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AP Environmental Science
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1. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
stationary sources
humus
building-related illness
trophic level
2. 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.
secondary pollutants
disease
solid waste
Superfund Program
3. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
consumer
extinction
realized niche
malnutrition
4. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
parasitism
greenbelt
clay
red tide
5. A process in which an organism is exposed to a toxin at different concentrations - and the dosage that causes the death of the organism is recorded.
mutualism
dose-response analysis
greenbelt
potential energy
6. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
overgrazed
biotic
capture fisheries
species
7. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
crude oil
tropical storm
traditional subsistence agriculture
8. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.
evolution
arable
invasive species
threshold dose
9. The part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere.
secondary consumers
asthenosphere
watershed
leachate
10. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
fishery
secondary consumers
industrial smog (gray smog)
crude oil
11. The removal of all of the trees in an area.
loamy
clear-cutting
watershed
gray smog (industrial smog)
12. An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.
ED50
earthquake
heterotrophy
consumer
13. 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.
producer
thermocline
erosion
Second Law of Thermodynamics
14. An animal that only consumes other animals.
pioneer species
crude oil
carnivore
overgrazed
15. In a sewage treatment plant - the initial filtration that is done to remove debris such as stones - sticks - rags - toys - and other objects that were flushed down the toilet.
physical treatmen
trade winds
consumption
sand
16. 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.
clay
barrier island
weathering
drip irrigation
17. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.
tree farms
fly ash
emigration
r-selected
18. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
nitrification
solid waste
acid
malnutrition
19. The molten core of the Earth.
inner core
population density
acute effect
composting
20. 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.
green tax
heterotrophy
parasitism
secondary pollutants
21. The least pure coal.
lignite
conservation
transpiration
dose-response curve
22. When soil becomes water-logged and then dries out - and salt forms a layer on its surface.
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
replacement birth rate
land degradation
second growth forests
23. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
dose-response curve
salinization
hydroelectric power
B layer
24. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
malnutrition
tertiary consumers
active collection
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
25. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
contour farming
non-point source pollution
kinetic energy
primary consumers
26. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
La Nina
evolution
Hadley cell
closed-loop recycling
27. The process of burning.
radiant energy
slash-and-burn
trade winds
combustion
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.
tree farms
decomposer
barrels
denitrification
29. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
photochemical smog
alkaline
Coriolis effect
slash-and-burn
30. An introduced - normative species.
consumption
invasive species
greenhouse effect
red tide
31. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
silviculture
demographic transition model
fault
autotroph
32. Organisms that derive energy from consuming nonliving organic matter.
detritivore
autotroph
C layer
renewable resources
33. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
active collection
agroforestry
detritivore
clay
34. Nets that are dragged through the water and indiscriminately catch everything in their path.
La Nina
driftnets
strip mining
global warming
35. The dark - crumbly - nutrient-rich material that results from the decomposition of organic material.
ecosystem capital
old growth forest
humus
clear-cutting
36. The process in which soil bacteria convert ammonium (NH4+) to a form that can be used by plants; nitrate - or NO3.
nitrification
C layer
thermocline
biological weathering
37. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
assimilation
erosion
selective cutting
age-structure pyramids
38. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
toxicity
LD50
consumption
Infection
39. 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.
mineral deposit
lithosphere
barrels
closed-loop recycling
40. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
A layer
trophic level
carnivore
selective cutting
41. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
invasive species
community
conservation
acute effect
42. Organisms that are capable of interbreeding with one another and incapable of breeding with other species.
humus
low-level radioactive waste
species
ED50
43. A bloom of dinoflagellates that causes reddish discoloration of coastal ocean waters. Certain dinoflagellates of the genus Gonyamfox produce toxins that kill fish and contaminate shellfish.
red tide
agroforestry
passive solar energy collection
dose-response analysis
44. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
bioaccumulation
renewable resources
mutualism
autotroph
45. 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.
tropospheric ozone
keystone species
tropical storm
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
46. The energy of motion.
Southern Oscillation
transform boundary
chronic effect
kinetic energy
47. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
low-level radioactive waste
tailings
clay
threshold dose
48. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
trade winds
habitat
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
underground mining
49. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
aquifer
heterotrophy
petroleum
closed-loop recycling
50. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
arable
dose-response analysis
tailings
nuclear fusion
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