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AP Environmental Science
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1. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
chemical weathering
pioneer species
underground mining
sand
2. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.
wastewater
ecological succession
gray smog (industrial smog)
silt
3. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
denitrification
potential energy
clay
non-point source pollution
4. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
biosphere
ozone holes
hydroelectric power
La Nina
5. The least pure coal.
parasitism
asthenosphere
lignite
deep well injection
6. Fires that typically burn only the forest's underbrush and do little damage to mature trees. Surface fires actually serve to protect the forest from more harmful fires by removing underbrush and dead materials that would burn quickly and at high temp
passive solar energy collection
evolution
surface fires
tertiary consumers
7. Organisms that are capable of interbreeding with one another and incapable of breeding with other species.
catalytic converter
r-selected
species
respiration
8. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
long lining
climax community
barrels
physical treatmen
9. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
chronic effect
total fertility rate
fault
gray smog (industrial smog)
10. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
reservoir
consumption
tropospheric ozone
Southern Oscillation
11. 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.
risk management
pathogens
ecological succession
decomposer
12. The amount of the Earth's surface that's necessary to supply the needs of - and dispose of the waste from a particular population.
topsoil
albedo
ecological footprint
nitrification
13. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
risk management
natural resources
sludge processor
water-stressed
14. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
agroforestry
biomagnifications
industrial smog (gray smog)
high-level radioactive waste
15. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava - ash - and gases are ejected.
volcanoes
realized niche
Immigration
carrying capacity
16. A plate boundary at which plates are moving away from each other. This causes an upwelling of magma from the mantle to cool and form new crust.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
arable
photosynthesis
divergent boundary
17. The movement of individuals out of a population.
indigenous species
emigration
natural resources
physical (mechanical) weathering
18. The second-purest form of coal.
biomagnifications
bituminous
photochemical smog
U.S. Noise Control Act
19. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.
second growth forests
age-structure pyramids
arable
high-level radioactive waste
20. 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.
evaporation
red tide
habitat fragmentation
crude oil
21. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
chronic effect
detritivore
sludge processor
physical treatmen
22. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.
sludge
alkaline
anthracite
reservoir
23. When trees and crops are planted together - creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them.
primary succession
U.S. Noise Control Act
petroleum
agroforestry
24. When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops.
driftnets
traditional subsistence agriculture
point source pollution
acid precipitation
25. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
greenbelt
LD50
biosphere
parasitism
26. Any noise that causes stress or has the potential to damage human health.
wind farm
noise pollution
hydroelectric power
by-catch
27. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.
overburden
bioaccumulation
El Nino
leachate
28. 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).
risk management
ecosystem capital
greenbelt
fishery
29. Organisms that consume primary consumers.
deep well injection
B layer
secondary consumers
radiant energy
30. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
preservation
risk assessment
green tax
edge effect
31. The process of burning.
toxin
combustion
crude oil
edge effect
32. Bacteria - virus - or other microorganisms that can cause disease.
energy
pathogens
Headwaters
leachate
33. The water from which a river rises; a source.
mineral deposit
Headwaters
genetic drift
potential energy
34. 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.
fishery
underground mining
denitrification
acute effect
35. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
consumer
Infection
subbituminous
nitrification
36. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
Hadley cell
subduction zone
reservoir
37. The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source. Most forms of photosynthesis release oxygen as a byproduct.
photosynthesis
age-structure pyramids
tropospheric ozone
industrial smog (gray smog)
38. When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually10 -20 years); this leaves mature trees - which can reseed the forest - in place.
biosphere
shelter-wood cutting
acute effect
LD50
39. The random fluctuations in the frequency of the appearance of a gene in a small isolated population - presumably owing to chance - rather than natural selection.
preservation
convection
thermosphere
genetic drift
40. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
monoculture
proven reserve
petroleum
transform boundary
41. The removal of select trees in an area; this leaves the majority of the habitat in place and has less of an impact on the ecosystem.
selective cutting
coral reef
heat islands
proven reserve
42. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
agroforestry
doldrums
crude oil
fossil fuel
43. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
greenbelt
erosion
point source pollution
heat islands
44. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
k-selected
weathering
community
abiotic
45. The third purest form of coal.
lignite
subbituminous
heterotrophy
population
46. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.
Superfund Program
weather
slash-and-burn
indigenous species
47. 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.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
toxin
high-level radioactive waste
building-related illness
48. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
potential energy
LD50
B layer
low-level radioactive waste
49. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
deep well injection
active collection
erosion
tailings
50. The molten core of the Earth.
inner core
physical (mechanical) weathering
natural selection
preservation