and-burn
secondary consumers
50. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
keystone species
tertiary consumers
barrels
evaporation