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AP Environmental Science
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1. A lowland area - such as a marsh or swamp - that is saturated with moisture - especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.
risk assessment
population
catalytic converter
wetlands
2. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
primary succession
shelter-wood cutting
overburden
gray smog (industrial smog)
3. Sunlight.
salinization
radiant energy
primary treatment
traditional subsistence agriculture
4. The condition in which - at ecosystem boundaries - there is greater species diversity and biological density than there is in the heart of ecological communities.
decomposer
traditional subsistence agriculture
sludge processor
edge effect
5. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
Green Revolution
bituminous
strip mining
acute effect
6. A layer of soil.
Horizon
niche
erosion
solid waste
7. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
tropical storm
biomagnifications
transpiration
trophic level
8. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.
passive solar energy collection
sludge processor
detritivore
proven reserve
9. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
producer
catalytic converter
drip irrigation
clay
10. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.
respiration
primary pollutants
petroleum
lithosphere
11. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
loamy
barrels
consumer
El Nino
12. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
deep well injection
Green Revolution
photosynthesis
petroleum
13. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
water-scarce
heterotrophy
toxin
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
14. Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil.
no-till
nitrogen fixation
evolution
old growth forest
15. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.
shelter-wood cutting
chemical weathering
acid precipitation
death rate (crude death rate)
16. The molten core of the Earth.
silviculture
inner core
replacement birth rate
acid
17. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
industrial smog (gray smog)
detritivore
clear-cutting
community
18. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
omnivores
silviculture
O layer
land degradation
19. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
extinction
secondary consumers
convergent boundary
decomposer
20. A severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean - traveling north - northwest - or northeast from its point of origin - and usually involving heavy rains.
strip mining
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
invasive species
loamy
21. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
weathering
acute effect
combustion
overburden
22. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
stationary sources
niche
physical treatmen
autotroph
23. A high-speed - meandering wind current - generally moving from a westerly direction at speeds often exceeding 400 km (250 miles) per hour at altitudes of 15 to 25 km (10 to 15 miles).
primary consumers
jet stream
omnivores
risk management
24. 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.
estuary
sick building syndrome
decomposer
bottom trawling
25. The place where two plates abut each other.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
fault
realized niche
terracing
26. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.
asthenosphere
capture fisheries
extinction
B layer
27. 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
Second Law of Thermodynamics
humus
low-level radioactive waste
28. 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.
leachate
riparian right
toxin
passive solar energy collection
29. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.
red tide
silt
agroforestry
proven reserve
30. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
La Nina
natural selection
wetlands
law of conservation of matter
31. 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.
law of conservation of matter
petroleum
death rate (crude death rate)
Superfund Program
32. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
silviculture
Half-life
leachate
33. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
erosion
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
malnutrition
rain shadow
34. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava - ash - and gases are ejected.
volcanoes
Horizon
plate boundaries
trade winds
35. Living or derived from living things.
chemical weathering
biotic
combustion
high-level radioactive waste
36. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
keystone species
atmosphere
parasitism
population density
37. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
ecosystem capital
malnutrition
dose-response curve
genetic drift
38. 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.
strip mining
evolution
Immigration
El Nino
39. 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.
tree farms
delta
First Law of Thermodynamics
green tax
40. 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.
disease
aquifer
barrier island
agroforestry
41. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
water-stressed
birth rate (crude birth rate)
combustion
silt
42. 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
biotic
water-stressed
habitat fragmentation
43. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
anthracite
trophic level
greenbelt
crude oil
44. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
evaporation
population density
natural resources
mineral deposit
45. Occurs when infection causes a change in the state of health.
food web
secondary consumers
tropospheric ozone
disease
46. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
invasive species
Superfund Program
mineral deposit
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
47. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
wastewater
monoculture
red tide
green tax
48. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
Half-life
conservation
realized niche
natural resources
49. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
composting
climax community
disease
mutualism
50. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
food web
carnivore
subduction zone
law of conservation of matter