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AP Environmental Science Vocabulary Questions and Answers air pollution presence of unwanted substances in air noise pollution presence of unwanted noise Water pollution presence of unwanted substance in water Point Source pollution that can be traced to specific source ...

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AP Environmental Science Vocabulary
Questions and Answers
air pollution - answer presence of unwanted substances in air

noise pollution - answer presence of unwanted noise

Water pollution - answer presence of unwanted substance in water

Point Source - answer pollution that can be traced to specific source

Non-point Source - answer source of pollution is many or specific, but can't be traced

Sustainable Yield - answer amount of resources that can be removed/harvested w/o
compromising ecosystem/initial natural capital

sustainable society - answer society whose processes/function can continue forever

Sustainability - answer ability to maintain function, state of being, processes

Greenwashing - answer marketing term for practices that suggest sustainability
when its not

hunter-gather - answer small, mobile bands of humans that survive on whatever
resources they have in territory

pastoralism - answer herding of animals that have been domesticated/partly
domesticated

Agriculture - answer process of raising crops & livestock in single, sml area

Renewable - answer Resources that can be replenished at rate =/> rate at which
used

Non-Renewable - answer Resources that cannot be replenished at rate they are
used

Potentially Renewable - answer Resources that are generally renewable, but can
become nonrenewable if not used wisely

Reduce - answer Limiting the consumption of products, decreases amount of trash &
resources needed overall

,Includes producing and buying fewer goods and services, buying long-lasting products
that do not need to be replaced frequently, and buying smaller sizes of items

Reuse - answer Taking old products and using them again, keep waste out of
landfills
•Reusing goods in the way they were intended to be used and repurposing them

Recycle - answer processing used materials into new materials
Breaking down the original product by some physical or chemical means, retrieving the
materials, and using them as raw materials to make new products

Degradable - answer Resources that break down over shorter amts of time & include
biodegradable waste that originates from plants/animals

Slowly Degradable - answer Resources that break down over long periods of time

Non-degradable - answer Resources that virtually never break down & have
indefinite life spans

Biodiversity - answer # & variety of species living in area

Public Land - answer any areas controlled by gov (in city, county, state, federal),
funded by taxpayers

Conservationalists - answer lobby to preserve/maintain land & natural resources so
that they may be cont to be used by humans

Preservationists - answer lobby to preserve lands & resources so they can't be used
by humans

Theory - answer explanation that has been tested & supported by wide variety of
observations & that new info in unlikely to discredit

Data - answer points that are measurable = quantitative or observations w/o
numbers = qualitative

Experiment - answer organic way of testing hypotheses

Environmental Science - answer interdisciplinary field of study of interactions in the
environment

Peer Review - answer scientific research is evaluated by experts in same field

Technology - answer application of science to human problems/needs

Model - answer Representation of process or object

,Scientific Law - answer statement/math relationship that describes single concept &
is widely accepted by science community, but is not modified over time

First Law of Thermodynamics - answer In physical & chemical changes, energy
cannot be created/destroyed, only transformed

Boyle's Law - answer PV = k where P = pressure, V = volume, K = constant

Globalization - answer process in which countries all over world are related in terms
of global market in goods

Natural Resources - answer resources existing in nature

Manufactured Capital - answer resources such as tools/factories

Human Capital - answer human beings w/ skills, talents, abilities

Marginal Cost - answer Cost of producing 1 additional unit of product

External costs / externalities - answer Costs that are incurred in the process but not
reflected in cost of product

External benefits - answer benefits that are received by those not immediately
involved in economic transaction

Cost-benefit analysis - answer analysis compares potential cost/benefits of product
or process

Full-cost pricing - answer products that include external costs, especially negative
externalities

Economy - answer system that produces, distributes, & consumes goods/services

Centrally Planned - answer Economy that relies on gov/another central authority to
determine allocation of goods & services & to set prices

Market - answer Economy that relies on marketplace where buyers & sellers interact
to determine allocation of goods/services & to set prices

Mixed - answer Economy that relies on blend of gov & markets to determine
allocation of goods/services & to set prices

Arable - answer Able to be used for agriculture

, Gross Domestic Product - answer Value of final goods/services produced over time
period in county

Gross National Product - answer value of everything produced by nation's residents,
no matter where they live

Sustainable Development - answer concept that sustainable methods for meeting
humans needs & wants are possible

Endangered - answer organism at risk for extinction in signif # of habitats

Threatened - answer organism at risk of being endangered in future

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) - answer Required by NEPA (National
Environment Policy Act)
Is complex prediction of environmental changes filed for proposed federal action

Second Law of Thermodynamics - answer when energy is transformed, some useful
energy is degraded into a less useful form, like heat

Photosynthesis - answer Converting the energy in sunlight into food;
Producers take in carbon dioxide, water and light energy to yield glucose and oxygen

Cellular Respiration - answer process in which cells release energy stored in food
Done by ALL organisms

6CO2 + 6H20 + light energy -> C6H12O6 + 6O2 - answer Chemical Equation for
Photosynthesis

C6H12O6 + 6O2 -> 6CO2 + 6H2O + energy - answer Chemical Equation for Cellular
Respiration

Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) - answer All energy absorbed by Producers

Net Primary Productivity (NPP) - answer Energy available to the next trophic level
Is difference b/t gross primary productivity & cellular respiration

Biotic - answer Living

Abiotic - answer Non-living

Producer / Autotroph - answer Organisms that preform photosynthesis
First level of food chain / web

Heterotroph / Consumer - answer Organisms that must eat other organisms for
energy

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