July 2020

Living. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd Edition) by Andrew Friedland, Rick Relyea

Protected area consisting of zones that vary in the amount of permissible human impact. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd… Read More »Biosphere reserve

The region of our planet where life resides, the combination of all ecosystems on Earth. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition… Read More »Biosphere

Love of life. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd Edition) by Andrew Friedland, Rick Relyea

The total mass of all living matter in a specific area. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd Edition) by Andrew… Read More »Biomass

The increase in chemical concentration in animal tissues as the chemical moves up the food chain. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd… Read More »Biomagnification

The movements of matter within and between ecosystems. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd Edition) by Andrew Friedland, Rick Relyea

Liquid fuel created from processed or refined biomass. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd Edition) by Andrew Friedland, Rick Relyea

An area that contains a high proportion of all the species found on Earth. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd… Read More »Biodiversity hotspot

The diversity of life forms in an environment. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd Edition) by Andrew Friedland, Rick Relyea

A diesel substitute produced by extracting and chemically altering oil from plants. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd Edition) by… Read More »Biodiesel

Organic waste, typically coming from plant or animal sources (for example food scraps and paper), which other living organisms can break down — Source: Environmental… Read More »Biodegradable Waste

The amount of oxygen a quantity of water uses over a period of time at specific temperatures — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course… Read More »Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)

A worldview that holds that humans are just one of many species on Earth, all of which have equal intrinsic value. — Source: Environmental Science… Read More »Biocentric worldview

An increased concentration of a chemical within an organism over time. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd Edition) by Andrew… Read More »Bioaccumulation

The muddy bottom of a lake, pond, or ocean. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd Edition) by Andrew Friedland, Rick… Read More »Benthic zone

Unit that measures the rate at which a sample of radioactive material decays; 1 Bq = decay of 1 atom or nucleus per second —… Read More »Becquerel (Bq)

An illegal method of getting rid of household waste, possibly in an attempt to save on bin charges, that releases levels of pollutants into the… Read More »Backyard Burning

The average rate at which species become extinct over the long term. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd Edition) by… Read More »Background extinction rate

An organism that uses the energy of the Sun to produce usable forms of energy. Also known as producer. — Source: Environmental Science for the… Read More »Autotroph