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AP Environmental Science
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1. A soil horizon - horizon C is made up of larger pieces of rock that have not undergone much weathering.
building-related illness
dose-response curve
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
C layer
2. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
nuclear fusion
convection currents
autotroph
watershed
3. The amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear.
contour farming
Half-life
disease
ecosystem capital
4. Close - prolonged associations between two or more different organisms of different species that may - but do not necessarily benefit the members.
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
symbiotic relationships
competitive exclusion
anthracite
5. The process by which - according to Darwin's theory of evolution - only the organisms best adapted to their environment tend to survive and transmit their genetic characteristics in increasing numbers to succeeding generations - while those less adap
toxicity
B layer
natural selection
nonrenewable resources
6. The place where two plates abut each other.
fault
bioaccumulation
salinization
divergent boundary
7. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
death rate (crude death rate)
passive solar energy collection
silt
total fertility rate
8. The coarsest soil - with particles 0.05 -2.0 mm in diameter.
sand
slash-and-burn
sludge processor
demographic transition model
9. The atmospheric pressure conditions corresponding to the periodic warming of El Nino and cooling of La Nina.
tropical storm
ecosystem capital
stationary sources
Southern Oscillation
10. The part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere.
asthenosphere
Half-life
Uneven-aged management
symbiotic relationships
11. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
fission
fishery
overburden
niche
12. Devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants.
ecological succession
crop rotation
subduction zone
scrubbers
13. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
sludge
age-structure pyramids
tropical storm
tailings
14. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
barrier island
tertiary consumers
fission
energy
15. A long - relatively narrow island running parallel to the mainland-built up by the action of waves and currents and serving to protect the coast from erosion by surf and tidal surges.
barrier island
fission
water-stressed
subbituminous
16. Soil composed of a mixture of sand - clay - silt - and organic matter.
closed-loop recycling
jet stream
loamy
heterotrophy
17. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
wind farm
primary succession
indigenous species
dose-response curve
18. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
detritivore
traditional subsistence agriculture
heat islands
primary consumers
19. 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.
death rate (crude death rate)
crop rotation
Superfund Program
active collection
20. The number of individuals of a population that inhabit a certain unit of land or water area.
biological weathering
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
population density
threshold dose
21. Says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed.
strip mining
First Law of Thermodynamics
high-level radioactive waste
thermocline
22. The phenomenon whereby the Earth's atmosphere traps solar radiation - caused by the presence in the atmosphere of gases such as carbon dioxide - water vapor - and methane that allow incoming sunlight to pass through - but absorb heat radiated back fr
contour farming
sludge
scrubbers
greenhouse effect
23. 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.
overburden
carrying capacity
Second Law of Thermodynamics
wind farm
24. When one species feeds on another.
predation
sick building syndrome
malnutrition
dose-response curve
25. 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.
underground mining
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
keystone species
volcanoes
26. 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
malnutrition
Uneven-aged management
combustion
27. A lowland area - such as a marsh or swamp - that is saturated with moisture - especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.
wetlands
biotic
chronic effect
habitat
28. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
evolution
trade winds
jet stream
evaporation
29. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
high-level radioactive waste
gray smog (industrial smog)
building-related illness
arable
30. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
topsoil
biotic
industrial smog (gray smog)
physical treatmen
31. Radioactive wastes that produce low levels of ionizing radiation.
building-related illness
selective cutting
low-level radioactive waste
leachate
32. The least pure coal.
lignite
proven reserve
traditional subsistence agriculture
weather
33. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
sludge processor
photochemical smog
First Law of Thermodynamics
inner core
34. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of about 1 -000 -2 -000 m3 per person.
silviculture
water-stressed
Aquaculture
thermocline
35. Acid rain - acid hail - acid snow; all of which occur as a result of pollution in the atmosphere.
acid precipitation
leachate
active collection
ED50
36. An organism that is capable of converting radiant energy or chemical energy into carbohydrates.
radiant energy
producer
dose-response curve
low-level radioactive waste
37. Refers to resources - such as plants and animals - which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields.
divergent boundary
renewable resources
mineral deposit
secondary consumers
38. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
population
convection
Aquaculture
preservation
39. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
fishery
silviculture
extinction
physical (mechanical) weathering
40. A group of modern windmills.
silviculture
A layer
population
wind farm
41. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
risk assessment
sick building syndrome
biotic
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
42. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
ozone holes
preservation
convergent boundary
secondary consumers
43. 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.
overgrazed
toxin
doldrums
genetic drift
44. 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.
photochemical smog
transpiration
solid waste
La Nina
45. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
Hadley cell
Coriolis effect
food web
secondary treatment
46. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
doldrums
green tax
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
Second Law of Thermodynamics
47. The use of devices - such as solar panels - to collect - focus - transport - or store solar energy.
active collection
alkaline
R horizon
catalytic converter
48. Any substance that has an LD50 - of 50 mg or less per kg of body weight.
poison
nonrenewable resources
greenhouse effect
solid waste
49. 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).
physical (mechanical) weathering
trophic level
threshold dose
risk management
50. 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).
renewable resources
ecological succession
riparian right
catalytic converter