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AP Environmental Science

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1. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.






2. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.






3. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value






4. A severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean - traveling north - northwest - or northeast from its point of origin - and usually involving heavy rains.






5. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.






6. The movement of individuals into a population.






7. 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.






8. The process in which soil bacteria convert ammonium (NH4+) to a form that can be used by plants; nitrate - or NO3.






9. 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).






10. A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.






11. 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.






12. The least pure coal.






13. The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.






14. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava - ash - and gases are ejected.






15. 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.






16. Says that the entropy (disorder) of the universe is increasing. One corollary of the Second Law of thermodynamics is the concept that - in most energy transformations - a significant fraction of energy is lost to the universe as heat.






17. Energy at rest - or stored energy.






18. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.






19. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.






20. When one species feeds on another.






21. The dark - crumbly - nutrient-rich material that results from the decomposition of organic material.






22. The edges of tectonic plates.






23. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.






24. The place where two plates abut each other.






25. Sunlight.






26. 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.






27. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.






28. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.






29. The result of vibrations (often due to plate movements) deep in the Earth that release energy. They often occur as two plates slide past one another at a transform boundary.






30. An introduced - normative species.






31. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.






32. The unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels.






33. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs.






34. 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






35. A layer of soil.






36. An intensification of the Greenhouse Effect due to the increased presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.






37. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.






38. 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.






39. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.






40. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.






41. The process of burning.






42. Also known as plantations - these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use.






43. The process in which soil becomes saltier and saltier until - finally - the salt prevents the growth of plants. Salinization is caused by irrigation because salts brought in with the water remain in the soil as water evaporates.






44. An area in which a particular mineral is concentrated - mining -the excavation of the Earth for the purpose of extracting ore or minerals.






45. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.






46. 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.






47. The value of natural resources.






48. Any other species of fish - mammals - or birds that are caught that are not the target organism.






49. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.






50. 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.