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:
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2 Marbled notebooks for vocabulary (all vocabulary will be hand written in these
books)
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3 ring binders (separated sections for Lab and Class)
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Barron’s AP Environmental Science Review Book 6 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)
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PDF versions of textbook chapters and Barron’s chapters can be found on the class
website as reference for the summer assignment.
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How a typical APES Unit works:
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At the beginning of each unit, you will receive a Study Guide
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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Credit will be deducted at a rate of 10% per day for lateness.
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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!
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Emailed assignments will NOT be accepted.
This assignment can also be found by visiting the
Freehold Township High School webpage
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]
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AP Environmental Summer Assignment
June 2017
Welcome 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)
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Part A: PERSONAL INFORMATION
Tell 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?
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Part B: VOCABULARY
APES Study Guide: Unit 1
The 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. abiotic
2. aerobic respiration
3. anaerobic respiration
4. autotrophs
5. biomass
6. biosphere
7. biotic
8. carnivores
9. chemosynthesis
10. communities
11. consumers
12. decomposers
13. detritivores
14. ecology
15. ecosystem
16. ecotone
17. food chain
18. food web
19. gross primary
productivity (GPP)
20. herbivores
21. heterotrophs
22. net primary
productivity (NPP)
23. omnivores
24. organisms
25. photosynthesis
26. population
27. primary consumers
28. producers
29. pyramid of energy flow
30. secondary consumers
31. tertiary consumers
32. trophic level
33. adaptation/adaptive
trait
34. background extinction
35. biological diversity
36. biological evolution
37. differential
reproduction
38. ecological niche/niche
39. endemic species
40. fossils
41. foundation species
42. genetic resistance
43. geographic isolation
44. indicator species
45. keystone species
46. mass extinction
47. mutations
48. native species
49. natural selection
50. reproductive isolation
51. specialist species
52. speciation
53. species
54. species evenness
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55. species richness
56. theory of evolution
57. ammensalism
58. coevolution
59. commensalism
60. competition
61. environmental
resistance
62. exponential growth
63. inertia/persistence
(of an ecosystem)
64. interspecific
competition
65. limiting factor
66. mutualism
67. parasitism
68. population
69. population crash
70. population density
71. predator
72. predation
73. predator-prey
relationship
74. primary ecological
succession
75. range of tolerance
76. resilience (of an
ecosystem)
77. resource partitioning
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Part C: LAWS AND TREATIES
Fill 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
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Unit of
Study
Name of Law,
Treaty or Act
Internatio
nal or
National
(I or N)
Description
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Agency Responsible
for Regulation or
Enforcement
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Part D: BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES - Principles and Concepts
Part D: Biogeochemical Cycles - Principles and Concepts
Research 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)
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Part E: GEOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT
WORLD GEOGRAPHY for APES Summer Assignment
The 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 Ocean
b. 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, Darling
b. 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.
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WORLD POLITICAL MAP
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WORLD PHYSICAL MAP 1
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WORLD PHYSICAL MAP 2
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NORTH AMERICA RIVER MAP
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WORLD CLIMATE MAP
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