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AP Environmental Science
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1. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
volcanoes
greenbelt
Immigration
2. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
convergent boundary
physical (mechanical) weathering
niche
renewable resources
3. A soil horizon - horizon C is made up of larger pieces of rock that have not undergone much weathering.
C layer
denitrification
high-level radioactive waste
food web
4. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
Infection
capture fisheries
aquifer
alkaline
5. Any substance than is inhaled - ingested - or absorbed at dosages sufficient to damage a living organism.
industrial smog (gray smog)
toxin
biomagnifications
volcanoes
6. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.
biotic
La Nina
silt
poison
7. The phenomenon whereby the Earth's atmosphere traps solar radiation - caused by the presence in the atmosphere of gases such as carbon dioxide - water vapor - and methane that allow incoming sunlight to pass through - but absorb heat radiated back fr
greenhouse effect
point source pollution
ecosystem capital
food chain
8. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
gray smog (industrial smog)
stationary sources
passive solar energy collection
R horizon
9. 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.
barrier island
greenhouse effect
secondary consumers
evolution
10. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
energy pyramid
crop rotation
primary consumers
convergent boundary
11. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
water-scarce
doldrums
primary treatment
lignite
12. 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.
solid waste
Superfund Program
barrels
energy pyramid
13. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
law of conservation of matter
overgrazed
terracing
thermocline
14. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
population
clay
physical (mechanical) weathering
symbiotic relationships
15. The removal of all of the trees in an area.
radiant energy
clear-cutting
erosion
by-catch
16. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
tropical storm
mantle
primary pollutants
land degradation
17. 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
deforestation
preservation
plate boundaries
natural selection
18. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
Half-life
low-level radioactive waste
underground mining
weathering
19. The condition in which - at ecosystem boundaries - there is greater species diversity and biological density than there is in the heart of ecological communities.
edge effect
loamy
barrels
biosphere
20. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
prior appropriation
producer
food chain
energy
21. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.
plate boundaries
chronic effect
weather
anthracite
22. 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
surface fires
acid precipitation
mutualism
erosion
23. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
upwelling
overburden
nuclear fusion
topsoil
24. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
physical (mechanical) weathering
bottom trawling
habitat fragmentation
Aquaculture
25. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
ecological succession
deep well injection
petroleum
erosion
26. Bacteria or fungi that absorb nutrients from nonliving organic matter like plant material - the wastes of living organisms - and corpses. They convert these materials into inorganic forms.
decomposer
secondary pollutants
biological weathering
evaporation
27. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
salinization
parasitism
poison
crude oil
28. Power generated using water.
El Nino
hydroelectric power
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
photosynthesis
29. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
pioneer species
physical (mechanical) weathering
catalytic converter
tailings
30. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
fossil fuel
symbiotic relationships
old growth forest
chronic effect
31. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.
secondary consumers
sludge
tertiary consumers
predation
32. 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.
population density
alkaline
LD50
anthracite
33. The result of vibrations (often due to plate movements) deep in the Earth that release energy. They often occur as two plates slide past one another at a transform boundary.
tree farms
earthquake
demographic transition model
population density
34. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
physical treatmen
community
chronic effect
C layer
35. 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.
demographic transition model
crop rotation
respiration
thermosphere
36. The water from which a river rises; a source.
capture fisheries
contour farming
high-level radioactive waste
Headwaters
37. The dark - crumbly - nutrient-rich material that results from the decomposition of organic material.
humus
heterotrophy
capture fisheries
point source pollution
38. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
overgrazed
tropospheric ozone
niche
39. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
drip irrigation
producer
law of conservation of matter
arable
40. A group of modern windmills.
toxicity
wind farm
Second Law of Thermodynamics
crude oil
41. 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).
food chain
subbituminous
riparian right
energy pyramid
42. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
stationary sources
U.S. Noise Control Act
energy
sand
43. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.
Half-life
nuclear fusion
doldrums
deforestation
44. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
pioneer species
carrying capacity
riparian right
greenbelt
45. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.
bioaccumulation
volcanoes
sludge processor
divergent boundary
46. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
arable
acute effect
old growth forest
selective cutting
47. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
niche
terracing
primary consumers
earthquake
48. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
competitive exclusion
wind farm
k-selected
secondary treatment
49. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
catalytic converter
tailings
primary pollutants
detritivore
50. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
abiotic
trade winds
LD50
risk management