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AP Environmental Science

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The movement of individuals out of a population.






2. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.






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






4. The process by which - according to Darwin's theory of evolution - only the organisms best adapted to their environment tend to survive and transmit their genetic characteristics in increasing numbers to succeeding generations - while those less adap






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






6. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.






7. The result of a pathogen invading a body.






8. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.






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






10. The third purest form of coal.






11. 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.






12. The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica (and to some extent - over the Arctic).






13. A species whose very presence contributes to an ecosystem's diversity and whose extinction would consequently lead to the extinction of other forms of life.






14. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.






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






16. 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.






17. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.






18. The molten core of the Earth.






19. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.






20. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.






21. An estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve.






22. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.






23. A layer of soil.






24. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.






25. The least pure coal.






26. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.






27. The part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere.






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






29. Graphical representations of populations' ages.






30. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.






31. 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.






32. Any substance than is inhaled - ingested - or absorbed at dosages sufficient to damage a living organism.






33. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.






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. 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. ...






36. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.






37. When companies are allowed to buy permits that allow them a certain amount of discharge of substances into certain environmental outlets. If they can reduce their amount of discharge - they are allowed to sell the remaining portion of their permit to






38. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.






39. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.






40. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.






41. Devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants.






42. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.






43. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.






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






45. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.






46. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.






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






48. Any substance that has an LD50 - of 50 mg or less per kg of body weight.






49. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.






50. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.