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AP Environmental Science
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1. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
acid
drip irrigation
mantle
genetic drift
2. Any waste that poses a danger to human health; it must be dealt with in a different way from other types of waste.
hazardous waste
photosynthesis
assimilation
bituminous
3. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.
passive solar energy collection
proven reserve
death rate (crude death rate)
risk assessment
4. The result of chemical interaction with the bedrock that is typical of the action of both water and atmospheric gases.
bottom trawling
heat islands
trade winds
chemical weathering
5. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
dose-response analysis
potential energy
gray smog (industrial smog)
pioneer species
6. 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.
ecological succession
heterotrophy
alkaline
O layer
7. 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.
crop rotation
high-level radioactive waste
assimilation
emigration
8. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
Gross Primary Productivity
parasitism
nonrenewable resources
industrial smog (gray smog)
9. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
fossil fuel
transform boundary
r-selected
overgrazed
10. Any substance that has an LD50 - of 50 mg or less per kg of body weight.
poison
clear-cutting
competitive exclusion
old growth forest
11. The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber.
abiotic
topsoil
silviculture
crop rotation
12. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
estuary
convergent boundary
U.S. Noise Control Act
erosion
13. Any noise that causes stress or has the potential to damage human health.
primary succession
First Law of Thermodynamics
noise pollution
doldrums
14. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.
driftnets
primary pollutants
death rate (crude death rate)
biotic potential
15. The liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.
leachate
acid precipitation
lithosphere
Aquaculture
16. Using strategies to reduce the amount of risk (the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen).
assimilation
Gross Primary Productivity
risk management
point source pollution
17. Organisms that are capable of interbreeding with one another and incapable of breeding with other species.
terracing
Superfund Program
inner core
species
18. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
pioneer species
denitrification
arable
Gross Primary Productivity
19. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
habitat fragmentation
age-structure pyramids
biotic
upwelling
20. An organism such as a bacterium or protozoan - that obtains its nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds - as opposed to photosynthesis.
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
silt
monoculture
earthquake
21. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.
threshold dose
high-level radioactive waste
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
sludge
22. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
weathering
driftnets
secondary treatment
combustion
23. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.
by-catch
respiration
earthquake
population
24. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.
radiant energy
overgrazed
high-level radioactive waste
inner core
25. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.
combustion
long lining
lithosphere
stationary sources
26. 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.
producer
A layer
decomposer
upwelling
27. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
trophic level
deep well injection
C layer
habitat fragmentation
28. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
preservation
extinction
LD50
acid precipitation
29. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
deforestation
fossil fuel
physical (mechanical) weathering
weather
30. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
water-stressed
green tax
rain shadow
photochemical smog
31. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
capture fisheries
mineral deposit
thermosphere
reservoir
32. The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.
ecological footprint
deforestation
agroforestry
convection currents
33. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
reservoir
radiant energy
bituminous
ecosystem capital
34. The value of natural resources.
ecosystem capital
Hadley cell
trade winds
consumer
35. 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
Gross Primary Productivity
producer
tropospheric ozone
36. 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).
riparian right
fly ash
watershed
Uneven-aged management
37. The condition in which - at ecosystem boundaries - there is greater species diversity and biological density than there is in the heart of ecological communities.
risk assessment
edge effect
secondary consumers
doldrums
38. 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.
toxin
clear-cutting
aquifer
greenbelt
39. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
weather
population
malnutrition
mutualism
40. A waste product produced by the burning of coal.
food web
salinization
fly ash
atmosphere
41. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
fission
nitrification
toxicity
photochemical smog
42. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
radiant energy
LD50
poison
crude oil
43. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
plate boundaries
emigration
secondary consumers
bituminous
44. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
ozone holes
conservation
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
Green Revolution
45. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
preservation
industrial smog (gray smog)
natural resources
46. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.
energy
rain shadow
sludge
traditional subsistence agriculture
47. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.
long lining
erosion
anthracite
radiant energy
48. 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.
replacement birth rate
logistic population growth
evolution
edge effect
49. A soil horizon; B receives the minerals and organic materials that are leached out of the A horizon.
volcanoes
B layer
realized niche
hazardous waste
50. Energy at rest - or stored energy.
silt
no-till
potential energy
water-stressed