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AP Environmental Science
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1. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
clear-cutting
nitrogen fixation
wind farm
r-selected
2. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
total fertility rate
energy
thermosphere
vector
3. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
primary consumers
biological weathering
consumption
dose-response curve
4. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
convergent boundary
humus
R horizon
doldrums
5. The edges of tectonic plates.
plate boundaries
barrels
keystone species
LD50
6. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
decomposer
strip mining
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
indigenous species
7. Any waste that poses a danger to human health; it must be dealt with in a different way from other types of waste.
Immigration
arable
LD50
hazardous waste
8. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
Coriolis effect
competitive exclusion
autotroph
Hadley cell
9. 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
respiration
habitat fragmentation
atmosphere
10. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
potential energy
secondary consumers
asthenosphere
denitrification
11. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
greenhouse effect
climax community
barrier island
bottom trawling
12. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
petroleum
fishery
mantle
sand
13. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
bottom trawling
no-till
water-scarce
risk assessment
14. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
preservation
primary consumers
silt
Hadley cell
15. The use of building materials - building placement - and design to passively collect solar energy that can be used to keep a building warm or cool.
monoculture
passive solar energy collection
reservoir
secondary pollutants
16. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
barrier island
convergent boundary
capture fisheries
low-level radioactive waste
17. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
community
niche
riparian right
capture fisheries
18. An animal that only consumes other animals.
r-selected
carnivore
greenhouse effect
clear-cutting
19. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.
omnivores
lithosphere
high-level radioactive waste
heterotrophy
20. The third purest form of coal.
subbituminous
contour farming
photosynthesis
ozone holes
21. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.
transpiration
consumption
nitrogen fixation
loamy
22. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
Horizon
secondary treatment
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
ecological succession
23. An introduced - normative species.
greenhouse effect
surface fires
decomposer
invasive species
24. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
lignite
conservation
divergent boundary
Gross Primary Productivity
25. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
dose-response curve
symbiotic relationships
kinetic energy
wastewater
26. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
biomagnifications
habitat
parasitism
proven reserve
27. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
salinization
bottom trawling
LD50
pathogens
28. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.
anthracite
underground mining
acid
Half-life
29. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.
predation
primary pollutants
building-related illness
second growth forests
30. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
genetic drift
ED50
weathering
primary treatment
31. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
drip irrigation
petroleum
lithosphere
weathering
32. The process of burning.
alkaline
combustion
barrels
subduction zone
33. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
nitrogen fixation
wetlands
proven reserve
tropical storm
34. 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. ...
capture fisheries
point source pollution
sludge
contour farming
35. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
composting
community
Headwaters
parasitism
36. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
threshold dose
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
Gross Primary Productivity
prior appropriation
37. A basic substance; chemically - a substance that absorbs hydrogen ions or releases hydroxyl ions; in reference to natural water - a measure of the base content of the water.
aquifer
delta
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
alkaline
38. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.
low-level radioactive waste
old growth forest
greenhouse effect
second growth forests
39. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.
underground mining
overburden
clay
green tax
40. Species that originate and live - or occur naturally - in an area or environment.
arable
indigenous species
food web
red tide
41. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.
r-selected
bituminous
B layer
bioaccumulation
42. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.
hazardous waste
traditional subsistence agriculture
high-level radioactive waste
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
43. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.
strip mining
tropospheric ozone
sludge processor
symbiotic relationships
44. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
abiotic
jet stream
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
barrier island
45. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
clear-cutting
convection currents
jet stream
clay
46. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
vector
reservoir
emigration
community
47. When materials - such as plastic or aluminum - are used to rebuild the same product. An example of this is the use of the aluminum from aluminum cans to produce more aluminum cans.
biosphere
closed-loop recycling
primary treatment
asthenosphere
48. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
Aquaculture
barrels
trade winds
divergent boundary
49. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
petroleum
barrels
Superfund Program
consumer
50. 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
heat islands
extinction
overburden