AP®︎ Environmental Science: Topic 7.8 Flashcards

Master key terms and definitions for Topic 7.8 of AP Environmental Science – Noise Pollution to help you prep for quizzes and the AP exam.

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Noise Pollution

Definition

Human-generated sound at levels high enough to cause physiological stress, hearing loss, or ecological disruption

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Noise Pollution
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Human-generated sound at levels high enough to cause physiological stress, hearing loss, or ecological disruption

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A logarithmic unit of sound level; a 10 dB increase represents a tenfold increase in sound intensity

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Interference in which background noise makes biologically important sounds difficult or impossible to detect, disrupting communication, hunting, or predator detection

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