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AP Environmental Science
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1. The degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.
scrubbers
biotic potential
population density
toxicity
2. The number of children an average woman will bear during her lifetime; this information is based on an analysis of data from preceding years in the population in question.
total fertility rate
biological weathering
fly ash
biomagnifications
3. The cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon.
mutualism
salinization
carnivore
anthracite
4. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
tertiary consumers
old growth forest
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
Green Revolution
5. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
predation
tropospheric ozone
LD50
decomposer
6. When photochemical smog - NOx compounds - VOCs - and ozone combine to form smog with a brownish hue.
Superfund Program
photochemical smog
humus
heat islands
7. A semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
La Nina
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
scrubbers
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
8. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.
lignite
transpiration
weathering
k-selected
9. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
tropical storm
tailings
birth rate (crude birth rate)
law of conservation of matter
10. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
acid
habitat fragmentation
population
vector
11. The act or process of transpiring - or releasing water vapor - especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.
ecosystem capital
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
transpiration
total fertility rate
12. Living or derived from living things.
atmosphere
biotic
capture fisheries
secondary pollutants
13. Also known as plantations - these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use.
tree farms
ED50
bottom trawling
Coriolis effect
14. The movement of individuals into a population.
convection currents
habitat
ozone holes
Immigration
15. A tank filled with aerobic bacteria that's used to treat sewage.
sludge processor
solid waste
physical treatmen
aquifer
16. When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow.
realized niche
overgrazed
assimilation
trophic level
17. The dark - crumbly - nutrient-rich material that results from the decomposition of organic material.
earthquake
land degradation
humus
sludge processor
18. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
LD50
bioaccumulation
closed-loop recycling
edge effect
19. The result of a pathogen invading a body.
Infection
Second Law of Thermodynamics
acid
driftnets
20. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
trade winds
k-selected
trophic level
monoculture
21. Species that originate and live - or occur naturally - in an area or environment.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
indigenous species
threshold dose
biotic potential
22. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
acute effect
arable
ecological footprint
water-stressed
23. 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.
wind farm
malnutrition
genetic drift
wastewater
24. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
petroleum
weathering
secondary pollutants
U.S. Noise Control Act
25. A method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that literally drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
thermocline
drip irrigation
niche
chemical weathering
26. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
volcanoes
disease
community
consumer
27. Non-moving sources of pollution - such as factories.
stationary sources
tailings
toxicity
nitrogen fixation
28. When materials - such as plastic or aluminum - are used to rebuild the same product. An example of this is the use of the aluminum from aluminum cans to produce more aluminum cans.
age-structure pyramids
natural selection
closed-loop recycling
fossil fuel
29. Pollutants that are formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere.
secondary pollutants
proven reserve
silt
traditional subsistence agriculture
30. The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capacity of the resource to regenerate itself.
market permits
keystone species
Headwaters
conservation
31. When companies are allowed to buy permits that allow them a certain amount of discharge of substances into certain environmental outlets. If they can reduce their amount of discharge - they are allowed to sell the remaining portion of their permit to
natural selection
industrial smog (gray smog)
market permits
physical treatmen
32. 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.
loamy
risk management
Superfund Program
heat islands
33. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava - ash - and gases are ejected.
total fertility rate
habitat
volcanoes
chemotroph (chemoautotroph)
34. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
primary treatment
ecological footprint
climax community
second growth forests
35. Is the practice of planting bands of different crops across a hillside.
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
wastewater
ecosystem capital
upwelling
36. Organisms in the first stages of succession.
prior appropriation
market permits
pioneer species
estuary
37. Devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants.
radiant energy
primary consumers
convection currents
scrubbers
38. The process of fusing two nuclei.
nuclear fusion
risk management
weather
bituminous
39. Any water that has been used by humans. This includes human sewage - water drained from showers - tubs - sinks - dishwashers - washing machines - water from industrial processes - and storm water runoff.
threshold dose
wastewater
weather
extinction
40. 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.
decomposer
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
subduction zone
biosphere
41. A specific location from which pollution is released; an example of a point source location is a factory where wood is being burned.
point source pollution
Headwaters
nonrenewable resources
tropical storm
42. States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
prior appropriation
fault
law of conservation of matter
scrubbers
43. Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving.
natural resources
abiotic
delta
death rate (crude death rate)
44. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.
natural selection
chemical weathering
risk assessment
riparian right
45. When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops.
slash-and-burn
strip mining
secondary pollutants
heterotrophy
46. 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.
mantle
loamy
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
pioneer species
47. When the signs and symptoms of an illness can be attributed to a specific infectious organism that resides in the building.
primary treatment
fly ash
building-related illness
Gross Primary Productivity
48. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
decomposer
inner core
secondary pollutants
clay
49. Each of the feeding levels in a food chain.
photochemical smog
trophic level
biosphere
convection
50. The outer part of the Earth - consisting of the crust and upper mantle - approximately 100 km (62 miles) thick.
lithosphere
slash-and-burn
no-till
ED50