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AP Environmental Science
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1. The right - as to fishing or to the use of a riverbed - of one who owns riparian land (the land adjacent to a river or stream).
jet stream
riparian right
sludge
energy
2. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
weathering
primary pollutants
non-point source pollution
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
3. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
anthracite
vector
LD50
conservation
4. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
photochemical smog
indigenous species
toxicity
water-stressed
5. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
population
dose-response analysis
volcanoes
drip irrigation
6. When one species feeds on another.
market permits
crop rotation
barrier island
predation
7. Says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed.
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
First Law of Thermodynamics
gray smog (industrial smog)
fission
8. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
biosphere
evaporation
acid precipitation
habitat fragmentation
9. The condition in which - at ecosystem boundaries - there is greater species diversity and biological density than there is in the heart of ecological communities.
coral reef
overgrazed
nitrification
edge effect
10. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
deep well injection
green tax
petroleum
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
11. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.
combustion
carnivore
point source pollution
loamy
12. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
energy pyramid
Uneven-aged management
biosphere
deep well injection
13. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
preservation
proven reserve
red tide
pioneer species
14. An intensification of the Greenhouse Effect due to the increased presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
consumption
global warming
population
mutualism
15. A lowland area - such as a marsh or swamp - that is saturated with moisture - especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.
wetlands
age-structure pyramids
estuary
risk assessment
16. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
detritivore
natural resources
habitat
green tax
17. The value of natural resources.
ecological footprint
ecosystem capital
arable
inner core
18. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
Aquaculture
fishery
denitrification
doldrums
19. The movement of individuals into a population.
Superfund Program
Immigration
heterotrophy
ecological footprint
20. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.
sludge processor
barrier island
slash-and-burn
r-selected
21. Piles of gangue - which is the waste material that results from mining.
clay
ecosystem capital
tailings
tree farms
22. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
pioneer species
delta
edge effect
trophic level
23. A waste product produced by the burning of coal.
doldrums
fly ash
potential energy
tertiary consumers
24. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
barrier island
secondary treatment
nitrogen fixation
thermocline
25. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
biomagnifications
non-point source pollution
fly ash
convection
26. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.
malnutrition
overgrazed
heterotrophy
water-scarce
27. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
trade winds
niche
ecosystem capital
anthracite
28. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
Uneven-aged management
point source pollution
convection currents
loamy
29. When the energy released from waste incineration is used to generate electricity.
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
anthracite
edge effect
30. An introduced - normative species.
El Nino
invasive species
deep well injection
stationary sources
31. A plate boundary at which plates are moving away from each other. This causes an upwelling of magma from the mantle to cool and form new crust.
climax community
potential energy
divergent boundary
watershed
32. A nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus - especially a heavy nucleus such as an isotope of uranium - splits into fragments - usually two fragments of comparable mass - releasing from 100 million to several hundred million electron volts of ener
watershed
fission
respiration
rain shadow
33. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.
radiant energy
mineral deposit
physical (mechanical) weathering
barrels
34. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
deep well injection
overburden
composting
sand
35. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
age-structure pyramids
arable
secondary treatment
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
36. The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica (and to some extent - over the Arctic).
total fertility rate
conservation
sand
ozone holes
37. The amount of the Earth's surface that's necessary to supply the needs of - and dispose of the waste from a particular population.
Half-life
ecological footprint
predation
clear-cutting
38. To convert or change into a vapor.
convergent boundary
biotic
evaporation
tree farms
39. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
slash-and-burn
parasitism
convection currents
biological weathering
40. A succession of organisms in an ecological community that constitutes a continuation of food energy from one organism to another as each consumes a lower member and - in turn - is preyed upon by a higher member.
realized niche
food chain
Southern Oscillation
Half-life
41. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
energy
Headwaters
noise pollution
niche
42. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.
shelter-wood cutting
carnivore
agroforestry
A layer
43. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
preservation
acute effect
ozone holes
ED50
44. The process by which specialized bacteria (mostly anaerobic bacteria) convert ammonia to NOy NO2 - and N2 and release it back to the atmosphere.
prior appropriation
denitrification
high-level radioactive waste
hazardous waste
45. 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
disease
weather
market permits
law of conservation of matter
46. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
total fertility rate
non-point source pollution
reservoir
silviculture
47. 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.
Hadley cell
delta
wastewater
atmosphere
48. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
sick building syndrome
prior appropriation
transform boundary
toxicity
49. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
silviculture
C layer
vector
fishery
50. 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.
slash-and-burn
catalytic converter
photochemical smog
tree farms