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AP Environmental Science
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1. The edges of tectonic plates.
carnivore
plate boundaries
industrial smog (gray smog)
primary pollutants
2. The uppermost horizon of soil. It is primarily made up of organic material - including waste from organisms - the bodies of decomposing organisms - and live organisms.
abiotic
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
chemical weathering
O layer
3. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
agroforestry
industrial smog (gray smog)
producer
barrier island
4. The low-rainfall region that exists on the leeward (downwind) side of a mountain range. This rain shadow is the result of the mountain range's causing precipitation on the windward side.
water-scarce
rain shadow
sludge
habitat fragmentation
5. The liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.
leachate
r-selected
no-till
weathering
6. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
secondary pollutants
r-selected
climax community
food chain
7. The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica (and to some extent - over the Arctic).
secondary treatment
reservoir
bioaccumulation
ozone holes
8. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
dose-response curve
weathering
convection
threshold dose
9. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
pathogens
nitrogen fixation
realized niche
genetic drift
10. 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).
old growth forest
salinization
riparian right
risk management
11. A waste product produced by the burning of coal.
food chain
law of conservation of matter
solid waste
fly ash
12. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.
water-scarce
demographic transition model
toxicity
traditional subsistence agriculture
13. Transition in species composition of a biological community - often following ecological disturbance of the community; the establishment of a biological community in any area virtually barren of life.
risk management
loamy
slash-and-burn
ecological succession
14. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
riparian right
vector
weather
primary succession
15. 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
plate boundaries
primary treatment
photosynthesis
16. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
underground mining
drip irrigation
primary succession
producer
17. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
capture fisheries
total fertility rate
industrial smog (gray smog)
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
18. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
biomagnifications
transpiration
catalytic converter
law of conservation of matter
19. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
trophic level
heat islands
nuclear fusion
wind farm
20. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
non-point source pollution
law of conservation of matter
biotic potential
scrubbers
21. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
industrial smog (gray smog)
catalytic converter
primary treatment
tertiary consumers
22. 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
long lining
bottom trawling
parasitism
23. A soil horizon - horizon C is made up of larger pieces of rock that have not undergone much weathering.
pioneer species
C layer
r-selected
primary consumers
24. Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface - which reduces soil runoff from the slope.
terracing
decomposer
subbituminous
tailings
25. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
jet stream
underground mining
acute effect
secondary consumers
26. Gave the EPA power to set emission standards for major sources of noise - including transportation - machinery - and construction.
primary succession
U.S. Noise Control Act
community
biosphere
27. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
symbiotic relationships
greenhouse effect
Southern Oscillation
food chain
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.
plate boundaries
indigenous species
ecological footprint
primary treatment
29. To convert or change into a vapor.
evaporation
O layer
Southern Oscillation
poison
30. When a species occupies a smaller niche than it would in the absence of competition.
secondary consumers
realized niche
Uneven-aged management
k-selected
31. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
acute effect
Green Revolution
bottom trawling
32. The part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere.
asthenosphere
edge effect
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
law of conservation of matter
33. Involves the sinking of shafts to reach underground deposits. In this type of mining - networks of tunnels are dug or blasted and humans enter these tunnels in order to manually retrieve the coal.
arable
underground mining
Gross Primary Productivity
driftnets
34. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
noise pollution
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
r-selected
convergent boundary
35. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
delta
omnivores
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
hazardous waste
36. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.
ecosystem capital
r-selected
greenbelt
ecological succession
37. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
barrels
bituminous
hazardous waste
age-structure pyramids
38. 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. ...
Southern Oscillation
contour farming
malnutrition
red tide
39. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
biomagnifications
weathering
competitive exclusion
La Nina
40. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.
loamy
LD50
food web
logistic population growth
41. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
tropical storm
Infection
tertiary consumers
omnivores
42. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.
species
consumption
reservoir
bottom trawling
43. The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in countries since the 1960s.
leachate
silviculture
acid
Green Revolution
44. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
niche
convection
food web
tropospheric ozone
45. The movement of individuals into a population.
carrying capacity
Half-life
Immigration
riparian right
46. The condition in which - at ecosystem boundaries - there is greater species diversity and biological density than there is in the heart of ecological communities.
Immigration
bioaccumulation
edge effect
habitat fragmentation
47. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
threshold dose
A layer
toxicity
biosphere
48. The molten core of the Earth.
convergent boundary
acute effect
fault
inner core
49. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.
biological weathering
natural resources
Half-life
fossil fuel
50. When one species feeds on another.
vector
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
strip mining
predation