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APES Vocabulary

|Chapter 1 |

|Affluenza |

|Anthropogenic |

|Biodiversity |

|Natural capital |

|Natural resource |

|Natural service |

|Non-point Source Pollution |

|Point Source Pollution |

|Rule of 70 |

|Sustainable Yield |

|Chapter 2 |

|Deductive reasoning |

|Inductive reasoning |

|Negative feedback loop |

|Paradigm shift |

|Positive feedback loop |

|Chapter 3 |

|Abiotic |

|Ammonification |

|Assimilation (with Nitrogen Cycle) |

|Biotic |

|Community |

|Denitrification |

|Ecosystem |

|Hydrologic cycle |

|Limiting factor |

|Lithosphere |

|Nitrification |

|Population |

|Range of tolerance |

|Chapter 4 |

|Adaptation |

|Differential reproduction |

|Evolution |

|Extinction |

|Mutation |

|Natural selection |

|Reproductive isolation |

|Specialist species |

|Chapter 5 |

|Climate |

|Desertification |

|Greenhouse effect |

|Weather |

|Chapter 6 |

|100-year flood |

|Benthic zone |

|Cultural eutrophication |

|Floodplain |

|Freshwater |

|Limnetic zone |

|Profundal zone |

|Salinity |

|Surface water |

|Wetland |

|Chapter 7 |

|Indicator species |

|Invasive species |

|Keystone species |

|Chapter 8 |

|Age structure |

|Biotic potential |

|Carrying Capacity |

|J-curve |

|Logistic growth |

|Population density |

|Population dynamics |

|S-curve |

|Survivorship curve |

|Type I species |

|Type II species |

|Type III species |

|Chapter 9 |

|Crude Birth Rate |

|Crude Death Rate |

|Demographic Transition |

|Population rate |

|Replacement Level Fertility (RLF) |

|Total Fertility Rate (TFR) |

|Chapter 10 |

Clear-cutting

Healthy Forest Initiative

Mitigation

Natural Reserve

Old-growth forest

Rangeland

Rehabilitation

Replacement (Ecological Restoration)

Restoration

Selective cutting

Strip cutting

Tree Plantation | |

Chapter 11 | |Endangered species

Endangered Species Act

Fragmentation

Habitat loss

HIPPO

IUCN

Threatened species | |

Chapter 12 | |Aquaculture

Bycatch

Drift-net fishing

Long line fishing

Overfishing

Trawling | |

Chapter 13 | |Food security

Genetically Modified Crops

Green Revolution

Gully erosion

Integrated Pest Management

Intercropping

Malnutrition

Monoculture

Overnutrition

Pesticide

Polyculture

Polyvarietal cultivation

Rachel Carson

Rill erosion

Salinization

Sheet erosion

Strip cropping

Undernutrition

Waterlogging | |

Chapter 14 | |Aquifer

Aral Sea

Desalinization

Drip Irrigation

Gravity Flow Irrigation

Groundwater

Recharge area

Runoff

Saltwater intrusion

Surface water

Three Gorges Dam

Water table | |

Chapter 15 | |Convergent plate boundary

Depletion time

Divergent plate boundary

High grade ore

Identified resource

Mountaintop removal

Open pit mining

Overburden

Reserves

Strip mining

Tectonic plates | |

Chapter 16 | |Anthracite coal

Bituminous coal

Coal gasification

Coal liquification

Crude oil

Fissile material

LPG

Nuclear fission

Oil sand

Radon

Shale oil

SNG

U-235

U-238 | |

Chapter 17 | |Biofuel

Biomass

Efficiency of an incandescent light bulb

Energy efficiency

Geothermal energy

Passive solar energy

Photovoltaic cell

Wind farm | |

Chapter 18 | |Biological hazard

Carcinogen

Etiological

Infectious disease

LD-50

Mutagen

Risk assessment

Teratogen

Toxicology

Transmissible | |

Chapter 19 | |Acid Deposition (with the chemical reactions)

Asbestos

Industrial Smog

Killer Smog

NOx

Ozone

Ozone Layer

Particulate Matter

Photochemical Smog

Primary Pollutant (also list them)

Secondary Pollutant (also list them)

Sick Building Syndrome

Stratosphere

Stratospheric Ozone

Temperature Inversion

Trophospheric Ozone

Troposphere

Volatile Organic Compound | |

Chapter 20 | |Climate Change

ENSO

Global Warming

Kyoto Protocol

Montreal Protocol

Ozone Thinning | |

Chapter 21 | |Biochemcial Oxygen Demand

Dissolved Oxygen

MTBE

Primary Waste Treatment

Secondary Waste Treatment

Septic system

Septic zone

Tertiary Waste Treatment

Turbidity | |

Chapter 22 | |Five R’s

Hazardous waste

Integrated waste management

Landfill liner

Leachate

Municipal solid waste

Soild waste

Waste incinerator | |

Chapter 23 | |Megacity

Rural

Suburban

Sustainable City

Urban

Urban Development

Urban Heat Island Effect

Urban Sprawl | |

Chapter 24-26 | |Environmental law

Environmental Wisdom View

Free market economic system

GDP

GPI

Planetary Management View

Stewardship View | |

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