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AP Environmental Science
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1. Any substance than is inhaled - ingested - or absorbed at dosages sufficient to damage a living organism.
Waste-to-Energy (WTE) program
toxin
fly ash
water-scarce
2. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
clear-cutting
pioneer species
risk management
Immigration
3. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
population
barrier island
ED50
natural resources
4. 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
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
ecological footprint
slash-and-burn
5. An influential theory that concerns the long-term rate of conventional oil (and other fossil fuel) extraction and depletion. It predicts that future world oil production will soon reach a peak and then rapidly decline.
land degradation
leachate
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
mutualism
6. When one species feeds on another.
predation
land degradation
lignite
photochemical smog
7. The use of building materials - building placement - and design to passively collect solar energy that can be used to keep a building warm or cool.
passive solar energy collection
nitrogen fixation
food web
habitat fragmentation
8. 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
demographic transition model
clear-cutting
energy
9. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
thermocline
weathering
natural resources
10. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
nitrification
secondary consumers
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
fission
11. 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.
primary treatment
thermocline
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
second growth forests
12. Fish farming in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption.
detritivore
age-structure pyramids
capture fisheries
Infection
13. To convert or change into a vapor.
autotroph
evaporation
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
Uneven-aged management
14. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
k-selected
realized niche
birth rate (crude birth rate)
transpiration
15. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
replacement birth rate
tropical storm
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
genetic drift
16. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
Infection
producer
abiotic
17. 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).
bituminous
green tax
heterotrophy
risk management
18. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
stationary sources
First Law of Thermodynamics
scrubbers
edge effect
19. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
gray smog (industrial smog)
poison
habitat fragmentation
logistic population growth
20. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
agroforestry
primary consumers
acid
erosion
21. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.
coral reef
chemical weathering
rain shadow
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
22. Organisms that consume both producers and primary consumers.
omnivores
weathering
inner core
slash-and-burn
23. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
primary pollutants
convection currents
combustion
toxicity
24. The capacity to do work.
barrels
decomposer
energy
Headwaters
25. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
earthquake
detritivore
monoculture
sludge
26. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
composting
food chain
total fertility rate
prior appropriation
27. A soil horizon; the layer below the O layer is called the A layer. The A layer is formed of weathered rock - with some organic material; often referred to as topsoil.
toxicity
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
surface fires
A layer
28. Pollutants that are released directly into the lower atmosphere.
Southern Oscillation
acid precipitation
indigenous species
primary pollutants
29. The movement of individuals into a population.
atmosphere
water-scarce
Immigration
albedo
30. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
no-till
competitive exclusion
building-related illness
indigenous species
31. The molten core of the Earth.
habitat fragmentation
agroforestry
inner core
subbituminous
32. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
sand
water-stressed
primary consumers
risk assessment
33. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
LD50
renewable resources
U.S. Noise Control Act
ecosystem capital
34. Being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.
extinction
overgrazed
primary succession
underground mining
35. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
LD50
realized niche
active collection
36. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.
U.S. Noise Control Act
carrying capacity
passive solar energy collection
silt
37. The dosage level of a toxin at which a negative effect occurs.
threshold dose
transpiration
slash-and-burn
physical treatmen
38. Can consist of hazardous waste - industrial solid waste - or municipal waste. Many types of solid waste provide a threat to human health and the environment.
emigration
First Law of Thermodynamics
solid waste
Green Revolution
39. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
convection currents
green tax
Uneven-aged management
acute effect
40. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.
renewable resources
conservation
green tax
risk management
41. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
greenhouse effect
food web
population
keystone species
42. 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.
point source pollution
wetlands
long lining
salinization
43. When the size of an organism's natural habitat is reduced - or when development occurs that isolates a habitat.
habitat fragmentation
long lining
gray smog (industrial smog)
First Law of Thermodynamics
44. The third purest form of coal.
barrels
subbituminous
autotroph
food chain
45. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
subduction zone
driftnets
transform boundary
primary succession
46. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
biosphere
energy
chemical weathering
Half-life
47. 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.
carnivore
thermocline
physical treatmen
R horizon
48. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
watershed
pathogens
doldrums
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
49. The structure obtained if we organize the amount of energy contained in producers and consumers in an ecosystem by kilocalories per square meter - from largest to smallest.
chronic effect
shelter-wood cutting
energy pyramid
natural selection
50. Also known as transform faults - boundaries at which plates are moving past each other - sideways.
prior appropriation
underground mining
heat islands
transform boundary
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