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AP Environmental Science
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1. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
abiotic
building-related illness
biological weathering
strip mining
2. A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.
overburden
weather
Aquaculture
delta
3. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
pioneer species
physical treatmen
albedo
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
4. A lowland area - such as a marsh or swamp - that is saturated with moisture - especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.
LD50
wetlands
heat islands
nuclear fusion
5. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.
toxin
parasitism
pioneer species
slash-and-burn
6. Any substance that has an LD50 - of 50 mg or less per kg of body weight.
thermosphere
consumption
poison
silviculture
7. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
Southern Oscillation
replacement birth rate
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
demographic transition model
8. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
C layer
demographic transition model
bottom trawling
primary consumers
9. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
reservoir
water-stressed
hazardous waste
atmosphere
10. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
Aquaculture
physical (mechanical) weathering
clear-cutting
convergent boundary
11. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.
habitat
crude oil
population density
overburden
12. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
thermocline
silviculture
death rate (crude death rate)
biomagnifications
13. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
Infection
fault
transform boundary
energy
14. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
sick building syndrome
producer
habitat
Green Revolution
15. The water from which a river rises; a source.
Headwaters
Immigration
nitrification
total fertility rate
16. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
A layer
greenbelt
land degradation
silviculture
17. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
potential energy
mutualism
consumer
malnutrition
18. The vertical movement of a mass of matter due to heating and cooling; this can happen in both the atmosphere and Earth's mantle.
greenbelt
physical treatmen
tree farms
convection
19. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.
point source pollution
long lining
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
arable
20. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
Coriolis effect
mantle
subduction zone
toxicity
21. An influential theory that concerns the long - term rate of conventional oil (and other fossil fuel) extraction and depletion. It predicts that future world oil production will soon reach a peak and then rapidly decline.
conservation
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
convection currents
strip mining
22. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
energy
weather
detritivore
total fertility rate
23. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
secondary consumers
gray smog (industrial smog)
convergent boundary
Headwaters
24. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
toxicity
by-catch
law of conservation of matter
R horizon
25. Species that originate and live - or occur naturally - in an area or environment.
indigenous species
trade winds
dose-response analysis
chemical weathering
26. Any noise that causes stress or has the potential to damage human health.
tertiary consumers
noise pollution
loamy
acute effect
27. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
drip irrigation
climax community
dose-response analysis
extinction
28. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
industrial smog (gray smog)
inner core
bioaccumulation
second growth forests
29. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.
delta
traditional subsistence agriculture
respiration
surface fires
30. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
global warming
albedo
Green Revolution
tropical storm
31. 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.
solid waste
atmosphere
jet stream
pioneer species
32. 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).
Second Law of Thermodynamics
riparian right
trade winds
atmosphere
33. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
thermocline
replacement birth rate
food web
sand
34. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
rain shadow
C layer
subduction zone
Headwaters
35. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
old growth forest
detritivore
energy pyramid
tertiary consumers
36. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
population density
riparian right
omnivores
crop rotation
37. 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.
point source pollution
LD50
A layer
aquifer
38. A species whose very presence contributes to an ecosystem's diversity and whose extinction would consequently lead to the extinction of other forms of life.
keystone species
scrubbers
mineral deposit
green tax
39. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
active collection
wetlands
clay
biotic
40. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
transpiration
conservation
stationary sources
Uneven-aged management
41. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
malnutrition
risk management
tropospheric ozone
capture fisheries
42. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
crop rotation
tertiary consumers
terracing
thermocline
43. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.
fission
convergent boundary
biotic potential
bioaccumulation
44. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
agroforestry
primary consumers
primary treatment
45. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
aquifer
detritivore
arable
fault
46. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
capture fisheries
deforestation
autotroph
deep well injection
47. When one species feeds on another.
death rate (crude death rate)
carrying capacity
predation
drip irrigation
48. The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.
asthenosphere
drip irrigation
deforestation
Immigration
49. Sunlight.
drip irrigation
competitive exclusion
law of conservation of matter
radiant energy
50. The movement of individuals out of a population.
emigration
ecological succession
point source pollution
long lining