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AP Environmental Science
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1. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
convection
greenhouse effect
acid precipitation
trophic level
2. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
doldrums
silviculture
petroleum
kinetic energy
3. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
silt
population density
Infection
erosion
4. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
bottom trawling
crude oil
selective cutting
market permits
5. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
silviculture
subduction zone
agroforestry
bottom trawling
6. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.
logistic population growth
loamy
radiant energy
lithosphere
7. The condition in which - at ecosystem boundaries - there is greater species diversity and biological density than there is in the heart of ecological communities.
surface fires
edge effect
building-related illness
hydroelectric power
8. 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
Immigration
R horizon
B layer
9. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
water-scarce
bituminous
overgrazed
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
10. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
earthquake
dose-response curve
topsoil
A layer
11. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
secondary treatment
mutualism
rain shadow
green tax
12. A layer of soil.
Green Revolution
Horizon
energy
erosion
13. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
albedo
rain shadow
consumer
barrels
14. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.
overgrazed
jet stream
anthracite
industrial smog (gray smog)
15. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
point source pollution
natural resources
active collection
monoculture
16. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
erosion
mineral deposit
vector
arable
17. The least pure coal.
replacement birth rate
Coriolis effect
lignite
vector
18. 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.
genetic drift
terracing
Uneven-aged management
composting
19. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
agroforestry
species
divergent boundary
tropospheric ozone
20. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
toxin
slash-and-burn
heat islands
parasitism
21. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
preservation
fishery
silt
acute effect
22. The movement of individuals out of a population.
symbiotic relationships
clear-cutting
inner core
emigration
23. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
driftnets
primary succession
strip mining
24. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
weather
weathering
R horizon
nonrenewable resources
25. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
primary consumers
logistic population growth
thermosphere
driftnets
26. An area in which a particular mineral is concentrated - mining -the excavation of the Earth for the purpose of extracting ore or minerals.
estuary
non-point source pollution
hydroelectric power
mineral deposit
27. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
closed-loop recycling
trophic level
thermosphere
Aquaculture
28. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
habitat
delta
ecosystem capital
deep well injection
29. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
barrels
malnutrition
evaporation
secondary consumers
30. A high-speed - meandering wind current - generally moving from a westerly direction at speeds often exceeding 400 km (250 miles) per hour at altitudes of 15 to 25 km (10 to 15 miles).
jet stream
agroforestry
upwelling
clay
31. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.
El Nino
arable
vector
reservoir
32. The second-purest form of coal.
biotic
natural resources
consumer
bituminous
33. The movement of individuals into a population.
prior appropriation
Immigration
wind farm
energy
34. The amount of sugar that the plants produce in photosynthesis and subtracting from it the amount of energy the plants need for growth maintenance - repair - and reproduction.
Gross Primary Productivity
aquifer
logistic population growth
catalytic converter
35. Living or derived from living things.
emigration
biotic
by-catch
sludge
36. 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.
death rate (crude death rate)
prior appropriation
C layer
crop rotation
37. The process in which soil bacteria convert ammonium (NH4+) to a form that can be used by plants; nitrate - or NO3.
Gross Primary Productivity
El Nino
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
nitrification
38. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
active collection
natural selection
monoculture
wind farm
39. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
replacement birth rate
clear-cutting
overgrazed
tailings
40. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
U.S. Noise Control Act
habitat fragmentation
Gross Primary Productivity
renewable resources
41. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
carnivore
radiant energy
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
acid
42. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.
chemical weathering
convergent boundary
sick building syndrome
LD50
43. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
death rate (crude death rate)
secondary treatment
convection currents
upwelling
44. The process of soil particles being carried away by wind or water. Erosion moves the smaller particles first and hence degrades the soil to a coarser - sandier - stonier texture.
second growth forests
aquifer
potential energy
erosion
45. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.
high-level radioactive waste
reservoir
extinction
long lining
46. 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.
divergent boundary
trade winds
emigration
passive solar energy collection
47. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
photochemical smog
selective cutting
weathering
prior appropriation
48. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
monoculture
bioaccumulation
noise pollution
food web
49. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
no-till
vector
wastewater
acute effect
50. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
asthenosphere
crude oil
reservoir
weather