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AP Environmental Science
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1. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.
global warming
coral reef
physical (mechanical) weathering
agroforestry
2. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
law of conservation of matter
biological weathering
climax community
physical treatmen
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.
barrels
natural selection
demographic transition model
dose-response curve
4. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
Immigration
crude oil
fishery
terracing
5. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
old growth forest
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
Horizon
convergent boundary
6. The water from which a river rises; a source.
Horizon
trophic level
Headwaters
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
7. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
tailings
subduction zone
clay
loamy
8. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.
logistic population growth
fault
disease
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
9. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.
vector
consumption
barrier island
old growth forest
10. An introduced - normative species.
producer
invasive species
logistic population growth
barrier island
11. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
overgrazed
transform boundary
Uneven-aged management
Horizon
12. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
chronic effect
agroforestry
subduction zone
monoculture
13. Any substance than is inhaled - ingested - or absorbed at dosages sufficient to damage a living organism.
toxin
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
law of conservation of matter
barrier island
14. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
dose-response curve
renewable resources
acute effect
wind farm
15. Using strategies to reduce the amount of risk (the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen).
carnivore
risk management
high-level radioactive waste
mantle
16. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
food chain
shelter-wood cutting
volcanoes
17. In a sewage treatment plant - the initial filtration that is done to remove debris such as stones - sticks - rags - toys - and other objects that were flushed down the toilet.
ecological succession
physical treatmen
total fertility rate
prior appropriation
18. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
barrier island
fossil fuel
biosphere
mantle
19. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
Headwaters
subduction zone
producer
loamy
20. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.
lithosphere
combustion
scrubbers
by-catch
21. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
arable
age-structure pyramids
leachate
22. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
riparian right
competitive exclusion
point source pollution
salinization
23. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
conservation
bioaccumulation
Uneven-aged management
crude oil
24. The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.
consumption
biological weathering
deforestation
realized niche
25. A soil horizon - horizon C is made up of larger pieces of rock that have not undergone much weathering.
dose-response analysis
population density
crude oil
C layer
26. Species that originate and live - or occur naturally - in an area or environment.
indigenous species
emigration
ecological succession
transpiration
27. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
competitive exclusion
decomposer
respiration
Immigration
28. 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
extinction
surface fires
water-scarce
high-level radioactive waste
29. 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.
second growth forests
O layer
inner core
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
30. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
evaporation
niche
lithosphere
sludge processor
31. 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.
logistic population growth
weather
sand
decomposer
32. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
tropical storm
point source pollution
ED50
33. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
Uneven-aged management
convection
wetlands
wastewater
34. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
ecological footprint
mutualism
parasitism
demographic transition model
35. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava - ash - and gases are ejected.
riparian right
volcanoes
petroleum
composting
36. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
R horizon
subbituminous
salinization
symbiotic relationships
37. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
building-related illness
risk assessment
birth rate (crude birth rate)
passive solar energy collection
38. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
water-stressed
abiotic
total fertility rate
traditional subsistence agriculture
39. The region draining into river system or other body of water.
watershed
biomagnifications
combustion
bituminous
40. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
biotic potential
drip irrigation
Horizon
41. 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.
B layer
crop rotation
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
active collection
42. The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest.
Aquaculture
monoculture
denitrification
consumer
43. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.
death rate (crude death rate)
silt
transpiration
realized niche
44. The value of natural resources.
natural resources
biotic potential
ecosystem capital
climax community
45. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
La Nina
Gross Primary Productivity
law of conservation of matter
riparian right
46. The process by which specialized bacteria (mostly anaerobic bacteria) convert ammonia to NOy NO2 - and N2 and release it back to the atmosphere.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
conservation
denitrification
driftnets
47. The process in which plants absorb ammonium (NH3) - ammonia ions (NH4+) - and nitrate ions (NO3) through their roots.
tropical storm
heat islands
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
assimilation
48. The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source. Most forms of photosynthesis release oxygen as a byproduct.
asthenosphere
photosynthesis
r-selected
population density
49. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
deep well injection
potential energy
extinction
no-till
50. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.
niche
threshold dose
evolution
dose-response analysis