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AP Environmental Summer Assignment 2017

Welcome to Advanced Placement Environmental Science (APES)!!

Due the first day of class Wed September 6, 2017.

Materials Requirements for Class:

2 Marbled notebooks for vocabulary (all vocabulary will be hand written in these books)

3 ring binders (separated sections for Lab and Class)

Barron’s AP Environmental Science Review Book 6th edition (There are PDF copies of the sections we are using available on the class website) Hard copy of the book is preferred (you can use it for the summer assignment)

PDF versions of textbook chapters and Barron’s chapters can be found on the class website as reference for the summer assignment.

How a typical APES Unit works:

At the beginning of each unit, you will receive a Study Guide

Vocabulary from the study guide must be completed in your composition notebook (marbled style notebook). Vocab will be graded and each unit will have a vocab quiz. The day before your vocab quiz, the vocabulary will be listed on Quizlet for you to study from.

Study Guide questions will be assigned as do nows, homeworks or classwork. Usually completed Study Guide questions are due the day before the test or quiz.

The APES Exam is the first exam period of AP Exams, so to try to crunch as much information, and as many labs as we can, we will sometimes “flip” the classroom. In our case a flipped classroom will consist of students viewing a recorded lecture or screencast at home and filling in guided notes or answering accompanying study guide questions.

We will also do several labs and small class activities in each unit to apply the information learned through Barron’s readings, screencasts and class lecture.

Guidelines for Summer Assignment:

Credit will be deducted at a rate of 10% per day for lateness.

Do not plagiarize any part of these assignments, as doing so will earn you a "0" - not a good way to begin the year! If two or more students have the exact same sentences and/or paragraphs word for word, that is considered plagiarism!

Emailed assignments will NOT be accepted. This assignment can also be found by visiting the

Freehold Township High School webpage

AP Environmental Science Summer Assignment 2017 1

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions, comments or concerns. I look forward to meeting you in the fall! Mrs. Danielle Matthews [email protected]

AP Environmental Summer Assignment

June 2017Welcome to Advanced Placement Environmental Science (APES)!!

AP Environmental Science is a college level course that combines content area from earth science, biology, chemistry, physics, math, and social studies. You are expected to enter the course with a good understanding of basic scientific and mathematical concepts and skills, as well as strong reading, writing, and speaking abilities. Although we will continue to develop these skills throughout the school year, your success in the class is also dependent upon what you bring to it at the onset.

One goal of this summer assignment is to help you brush up on previously learned skills and concepts from Biology and Chemistry. We will be building upon and referencing them throughout the school year. You should be prepared to take a TEST on these concepts during the first full week of school. There will also be a vocab quiz and the first few days of school.

Summer Assignment will be graded, and is due the first day of class!Credit will be deducted at a rate of 10% per day for lateness.

There are several parts to this assignment.

A. Personal Information

B. Study Guide: Unit 1 Vocabulary

C. Laws and Treaties

D. Biogeochemical cycles-fill in the chart for the carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorous and water cycles. We

will get into more detail, but you need a primer before school starts!

E. Geography Assignment (maps are a separate PDF file)


Part A: PERSONAL INFORMATIONTell me who you are, why you want to take, and what you want to get out of AP Environmental Science.

1. Name:___________________________________ Grade:________

2. Nickname you prefer to be called:____________________________________

About you

1. What are your Hobbies?

2. Favorite Books/Movies?

3. Favorite music or musical groups?

4. Favorite app on your phone?

5. Do you work? If so, where?

6. What do you want to be when you grow up?

7. Why did you sign up for this course?

8. How do you learn best in the classroom?

9. What Science Courses and Levels have you had in High School?

10. Is there one thing you really, really, really want to learn about in this class?

11. What else do you want me to know, or do you think I should know about you? Tell me about yourself. What makes you…. You?

12. Do you have any questions about me?


Part B: VOCABULARY

APES Study Guide: Unit 1The Global Ecosystem

This unit will introduce/reacquaint you with some of the concepts fundamental to understanding the ecology of the earth.

Textbook reference:Miller, G. Tyler, and Scott Spoolman. Living in the Environment, AP Edition. Belmont, C.A.: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2012. Print. Ch 3, 4, 5

Outside Reading: Barron’s AP book

Vocabulary: Make sure to title each new Chapter of vocabulary at the TOP of a new page, and number your vocabulary words. ALL VOCAB MUST BE HANDWRITTEN in vocab notebook. MOST of these words are taken from your textbook, and the chapters loosely represent the chapters of your Miller, Living in the Environment Textbook.

1. abiotic2. aerobic respiration3. anaerobic respiration4. autotrophs5. biomass6. biosphere7. biotic8. carnivores9. chemosynthesis10. communities11. consumers12. decomposers13. detritivores14. ecology15. ecosystem16. ecotone17. food chain18. food web19. gross primary

productivity (GPP)20. herbivores21. heterotrophs22. net primary

productivity (NPP)23. omnivores24. organisms25. photosynthesis26. population27. primary consumers

28. producers29. pyramid of energy flow30. secondary consumers31. tertiary consumers32. trophic level33. adaptation/adaptive

trait34. background extinction35. biological diversity36. biological evolution37. differential

reproduction38. ecological niche/niche39. endemic species40. fossils41. foundation species42. genetic resistance43. geographic isolation44. indicator species45. keystone species46. mass extinction47. mutations48. native species49. natural selection50. reproductive isolation51. specialist species52. speciation53. species54. species evenness

55. species richness56. theory of evolution57. ammensalism58. coevolution59. commensalism60. competition61. environmental

resistance62. exponential growth63. inertia/persistence

(of an ecosystem)64. interspecific

competition65. limiting factor66. mutualism67. parasitism68. population69. population crash70. population density71. predator72. predation73. predator-prey

relationship74. primary ecological

succession 75. range of tolerance76. resilience (of an

ecosystem)77. resource partitioning


Part C: LAWS AND TREATIESFill in the chart below about each of the laws and/or treaties listed. Your description should be as DETAILED as possible.

Unit 1: Introduction to Environmental Issues*NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act)

Unit 2: The Global Ecosystem (none)

Unit 3: Biodiversity and the Ecosystem Approach*Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) *Endangered Species Act *Marine Mammal Protection Act*Taylor Grazing Act (1934)

Unit 4: Population, Resources and the Environment*Declaration of the Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm Declaration) *Federal Land Policy and Management Act (1976)

Unit 5: Land Resources and Hazardous Waste*Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) *Federal Mine Safety and Health Act*Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act *Basel Convention*Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund)

Unit 6: Agriculture and Land Conservation*Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) *Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA) *Persistent Organic Pollutants Treaty (Dirty Dozen)

Unit 7: Water, a Fragile Resource*The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) *Clean Water Act *Water Quality Act*Wild and Scenic Rivers Act *Ocean Dumping Ban Act*Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Act)

Unit 8: The Search for Energy*Energy Policy Act*Low Level Radioactive Policy Act

Unit 9: The Global Atmosphere*Kyoto Protocol *Montreal Protocol *Clean Air Act


Unit of Study

Name of Law, Treaty or Act

International or

Nationa l (I or N)

DescriptionAgency Responsible

for Regulation or Enforcement


Part D: BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES - Principles and Concepts

Part D: Biogeochemical Cycles - Principles and ConceptsResearch the biogeochemical cycles and complete the chart about the various cycles.

Trait Carbon Nitrogen Sulfur Phosphorus Water

Importance to life

Largest reservoir

Methods of transport

Cycle duration (long/short)

Enters the atmosphere?

(Y/N)

Unique characteristics to

cycle

Cycle specific vocabulary (defined)

Part E: GEOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT

WORLD GEOGRAPHY for APES Summer AssignmentThe goal of this assignment to review the major political and physical aspects of the world. You will also


look at world biomes and oceans. This will serve as a reference throughout the whole year, so make sure it is neat and legible. ALL work must be done ON the maps.

No lists or keys will be accepted.

A. Identify and Label on the World Political Map: a. Equator (red), Prime Meridian (blue)

b. Continents/Islands: North America, South America, Africa, Europe, China, India, Pakistan, Australia, Greenland, Antarctica, Iceland, Madagascar, New Zealand, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Galapagos Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Indonesia, Borneo, New Guinea, Philippines, Japan, Aleutian Islands, Sri Lanka. (We will identify more countries as they appear throughout the course by topic.)

B. Identify and Label on the World Physical Map 1 a. Oceans: Arctic, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern Oceanb. Mountains: Andes, Atlas, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Alps, Himalayas, Mt. Everest, Great Dividing Range,

Appalachians, Rockies, Sierra Nevada’s, Cascades, Sierra Madres, Alaska Range, Brooks Range

C. Identify and Label on the World Physical Map 2 a. Rivers – Name the following: Amazon, Congo, Zambezi, Nile, Niger, Danube, Yellow, Yangtze,

Ganges, Indus, Darlingb. Seas and Lakes: Bering Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Hudson Bay, Labrador Sea, Mono

Lake, North Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Caspian Sea, Arabian Sea, Aral Sea, Bay of Bengal, Lake Victoria, South China Sea, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Lake Titicaca, Lake Victoria, Lake Chad

D. Identify and Label on the North American River Map Identify the rivers on the North American River Map (1-14) must be on the map – no lists

E. Color Code World Climate Map (Use colored pencils – and include all islands) Identify the correct biome. Make sure to color in the

key as well as the entire World map.



WORLD POLITICAL MAP


WORLD PHYSICAL MAP 1


NORTH AMERICA RIVER MAP


WORLD CLIMATE MAP

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