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AP Environmental Science
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1. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
physical treatmen
convection currents
market permits
replacement birth rate
2. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.
demographic transition model
death rate (crude death rate)
thermosphere
invasive species
3. A soil horizon - horizon C is made up of larger pieces of rock that have not undergone much weathering.
tailings
C layer
species
low-level radioactive waste
4. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
arable
B layer
trophic level
food web
5. The process by which specialized bacteria (mostly anaerobic bacteria) convert ammonia to NOy NO2 - and N2 and release it back to the atmosphere.
Gross Primary Productivity
denitrification
ozone holes
habitat
6. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.
B layer
underground mining
Infection
subduction zone
7. Species that originate and live - or occur naturally - in an area or environment.
toxicity
lignite
convection
indigenous species
8. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
competitive exclusion
natural resources
fault
physical (mechanical) weathering
9. Is the practice of planting bands of different crops across a hillside.
scrubbers
food web
primary pollutants
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
10. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
clear-cutting
delta
barrels
weathering
11. The uppermost horizon of soil. It is primarily made up of organic material - including waste from organisms - the bodies of decomposing organisms - and live organisms.
mutualism
O layer
watershed
primary treatment
12. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
gray smog (industrial smog)
weathering
conservation
Second Law of Thermodynamics
13. 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.
proven reserve
deforestation
erosion
malnutrition
14. The edges of tectonic plates.
plate boundaries
terracing
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
biosphere
15. Bacteria - virus - or other microorganisms that can cause disease.
stationary sources
pathogens
extinction
biomagnifications
16. The movement of individuals out of a population.
convection
emigration
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
scrubbers
17. When companies are allowed to buy permits that allow them a certain amount of discharge of substances into certain environmental outlets. If they can reduce their amount of discharge - they are allowed to sell the remaining portion of their permit to
secondary consumers
combustion
hazardous waste
market permits
18. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
acid
estuary
physical treatmen
food web
19. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
Hadley cell
chronic effect
preservation
food chain
20. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
earthquake
niche
market permits
proven reserve
21. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.
carnivore
greenbelt
toxicity
k-selected
22. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.
slash-and-burn
trophic level
long lining
dose-response analysis
23. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
by-catch
subbituminous
rain shadow
indigenous species
24. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
photochemical smog
inner core
First Law of Thermodynamics
disease
25. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.
nitrogen fixation
overburden
ecological succession
crude oil
26. The part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere.
O layer
denitrification
asthenosphere
lithosphere
27. When physically treated sewage water is passed into a settling tank - where suspended solids settle out as sludge; chemically treated polymers may be added to help the suspended solids separate and settle out.
jet stream
primary treatment
disease
acid
28. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.
law of conservation of matter
mutualism
r-selected
topsoil
29. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
watershed
species
biotic potential
transpiration
30. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.
sick building syndrome
anthracite
barrier island
weathering
31. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
riparian right
Aquaculture
humus
underground mining
32. 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.
biotic potential
prior appropriation
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
chronic effect
33. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.
land degradation
nitrogen fixation
disease
species
34. The process of burning.
photosynthesis
combustion
biotic
overgrazed
35. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
symbiotic relationships
Aquaculture
point source pollution
LD50
36. 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
noise pollution
secondary pollutants
carnivore
37. The capacity to do work.
erosion
albedo
energy
asthenosphere
38. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
high-level radioactive waste
monoculture
law of conservation of matter
climax community
39. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
weather
barrels
prior appropriation
trophic level
40. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
Gross Primary Productivity
non-point source pollution
secondary treatment
law of conservation of matter
41. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
transpiration
indigenous species
biosphere
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
42. Living or derived from living things.
second growth forests
selective cutting
R horizon
biotic
43. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
tertiary consumers
biomagnifications
thermosphere
aquifer
44. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
active collection
Half-life
old growth forest
drip irrigation
45. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
chronic effect
death rate (crude death rate)
nitrogen fixation
wind farm
46. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
water-scarce
mineral deposit
clay
secondary pollutants
47. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
nonrenewable resources
prior appropriation
producer
transform boundary
48. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
bottom trawling
Southern Oscillation
estuary
predation
49. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.
chronic effect
detritivore
First Law of Thermodynamics
composting
50. The gaseous mass or envelope surrounding a celestial body - especially the one surrounding the Earth - which is retained by the celestial body's gravitational field.
emigration
coral reef
tailings
atmosphere