Ap Science Cards

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Air Mass

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Enormous bodies of air that move as unit

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Alkaline

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A basic substance, absorbs hydrogen ions or relapses hydroxide ions, in reference to natural water, a measure of the base content of water

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Barrier Island

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A long, narrow island running parallel to the mainland, built up by the action of waves and currents and serving to protect the coast from erosion by surf and tidal surges.

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Delta

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A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.

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Green Revolution

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Time after the Industrial Revolution when farming became mechanized and crop yields in industrialized nations boomed as farmers began using large amounts of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

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Hadley Cell

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A system of vertical and horizontal air circulation that creates major weather patterns, predominately in tropical and subtropical regions.

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Humus

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Dark, crumbly, nutrient-rich material that results from the decompisition of organic material, which is also a product of composting organic waste

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Insolation

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The delivery rate of solar radiation per unit of horizontal surface

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Loamy

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Soil composed of a mixture of sand, clay, silt, and organic matter

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Prior Appropriation

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When water rights are given to those who have historically used the water in a certain area.

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R-Horizon

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The bedrock, which lies below below all of the other layers of soil, is refered to as the R-Horizon.

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Riparian Right

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The right, as to fishing or the use of a seabed, of one who owns riparian land (the land adjacent to a river or stream).

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Thermocline

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A layer in a large body of water, such as a lake, that sharply separates regions differing in temperature, so that the temperature gradient across the layer is abrupt.