Terms for the AP test

Poisonous gases

• Hot poisonous gases make breathing impossible , and people succumb more guickly

The Coriolis effect

• It is not a function of gravity but of the earths rotation and air movement

Watersheds

• The boundary between two watersheds is called a divide

10000 years

• Residence time in groundwater can be many thousand years

Metamorphic rock

• Become denser and more compact when exposed to high heat

Granular disintegration

• Rocks are broken down by this

Gause’s principle

• Explains that no two species can fill the same niche at the same time

symbiosis

• It ahs three main types mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism

Genetic drift

• Random protein breaks or other genetic changes are known as this

Trophic level

• It includes producers, consumers, and decomposers

Respiration

• It is not a main component of the hydrologic cycle

Carbon

• It is the primary component of all organic matter

Doubling time

• Is obtained by dividing 70 by the annual percentage growth rate

Age structure diagrams

• They help scientists predict trends in a specific population

Carrying capacity

• Is the change in population number over time is equal to exponential growth over time times the carrying capacity of the population size

Genetically modified organism

• Genetically modified organism

30%

• One third of the earths surface is covered by dessert

Ecological footprint

• Americas is larger than that of other countries

Economical development of hotspots

• The INCU protects that

I=(P*A*T)

• The equations solves for I (total impact) by using P (population size), A (affluence), and T(technology level) to project a population’s influence on its local and regional resources

Power

• It is the term used to describe the rate of the flow of energy

Marie Curie

• Coined the term radioactivity

Pitchblende

• It is a common name for uranium oxide ore

China Syndrome

• It was feared that the core would melt through all the way to china

Solar cell digradation

• Thin-film solar cells of amorphous silicon experience a 15 to 30% decreased yield when exposed

Ethanol

• Pure ethanol increases performance and lowers hydrocarbon and toxic emissions

10%

• Of our power comes from geothermal sources, mostly in the western united states

Sick building syndrome

• It increases health problems and results in more sick days off

Energy Policy and Conservation Act

• Reduces fuel consumption and emissions, the CAFE standard requires vehicles to have an average fuel efficiency of 27.5 miles per gallon

Total organic carbon levels

• It is used by hydrologists to check the health of freshwater

Ph 5.1

• Ph of 7 is neutral lower than seven is acidic and higher than seven is basic

Climate change

• Takes place over a long period of and is not the result of seasonal variations