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AP Environmental Science
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1. A succession of organisms in an ecological community that constitutes a continuation of food energy from one organism to another as each consumes a lower member and - in turn - is preyed upon by a higher member.
sand
renewable resources
food chain
wetlands
2. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
realized niche
Uneven-aged management
sick building syndrome
hydroelectric power
3. A model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population.
energy
demographic transition model
inner core
fossil fuel
4. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
consumption
industrial smog (gray smog)
potential energy
deep well injection
5. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.
coral reef
physical (mechanical) weathering
primary succession
hazardous waste
6. 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
doldrums
surface fires
physical (mechanical) weathering
ozone holes
7. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
population
reservoir
law of conservation of matter
bituminous
8. Any waste that poses a danger to human health; it must be dealt with in a different way from other types of waste.
hazardous waste
petroleum
Infection
convection
9. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.
consumer
threshold dose
solid waste
red tide
10. When a species occupies a smaller niche than it would in the absence of competition.
weather
realized niche
photosynthesis
atmosphere
11. The process in which animals (and plants!) breathe and give off carbon dioxide from cellular metabolism.
bioaccumulation
respiration
omnivores
by-catch
12. 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).
riparian right
high-level radioactive waste
biological weathering
potential energy
13. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
tertiary consumers
conservation
water-stressed
convection
14. 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.
silt
edge effect
scrubbers
crop rotation
15. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
risk assessment
water-scarce
petroleum
energy pyramid
16. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
upwelling
mineral deposit
albedo
17. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
erosion
trade winds
earthquake
consumption
18. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
convection
global warming
leachate
U.S. Noise Control Act
19. The movement of individuals into a population.
C layer
Infection
surface fires
Immigration
20. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
inner core
habitat
acute effect
C layer
21. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
Southern Oscillation
loamy
humus
nitrification
22. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
food web
deep well injection
natural resources
rain shadow
23. The low-rainfall region that exists on the leeward (downwind) side of a mountain range. This rain shadow is the result of the mountain range's causing precipitation on the windward side.
tropical storm
rain shadow
upwelling
parasitism
24. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
Infection
omnivores
proven reserve
toxicity
25. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
wastewater
symbiotic relationships
toxicity
Aquaculture
26. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
catalytic converter
producer
point source pollution
bituminous
27. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
omnivores
closed-loop recycling
convergent boundary
mutualism
28. Involves the sinking of shafts to reach underground deposits. In this type of mining - networks of tunnels are dug or blasted and humans enter these tunnels in order to manually retrieve the coal.
inner core
underground mining
noise pollution
realized niche
29. A fiscal policy that lowers taxes on income - including wages and profit - and raises taxes on consumption - particularly the unsustainable consumption of non-renewable resources.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
photosynthesis
leachate
green tax
30. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
stationary sources
decomposer
threshold dose
silviculture
31. A group of modern windmills.
greenbelt
primary treatment
wind farm
estuary
32. The second-purest form of coal.
industrial smog (gray smog)
bituminous
biotic potential
underground mining
33. The third purest form of coal.
secondary consumers
surface fires
active collection
subbituminous
34. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.
stationary sources
food web
r-selected
selective cutting
35. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
clay
disease
mineral deposit
heterotrophy
36. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
silviculture
convergent boundary
Immigration
second growth forests
37. 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.
delta
lithosphere
primary treatment
barrier island
38. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
clay
convergent boundary
potential energy
market permits
39. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
predation
biotic potential
proven reserve
subduction zone
40. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.
pathogens
risk management
risk assessment
physical treatmen
41. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
crop rotation
ecological footprint
primary succession
preservation
42. A layer of soil.
atmosphere
Horizon
biotic potential
water-stressed
43. Urban areas that heat up more quickly and retain heat more than do nonurban areas.
heat islands
Gross Primary Productivity
B layer
chemical weathering
44. The energy of motion.
kinetic energy
convection currents
hazardous waste
thermosphere
45. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.
wastewater
Hadley cell
point source pollution
secondary pollutants
46. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
hazardous waste
bottom trawling
biosphere
A layer
47. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.
renewable resources
catalytic converter
volcanoes
aquifer
48. The bedrock - which lies below all of the other layers of soil - is referred to as the R horizon.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Gross Primary Productivity
overgrazed
R horizon
49. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
photochemical smog
gray smog (industrial smog)
habitat
albedo
50. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
consumer
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
heterotrophy
dose-response curve