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AP Environmental Science
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1. A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
birth rate (crude birth rate)
selective cutting
bottom trawling
water-stressed
2. Countries that have a renewable annual water supply of less than 1 -000 m3 per person.
food chain
physical treatmen
fossil fuel
water-scarce
3. Graphical representations of populations' ages.
convection
upwelling
age-structure pyramids
tree farms
4. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
convergent boundary
transpiration
bituminous
primary pollutants
5. A region of the ocean near the equator - characterized by calms - light winds - or squalls.
R horizon
doldrums
salinization
O layer
6. When one species feeds on another.
acid precipitation
C layer
predation
nuclear fusion
7. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
salinization
watershed
ED50
tertiary consumers
8. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil - often as fertilizer.
composting
fault
industrial smog (gray smog)
trade winds
9. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
primary succession
Southern Oscillation
biosphere
mutualism
10. Land that's fit to be cultivated.
pioneer species
hydroelectric power
competitive exclusion
arable
11. 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.
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
conservation
ecosystem capital
barrier island
12. An introduced - normative species.
mantle
dose-response analysis
crop rotation
invasive species
13. Nets that are dragged through the water and indiscriminately catch everything in their path.
U.S. Noise Control Act
driftnets
red tide
traditional subsistence agriculture
14. The dark - crumbly - nutrient-rich material that results from the decomposition of organic material.
lignite
humus
hydroelectric power
jet stream
15. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
atmosphere
red tide
dose-response curve
earthquake
16. In tectonic plates - the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate.
coral reef
greenbelt
subduction zone
low-level radioactive waste
17. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
mantle
Infection
tropical storm
earthquake
18. 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.
keystone species
photosynthesis
salinization
assimilation
19. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.
r-selected
replacement birth rate
industrial smog (gray smog)
convergent boundary
20. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
trade winds
nitrogen fixation
malnutrition
old growth forest
21. 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.
acute effect
nuclear fusion
petroleum
energy pyramid
22. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
clay
upwelling
subbituminous
carrying capacity
23. Poor nutrition that results from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet.
industrial smog (gray smog)
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
secondary treatment
malnutrition
24. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.
contour farming
sludge
noise pollution
ecological succession
25. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
B layer
crude oil
natural selection
rain shadow
26. 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
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
greenhouse effect
abiotic
invasive species
27. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.
sick building syndrome
overburden
water-stressed
fission
28. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.
tailings
erosion
plate boundaries
El Nino
29. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
ED50
barrels
transpiration
ecological succession
30. When the majority of a building's occupants experience certain symptoms that vary with the amount of time spent in the building.
sand
plate boundaries
sick building syndrome
convergent boundary
31. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.
respiration
abiotic
atmosphere
building-related illness
32. The molten core of the Earth.
consumption
bottom trawling
ecological footprint
inner core
33. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
producer
tropospheric ozone
denitrification
reservoir
34. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
fishery
invasive species
detritivore
35. 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.
biotic
passive solar energy collection
point source pollution
habitat
36. The part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere.
primary treatment
physical treatmen
asthenosphere
primary pollutants
37. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.
sludge processor
catalytic converter
slash-and-burn
alkaline
38. 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.
salinization
volcanoes
plate boundaries
genetic drift
39. The total sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment.
acid precipitation
niche
threshold dose
decomposer
40. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
biosphere
population
biotic potential
silviculture
41. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
gray smog (industrial smog)
physical treatmen
primary pollutants
prior appropriation
42. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
Immigration
petroleum
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
underground mining
43. 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.
selective cutting
catalytic converter
convection
aquifer
44. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
secondary treatment
secondary consumers
pathogens
sand
45. A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.
chronic effect
energy
law of conservation of matter
delta
46. An intensification of the Greenhouse Effect due to the increased presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
proven reserve
logistic population growth
energy pyramid
global warming
47. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
mutualism
A layer
heterotrophy
48. An erosion-resistant marine ridge or mound consisting chiefly of compacted coral together with algal material and biochemically deposited magnesium and calcium carbonates.
Horizon
nonrenewable resources
C layer
coral reef
49. Any waste that poses a danger to human health; it must be dealt with in a different way from other types of waste.
lignite
strip mining
climax community
hazardous waste
50. 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.
underground mining
climax community
pioneer species
capture fisheries