AP Environmental Science

greatest global mass extinction

Cretaceous mass extinction

mass extinction

Sixth mass extinction

zones of lakes and ponds

littoral zone

limnetic zone

phytoplankton

profundal zone

benthic zone

temperate grassland / cold desert

minerals

strip mining

mining spoils/ tailings

open-pit mining

mountaintop removal

placer mining

range of tolerance

fundamental niche

evolution

microevolution

macroevolution

tundra

International categories of public lands

National Parks

Managed resource protected areas

habitat/species management areas

strict nature reserves and wilderness areas

protected landscapes and seascapes

national monuments

factors that influence population size

density dependent factors

Georgii Gause' experiment

limiting resource

carrying capacity

density independent factors

passive solar heating

active solar energy

photovoltaic solar cells

concentrating solar thermal electricity generation systems

benefits of active solar energy systems

drawbacks of active solar energy systems

geothermal energy

ground source heat pumps

wind turbine

fuel cell

electrolysis

petroleum

crude oil

advantages of petroleum

oil sands

bitumen

CTL

energy intensity

hubbert curve

three kinds of radioactive waste

becquerel (Bq)

curie

nuclear fusion energy

Annual energy consumption worldwide by resource

commercil energy sources

subsistence energy sources

EROEI

electrical grid

capacity

capacity factor

coal

four types of coal

metapopulation

five population characteristics

population size

population density

population distribution

random distribution

uniform distribution

clumped

population sex ratio

population age structure

levels of complexity (least complex to most complex)

individual

population

community

ecosystem

biosphere

four properties of air

air density

water vapor capacity

saturation point

adiabatic heating and cooling

latent heat release

hadley cells

ITCZ

polar cells

k selected species

r selected species

four categories of predators

predation

true predators

herbivores

parasites

pathogens

parasitoids

The layers of Earth's Atmosphere

troposphere

stratosphere

thermosphere

3 causes of unequal heating of the earth

coriolis effect

prevailing wind patterns

earth's tilt and the seasons

Gyres

upwelling

thermohaline circulation

El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)

rainshadow

biomes

Tundra

Boreal Forest

Temperate Rainforest

temperate seasonal forest

woodland/shrubland

tropical rainforest

tropical seasonal forest/savanna

subtropical desert