APES VOCAB- 2023

Vocabulary and key identifications from AP Environmental Science lecture notes, including chemical shorthand, legislative acts, and terminology associations.

Primary Succession

Associated with the mid-ocean ridge.

ultraviolet rays

Also known as UV radiation.

Carbon monoxide

$$CO$$

Sulfur dioxide

$$SO_2$$

El Nino Southern Oscillation

ENSO

Biological oxygen demand

BOD

Air Quality Index

AQI

Ultrafine particles

Also known as $PM0.01$.

Particulate matter

PM

Clean Air Act 1979

CAA

Kyoto Protocol

2005

Montreal Protocol

1987

Endangered Species Act

1973

Safe Drinking Water Act 1974

SWDA

Clean Water Act 1972

CWA

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act

1977

Resource Conservation & Recovery Act 1976

RCRA

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Act 1980 (CERCLA)

Commonly known as “Superfund”.

Delaney Clause

Legislation associated with the Food, Drug, & Cosmetics Act.

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

CITES