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AP Environmental Science
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1. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
abiotic
point source pollution
leachate
niche
2. The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in countries since the 1960s.
crop rotation
acid precipitation
Green Revolution
mantle
3. An animal that only consumes other animals.
U.S. Noise Control Act
plate boundaries
poison
carnivore
4. The third purest form of coal.
subbituminous
natural resources
Gross Primary Productivity
Southern Oscillation
5. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.
Hadley cell
asthenosphere
thermocline
shelter-wood cutting
6. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
red tide
detritivore
upwelling
high-level radioactive waste
7. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
global warming
biotic
gray smog (industrial smog)
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
8. 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.
green tax
greenhouse effect
omnivores
Superfund Program
9. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
physical (mechanical) weathering
community
mutualism
composting
10. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
natural selection
no-till
combustion
primary consumers
11. 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.
lithosphere
A layer
closed-loop recycling
wastewater
12. Any substance than is inhaled - ingested - or absorbed at dosages sufficient to damage a living organism.
emigration
toxin
detritivore
Horizon
13. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.
thermosphere
hazardous waste
high-level radioactive waste
renewable resources
14. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
community
clay
Uneven-aged management
Second Law of Thermodynamics
15. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
acid
dose-response analysis
passive solar energy collection
tropospheric ozone
16. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
population
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
salinization
terracing
17. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
A layer
dose-response analysis
anthracite
water-stressed
18. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.
leachate
toxin
El Nino
chemical weathering
19. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
deep well injection
birth rate (crude birth rate)
photochemical smog
invasive species
20. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.
upwelling
sludge
topsoil
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
21. Any waste that poses a danger to human health; it must be dealt with in a different way from other types of waste.
hazardous waste
vector
pioneer species
loamy
22. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
food chain
underground mining
topsoil
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
23. 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
species
producer
logistic population growth
Superfund Program
24. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
edge effect
nitrification
trophic level
gray smog (industrial smog)
25. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
community
abiotic
proven reserve
sick building syndrome
26. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
potential energy
chemical weathering
biosphere
transpiration
27. A program funded by the federal government and a trust that's funded by taxes on chemicals; identifies pollutants and cleans up hazardous waste sites.
green tax
atmosphere
Superfund Program
barrels
28. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
trophic level
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
ED50
acute effect
29. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
rain shadow
reservoir
genetic drift
indigenous species
30. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.
second growth forests
deep well injection
convergent boundary
volcanoes
31. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
conservation
habitat
greenhouse effect
32. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
convection
contour farming
population
toxicity
33. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
disease
Infection
primary consumers
34. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
transform boundary
risk management
water-stressed
reservoir
35. The result of a pathogen invading a body.
Infection
k-selected
red tide
proven reserve
36. 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.
old growth forest
mineral deposit
thermocline
habitat
37. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
food chain
age-structure pyramids
R horizon
demographic transition model
38. The practice of alternating the crops grown on a piece of land - for example - corn one year - legumes for two years - and then back to corn.
subduction zone
dose-response curve
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
crop rotation
39. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
secondary consumers
wind farm
sick building syndrome
sand
40. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
petroleum
jet stream
prior appropriation
plate boundaries
41. The amount of the Earth's surface that's necessary to supply the needs of - and dispose of the waste from a particular population.
abiotic
humus
low-level radioactive waste
ecological footprint
42. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
biomagnifications
nuclear fusion
population density
denitrification
43. 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.
volcanoes
wastewater
age-structure pyramids
secondary pollutants
44. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.
overburden
physical treatmen
gray smog (industrial smog)
vector
45. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.
bioaccumulation
demographic transition model
divergent boundary
loamy
46. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
R horizon
old growth forest
ecological footprint
energy
47. The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica (and to some extent - over the Arctic).
composting
trophic level
ozone holes
heterotrophy
48. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
silviculture
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
gray smog (industrial smog)
risk management
49. 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.
overgrazed
malnutrition
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
primary succession
50. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
wastewater
natural resources
emigration
wind farm