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AP Environmental Science
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1. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
reservoir
Second Law of Thermodynamics
topsoil
2. When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.
heterotrophy
subbituminous
biological weathering
prior appropriation
3. 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.
ozone holes
evolution
energy pyramid
estuary
4. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
plate boundaries
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
total fertility rate
industrial smog (gray smog)
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.
evaporation
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
energy pyramid
tropical storm
6. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
abiotic
mutualism
lithosphere
7. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.
autotroph
lithosphere
sludge
land degradation
8. Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also - a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions.
First Law of Thermodynamics
red tide
acid
evolution
9. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
wetlands
omnivores
population
emigration
10. The day-to-day use of environmental resources as food - clothing - and housing.
toxin
potential energy
conservation
consumption
11. The capacity to do work.
convection currents
energy
genetic drift
trade winds
12. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
barrier island
death rate (crude death rate)
Coriolis effect
crop rotation
13. The biological treatment of wastewater in order to continue to remove biodegradable waste.
shelter-wood cutting
acid precipitation
secondary treatment
disease
14. A layer in a large body of water - such as a lake - that sharply separates regions differing in temperature - so that the temperature gradient across the layer is abrupt.
thermocline
slash-and-burn
long lining
composting
15. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
selective cutting
chronic effect
community
species
16. The fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space.
Gross Primary Productivity
albedo
autotroph
toxicity
17. The maintenance of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure their perpetuation - with no concern as to their potential monetary value
doldrums
weather
denitrification
preservation
18. A group of modern windmills.
catalytic converter
silviculture
wind farm
building-related illness
19. An organism that obtains organic food molecules without eating other organisms or substances derived from other organisms. autotrophs use energy from the sun or from the oxidation of inorganic substances to make organic molecules from inorganic ones.
green tax
realized niche
autotroph
barrier island
20. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
heat islands
natural selection
aquifer
tropical storm
21. A hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized.
vector
toxin
silt
petroleum
22. The carrier organism through which pathogens can attack.
vector
deforestation
alkaline
habitat
23. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
consumer
old growth forest
law of conservation of matter
Immigration
24. The region draining into river system or other body of water.
watershed
preservation
sludge
trade winds
25. 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.
selective cutting
Coriolis effect
Second Law of Thermodynamics
lithosphere
26. The second-purest form of coal.
niche
crop rotation
natural selection
bituminous
27. 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.
sick building syndrome
traditional subsistence agriculture
chronic effect
earthquake
28. The more or less constant winds blowing in horizontal directions over the Earth's surface - as part of Hadley cells.
dose-response curve
Hadley cell
trade winds
barrels
29. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
trophic level
surface fires
potential energy
wind farm
30. The molten core of the Earth.
inner core
asthenosphere
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
consumption
31. 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.
old growth forest
ozone holes
decomposer
solid waste
32. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
composting
alkaline
logistic population growth
mantle
33. Transition in species composition of a biological community - often following ecological disturbance of the community; the establishment of a biological community in any area virtually barren of life.
El Nino
replacement birth rate
watershed
ecological succession
34. The movement of individuals out of a population.
scrubbers
emigration
Immigration
arable
35. The result of a pathogen invading a body.
Infection
dose-response analysis
ozone holes
extinction
36. Nets that are dragged through the water and indiscriminately catch everything in their path.
driftnets
jet stream
demographic transition model
bituminous
37. The gaseous mass or envelope surrounding a celestial body - especially the one surrounding the Earth - which is retained by the celestial body's gravitational field.
greenbelt
overburden
atmosphere
photosynthesis
38. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
stationary sources
fishery
earthquake
poison
39. 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
predation
surface fires
silt
petroleum
40. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
primary succession
pioneer species
biotic
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
41. Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city.
industrial smog (gray smog)
transpiration
Aquaculture
greenbelt
42. A soil horizon - horizon C is made up of larger pieces of rock that have not undergone much weathering.
weathering
primary treatment
prior appropriation
C layer
43. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
reservoir
tertiary consumers
passive solar energy collection
fishery
44. The number of live births per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
toxicity
birth rate (crude birth rate)
Southern Oscillation
death rate (crude death rate)
45. A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns.
law of conservation of matter
wind farm
photochemical smog
Hadley cell
46. The result of graphing a dose-response analysis.
species
point source pollution
dose-response curve
thermosphere
47. 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
heat islands
anthracite
fission
community
48. The uppermost horizon of soil. It is primarily made up of organic material - including waste from organisms - the bodies of decomposing organisms - and live organisms.
O layer
watershed
malnutrition
logistic population growth
49. Involves the removal of the Earth's surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam.
Headwaters
strip mining
no-till
law of conservation of matter
50. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
convection currents
biomagnifications
inner core
emigration