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AP Environmental Science
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1. Is equal to the number of deaths per 1 -000 members of the population in a year.
death rate (crude death rate)
no-till
Uneven-aged management
reservoir
2. The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive link in the food chain.
habitat fragmentation
biomagnifications
photovoltaic cell (PV cell)
C layer
3. 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.
kinetic energy
underground mining
secondary treatment
green tax
4. A waste product produced by the burning of coal.
wetlands
ecological footprint
fly ash
barrels
5. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release - open -loop recycling -when materials are reused to form new products.
inner core
traditional subsistence agriculture
non-point source pollution
niche
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
proven reserve
estuary
acute effect
surface fires
7. Biotic and abiotic natural ecosystems.
emigration
natural resources
lithosphere
acid precipitation
8. When a species occupies a smaller niche than it would in the absence of competition.
realized niche
lithosphere
Hadley cell
convection currents
9. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.
abiotic
k-selected
proven reserve
crude oil
10. 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.
overgrazed
peak oil (Hubbert peak)
wetlands
climax community
11. The rocks and Earth that is removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource.
malnutrition
overburden
mutualism
old growth forest
12. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
tropical storm
atmosphere
competitive exclusion
trophic level
13. An organism that must obtain food energy from secondary sources - for example - by eating plant or animal matter.
consumer
leachate
drip irrigation
food web
14. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country; a single - homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.
primary treatment
sick building syndrome
greenhouse effect
monoculture
15. The process in which soil becomes saltier and saltier until - finally - the salt prevents the growth of plants. Salinization is caused by irrigation because salts brought in with the water remain in the soil as water evaporates.
slash-and-burn
active collection
energy
salinization
16. 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.
Coriolis effect
catalytic converter
secondary treatment
estuary
17. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
B layer
nitrogen fixation
anthracite
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
18. The finest soil - made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
deep well injection
nuclear fusion
clay
deforestation
19. Formed from populations of different species occupying the same geographic area.
Superfund Program
shelter-wood cutting
natural resources
community
20. Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes - so we consider them incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence.
energy pyramid
nonrenewable resources
transform boundary
greenbelt
21. The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.
water-stressed
dose-response analysis
deforestation
replacement birth rate
22. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
subduction zone
agroforestry
primary consumers
carrying capacity
23. 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.
tailings
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
heat islands
divergent boundary
24. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava - ash - and gases are ejected.
volcanoes
La Nina
green tax
photosynthesis
25. An intensification of the Greenhouse Effect due to the increased presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
physical (mechanical) weathering
global warming
ecological footprint
watershed
26. Organisms that are capable of interbreeding with one another and incapable of breeding with other species.
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
food web
species
fission
27. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
silviculture
terracing
salinization
convection currents
28. When one species feeds on another.
predation
crude oil
respiration
nuclear fusion
29. The form petroleum takes when in the ground.
crude oil
thermocline
Gross Primary Productivity
habitat fragmentation
30. The process of burning.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
food web
R horizon
combustion
31. Any waste that poses a danger to human health; it must be dealt with in a different way from other types of waste.
hazardous waste
decomposer
tertiary consumers
ecological succession
32. 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.
active collection
photosynthesis
Hubbert peak (peak oil)
omnivores
33. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into compounds - such as ammonia - by natural agencies or various industrial processes.
by-catch
consumption
dose-response analysis
nitrogen fixation
34. Organisms that reproduce early in life and often and have a high capacity for reproductive growth.
energy pyramid
r-selected
tertiary consumers
disease
35. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.
population
birth rate (crude birth rate)
erosion
long lining
36. 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.
anthracite
decomposer
jet stream
Coriolis effect
37. The energy of motion.
kinetic energy
fly ash
trophic level
ecological succession
38. 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
albedo
kinetic energy
ozone holes
39. Change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals and resulting in the development of new species.
humus
chronic effect
evolution
ecosystem capital
40. The gradual breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller particles - caused by natural chemical - physical - and biological factors.
weathering
mantle
subbituminous
water-stressed
41. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
Uneven-aged management
biosphere
mantle
keystone species
42. The practice of alternating the crops grown on a piece of land - for example - corn one year - legumes for two years - and then back to corn.
physical treatmen
nuclear fusion
topsoil
crop rotation
43. Any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
First Law of Thermodynamics
Immigration
ED50
biological weathering
44. 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
transpiration
renewable resources
age-structure pyramids
45. A stable - mature community in a successive series that has reached equilibrium after having evolved through stages and adapted to its environment.
climax community
hazardous waste
R horizon
photochemical smog
46. Any substance that has an LD50 - of 50 mg or less per kg of body weight.
bituminous
pioneer species
detritivore
poison
47. The outermost shell of the atmosphere - between the mesosphere and outer space - where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
thermosphere
Half-life
weather
selective cutting
48. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
mutualism
habitat
evolution
chemical weathering
49. A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
food web
noise pollution
niche
reservoir
50. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
atmosphere
deep well injection
nonrenewable resources
leachate
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