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AP Environmental Science
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1. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
nuclear fusion
habitat
primary treatment
2. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
community
dose-response curve
ecosystem capital
primary succession
3. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
physical treatmen
transform boundary
consumer
overgrazed
4. 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.
ozone holes
transform boundary
nitrogen fixation
catalytic converter
5. 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
greenhouse effect
asthenosphere
convection
physical treatmen
6. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.
coral reef
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
vector
radiant energy
7. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
scrubbers
keystone species
food web
risk management
8. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
risk management
doldrums
transpiration
overburden
9. The second-purest form of coal.
toxin
reservoir
bituminous
population
10. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
omnivores
abiotic
low-level radioactive waste
mantle
11. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.
doldrums
passive solar energy collection
stationary sources
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
12. Nets that are dragged through the water and indiscriminately catch everything in their path.
mantle
driftnets
anthracite
radiant energy
13. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is helped by the association and the other is harmed.
proven reserve
parasitism
acid precipitation
bituminous
14. A cooling of the ocean surface off the western coast of South America - occurring periodically every 4 to 12 years and affecting Pacific and other weather patterns.
La Nina
water-scarce
threshold dose
fossil fuel
15. The observed effect of the Coriolis force - especially the deflection of an object moving above the Earth - rightward in the Northern Hemisphere - and leftward in the Southern Hemisphere.
trophic level
abiotic
nuclear fusion
Coriolis effect
16. When one species feeds on another.
physical (mechanical) weathering
La Nina
birth rate (crude birth rate)
predation
17. The value of natural resources.
combustion
ecosystem capital
erosion
dose-response analysis
18. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
proven reserve
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
toxicity
bioaccumulation
19. 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.
albedo
anthracite
evolution
Half-life
20. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
food web
chronic effect
asthenosphere
consumer
21. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
coral reef
conservation
trade winds
aquifer
22. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
detritivore
emigration
contour farming
low-level radioactive waste
23. The liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.
decomposer
leachate
petroleum
industrial smog (gray smog)
24. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
acute effect
fossil fuel
strip mining
jet stream
25. 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
reservoir
no-till
natural selection
C layer
26. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.
carnivore
biological weathering
food chain
El Nino
27. Is the practice of planting bands of different crops across a hillside.
Southern Oscillation
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
Half-life
Second Law of Thermodynamics
28. 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.
bituminous
Southern Oscillation
primary treatment
photochemical smog
29. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
U.S. Noise Control Act
law of conservation of matter
Second Law of Thermodynamics
subduction zone
30. 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.
deep well injection
aquifer
photosynthesis
composting
31. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
pathogens
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
convection currents
green tax
32. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
natural selection
mutualism
producer
noise pollution
33. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
LD50
renewable resources
topsoil
coral reef
34. The process in which plants absorb ammonium (NH3) - ammonia ions (NH4+) - and nitrate ions (NO3) through their roots.
biotic potential
assimilation
sick building syndrome
consumption
35. The process in which soil bacteria convert ammonium (NH4+) to a form that can be used by plants; nitrate - or NO3.
solid waste
nitrification
biotic potential
nitrogen fixation
36. 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.
gray smog (industrial smog)
habitat
aquifer
barrier island
37. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
biomagnifications
by-catch
non-point source pollution
primary treatment
38. The result of a pathogen invading a body.
subbituminous
Infection
rain shadow
biotic potential
39. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
land degradation
emigration
gray smog (industrial smog)
weathering
40. Any noise that causes stress or has the potential to damage human health.
risk assessment
dose-response analysis
industrial smog (gray smog)
noise pollution
41. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
photochemical smog
secondary treatment
fishery
industrial smog (gray smog)
42. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
sick building syndrome
topsoil
catalytic converter
First Law of Thermodynamics
43. A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.
clay
invasive species
delta
denitrification
44. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
prior appropriation
petroleum
land degradation
ED50
45. Pollutants that are released directly into the lower atmosphere.
fly ash
composting
primary pollutants
Green Revolution
46. 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
hazardous waste
deforestation
second growth forests
47. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
detritivore
point source pollution
anthracite
coral reef
48. Any waste that poses a danger to human health; it must be dealt with in a different way from other types of waste.
divergent boundary
denitrification
hazardous waste
A layer
49. An intensification of the Greenhouse Effect due to the increased presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
acute effect
global warming
aquifer
nitrification
50. The day-to-day variations in temperature - air pressure - wind - humidity - and precipitation mediated by the atmosphere in a given region.
weather
agroforestry
aquifer
photosynthesis