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AP Environmental Science

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1. A long - relatively narrow island running parallel to the mainland-built up by the action of waves and currents and serving to protect the coast from erosion by surf and tidal surges.






2. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.






3. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.






4. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.






5. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.






6. 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.






7. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. An underground layer of porous rock - sand - or other material that allows the movement of water between layers of nonporous rock or clay. Aquifers are frequently tapped for wells.






11. The number of children an average woman will bear during her lifetime; this information is based on an analysis of data from preceding years in the population in question.






12. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.






13. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.






14. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.






15. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.






16. The edges of tectonic plates.






17. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.






21. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.






22. A process in which rows of crops are plowed across the hillside; this prevents the erosion that can occur when rows are cut up and down on a slope. ...






23. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.






24. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.






25. 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.






26. To convert or change into a vapor.






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.






30. The least pure coal.






31. The removal of select trees in an area; this leaves the majority of the habitat in place and has less of an impact on the ecosystem.






32. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.






33. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.






34. 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.






35. Areas where cutting has occurred and a new - younger forest has arisen.






36. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.






37. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.






38. Living or derived from living things.






39. 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.






40. The place where two plates abut each other.






41. Bacteria - virus - or other microorganisms that can cause disease.






42. Pollutants that are released directly into the lower atmosphere.






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.






44. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.






45. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.






46. 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






47. 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.






48. The process in which soil bacteria convert ammonium (NH4+) to a form that can be used by plants; nitrate - or NO3.






49. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.






50. The random fluctuations in the frequency of the appearance of a gene in a small isolated population - presumably owing to chance - rather than natural selection.







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