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AP Environmental Science
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Calculating risk - or the degree of likelihood that a person will become ill upon exposure to a toxin or pathogen.
crop rotation
risk assessment
biological weathering
silt
2. The industry or occupation devoted to the catching - processing - or selling of fish - shellfish - or other aquatic animals.
trade winds
fault
fishery
second growth forests
3. Radioactive wastes that produce high levels of ionizing radiation.
high-level radioactive waste
primary succession
convergent boundary
edge effect
4. Drilling a hole in the ground that's below the water table to hold waste.
wetlands
sand
Headwaters
deep well injection
5. Soil with particles 0.002 -0.05 mm in diameter.
divergent boundary
petroleum
total fertility rate
silt
6. The effect caused by a short exposure to a high level of toxin.
extinction
overburden
low-level radioactive waste
acute effect
7. Organisms that consume secondary consumers or other tertiary consumers.
greenhouse effect
ecological footprint
tertiary consumers
wastewater
8. The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources in a region.
underground mining
acute effect
carrying capacity
silt
9. 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.
sand
barrier island
jet stream
pathogens
10. Ozone that exists in the trophosphere.
tropospheric ozone
Coriolis effect
biological weathering
La Nina
11. Power generated using water.
hydroelectric power
primary treatment
chemical weathering
low-level radioactive waste
12. The amount of energy that plants pass on to the community of herbivores in an ecosystem.
low-level radioactive waste
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
carrying capacity
overburden
13. The movement of individuals into a population.
natural resources
Immigration
population density
doldrums
14. A process in which rows of crops are plowed across the hillside; this prevents the erosion that can occur when rows are cut up and down on a slope. ...
wetlands
mantle
contour farming
noise pollution
15. The point at which 50 percent of the test organisms die from a toxin.
secondary treatment
LD50
biological weathering
ecosystem capital
16. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal - or natural gas - derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
invasive species
law of conservation of matter
overgrazed
fossil fuel
17. In fishing - the use of long lines that have baited hooks and will be taken by numerous aquatic organisms.
greenhouse effect
natural selection
Immigration
long lining
18. The process that occurs when two different species in a region compete and the better adapted species wins.
anthracite
competitive exclusion
weathering
intercropping (also called strip cropping)
19. This category includes organisms that consume producers (plants and algae).
species
divergent boundary
old growth forest
primary consumers
20. A species whose very presence contributes to an ecosystem's diversity and whose extinction would consequently lead to the extinction of other forms of life.
biological weathering
keystone species
subbituminous
active collection
21. When one species feeds on another.
abiotic
biomagnifications
deforestation
predation
22. The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation.
Uneven-aged management
biological weathering
ED50
trade winds
23. Organisms that reproduce later in life - produce fewer offspring - and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring.
evolution
k-selected
water-scarce
crude oil
24. A fiscal policy that lowers taxes on income - including wages and profit - and raises taxes on consumption - particularly the unsustainable consumption of non-renewable resources.
green tax
transform boundary
albedo
wetlands
25. A basic substance; chemically - a substance that absorbs hydrogen ions or releases hydroxyl ions; in reference to natural water - a measure of the base content of the water.
terracing
land degradation
alkaline
physical treatmen
26. The accumulation of a substance - such as a toxic chemical - in various tissues of a living organism.
bioaccumulation
nitrogen fixation
monoculture
dose-response curve
27. 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
ED50
biotic
plate boundaries
28. When ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area - such as the area behind a moving glacier.
emigration
potential energy
primary succession
invasive species
29. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
C layer
mutualism
pioneer species
tropical storm
30. The A layer of soil is often referred to as topsoil and is most important for plant growth.
selective cutting
genetic drift
topsoil
Coriolis effect
31. A lowland area - such as a marsh or swamp - that is saturated with moisture - especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.
wetlands
scrubbers
transform boundary
kinetic energy
32. The number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population.
bioaccumulation
replacement birth rate
coral reef
volcanoes
33. 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.
drip irrigation
hurricane (typhoon - cyclone)
edge effect
malnutrition
34. The region draining into river system or other body of water.
upwelling
watershed
barrels
global warming
35. One that has never been cut; these forests have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years.
old growth forest
trade winds
silviculture
bioaccumulation
36. The water from which a river rises; a source.
Headwaters
convection
habitat
El Nino
37. The solids that remain after the secondary treatment of sewage.
sand
sludge
vector
mantle
38. 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.
solid waste
pioneer species
Second Law of Thermodynamics
second growth forests
39. The amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment.
nonrenewable resources
net Primary Productivity (NPP)
symbiotic relationships
biotic potential
40. An effect that results from long -term exposure to low levels of toxin.
water-stressed
acute effect
transform boundary
chronic effect
41. The place where two plates abut each other.
fault
physical treatmen
Infection
Coriolis effect
42. 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
fission
composting
assimilation
dose-response curve
43. A place where a large quantity of a resource sits for a long period of time.
ozone holes
Half-life
reservoir
asthenosphere
44. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
physical (mechanical) weathering
closed-loop recycling
deep well injection
climax community
45. 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.
fly ash
solid waste
salinization
agroforestry
46. Nets that are dragged through the water and indiscriminately catch everything in their path.
driftnets
heat islands
r-selected
arable
47. Air currents caused by the vertical movement of air due to atmospheric heating and cooling.
chemical weathering
industrial smog (gray smog)
biological weathering
convection currents
48. A climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years - for a duration of about one year.
estuary
tropical storm
non-point source pollution
El Nino
49. 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.
salinization
consumer
inner core
slash-and-burn
50. Smog resulting from emissions from industry and other sources of gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels - especially coal.
keystone species
alkaline
silviculture
gray smog (industrial smog)