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AP Environmental Science
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1. A process in which cold - often nutrient-rich - waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
natural resources
biotic potential
inner core
upwelling
2. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
disease
Aquaculture
transpiration
red tide
3. 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.
closed-loop recycling
acute effect
invasive species
weathering
4. A soil horizon; the layer below the O layer is called the A layer. The A layer is formed of weathered rock - with some organic material; often referred to as topsoil.
fault
A layer
nuclear fusion
vector
5. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
population
slash-and-burn
omnivores
aquifer
6. 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.
deforestation
heat islands
evolution
detritivore
7. 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.
crop rotation
gray smog (industrial smog)
point source pollution
green tax
8. Any water that has been used by humans. This includes human sewage - water drained from showers - tubs - sinks - dishwashers - washing machines - water from industrial processes - and storm water runoff.
anthracite
crop rotation
energy
wastewater
9. 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.
abiotic
rain shadow
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
vector
10. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
sick building syndrome
nonrenewable resources
decomposer
risk assessment
11. The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in countries since the 1960s.
fission
stationary sources
Green Revolution
Hadley cell
12. Species that originate and live - or occur naturally - in an area or environment.
radiant energy
drip irrigation
indigenous species
species
13. 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.
symbiotic relationships
primary treatment
humus
prior appropriation
14. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
omnivores
B layer
transpiration
abiotic
15. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
predation
First Law of Thermodynamics
evaporation
malnutrition
16. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
divergent boundary
primary treatment
secondary consumers
lignite
17. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.
capture fisheries
assimilation
sludge processor
replacement birth rate
18. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
producer
food chain
silviculture
renewable resources
19. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
habitat
building-related illness
Coriolis effect
jet stream
20. The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.
deforestation
thermosphere
bottom trawling
coral reef
21. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
tailings
overburden
wind farm
trade winds
22. Says that the entropy (disorder) of the universe is increasing. One corollary of the Second Law of thermodynamics is the concept that - in most energy transformations - a significant fraction of energy is lost to the universe as heat.
natural resources
Second Law of Thermodynamics
delta
high-level radioactive waste
23. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
potential energy
land degradation
Half-life
primary succession
24. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
point source pollution
stationary sources
niche
subbituminous
25. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
B layer
chronic effect
closed-loop recycling
symbiotic relationships
26. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
R horizon
crude oil
solid waste
Half-life
27. A platinum - coated device that oxidizes most of the VOCs and some of the CO that would otherwise be emitted in exhaust - converting them to CO2.
ecosystem capital
omnivores
hazardous waste
catalytic converter
28. Living or derived from living things.
Coriolis effect
invasive species
ecological succession
biotic
29. 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
transpiration
abiotic
subbituminous
30. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
Southern Oscillation
Aquaculture
closed-loop recycling
Half-life
31. The process in which soil becomes saltier and saltier until - finally - the salt prevents the growth of plants. Salinization is caused by irrigation because salts brought in with the water remain in the soil as water evaporates.
monoculture
keystone species
population
salinization
32. The process of fusing two nuclei.
bottom trawling
producer
species
nuclear fusion
33. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
trade winds
biosphere
silviculture
trophic level
34. 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.
nuclear fusion
passive solar energy collection
nitrogen fixation
vector
35. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
Aquaculture
convergent boundary
thermosphere
emigration
36. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
gray smog (industrial smog)
green tax
consumption
deforestation
37. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
convection
slash-and-burn
physical treatmen
habitat fragmentation
38. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
Half-life
watershed
water-stressed
clay
39. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
fault
acute effect
evolution
land degradation
40. An intensification of the Greenhouse Effect due to the increased presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
toxin
Gross Primary Productivity
fly ash
global warming
41. The part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere.
clear-cutting
disease
alkaline
asthenosphere
42. 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.
global warming
fossil fuel
k-selected
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
43. A layer in a large body of water - such as a lake - that sharply separates regions differing in temperature - so that the temperature gradient across the layer is abrupt.
disease
erosion
long lining
thermocline
44. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.
secondary pollutants
realized niche
contour farming
wind farm
45. Is the practice of planting bands of different crops across a hillside.
vector
salinization
ecosystem capital
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
46. Power generated using water.
conservation
hydroelectric power
mineral deposit
nitrogen fixation
47. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
tropical storm
malnutrition
closed-loop recycling
contour farming
48. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
topsoil
tailings
potential energy
49. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.
greenbelt
U.S. Noise Control Act
lithosphere
risk assessment
50. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
sick building syndrome
indigenous species
Southern Oscillation
keystone species