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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