AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
SUMMER 2016-2017
Welcome to APES!
APES is not just about learning new material; it’s about discovering how and why everything is
interconnected. We will revisit a great deal of material that you already learned in your other
classes—especially biology, chemistry, algebra, and even middle school social studies. We move at a
quick pace during the year, so being up to speed on these topics will be an immense help to you.
When it comes to math, you need to be comfortable with four topics: scientific notation and calculations with
scientific notation, metric prefixes, dimensional analysis/factor label, and percent change. This packet
includes practice problems and links to good online resources. College board rules state that you may not
use a calculator on the AP exam1, so you will not be using calculators in class. It’ll be ok, I promise.
The second part of this packet is a brief geography review. You will be asked to familiarize
yourself with basic map components, continents, some countries, and specific locations within
some countries.
The last part of this packet is alphabet soup. We will be discussing different agencies and organizations, and
we usually refer to them by their acronym.
Please go through this packet over the course of the summer. I will not collect this packet, but during the
first full week of school when we’ve settled down to a regular schedule, we will have a formative quiz on
the review material. I will post an answer key to this packet on Google Classroom on the first day of school. I
am not going to have a formal review of the entire packet in class, so have specific questions ready. You can
also email me at [email protected]; I’ll check my email periodically over the summer. Finally,
please sign up for the APES remind account. I will send reminders about this information as we get much
closer to the start of school.
@qoapes17
Have a great summer, and I’ll see you in the fall!
Ms. Haase
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And yes, you are expected to take the AP Environmental Science exam on Monday, May 1, 2017
Math Refresher
PART 1: SCIENTIFIC NOTATION
1. Convert the following numbers into scientific notation.
16, 502 = _____________________________________
0.0067 = _____________________________________
0.015
= _____________________________________
600
= _____________________________________
3950
= _____________________________________
0.222
= _____________________________________
2. Convert from scientific notation to regular notation.
6.96 x 103 = ___________________________________
3.46 x 10‐5 = ____________________________________
2.54 x 104 = ____________________________________
9.1 x 10‐2 = _____________________________________
5.0 x 10‐3 = _____________________________________
9.444 x 102 = _____________________________________
3. Calculate the following without using a calculator:
Scientific Notation WITHOUT A CALCULATOR:
Adding and Subtracting:
https://youtu.be/PYTp75sryWA
http://academic.greensboroday.org/~regesterj/potl/BasicSkills/SciNot/SciNotA.htm
Multiplying & Dividing:
https://youtu.be/ciFOlirz4Js
http://academic.greensboroday.org/~regesterj/potl/BasicSkills/SciNot/SciNotA.htm
PART II: PREFIXES AND CONVERSIONS
Complete the following conversions:
1
256 m = __________ cm
2
97.25 cm = __________ mm
3
952 g = __________ mg
4
0.574 m = __________ cm
5
5.287 l = __________ ml
6
785.3 km = __________ m
7
84.363 km = __________ cm
8
0.254 g = __________ kg
9
36.52 mg = __________ g
10
14.72 kg = __________ mg
11
0.0035 mm = __________ km
12
35 kW = _______________ W
METRIC CONVERSIONS:
https://youtu.be/o-PJq7PT30w
Need a refresher on how to do this? You can use dimensional analysis
(see next section) or the Ladder Method:
PART III: DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS
DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS HELP
http://www.nwlincs.org/mtlincs/pilotproject/math/dimanalysis.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N0lRJLwpPI
https://youtu.be/LdZ00OFAfaQ
Dimensional Analysis Practice: ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS SHOW YOUR WORK AND INCLUDE YOUR UNITS.
1.
How many millimeters are in 8 inches? Please round your answer to the nearest 10th (1 inch = 2.54 cm.)
2.
Chicago uses 1.2 x 109 gallons of water /day. How many gallons per second must be pumped from the lake every second to
supply the city?
3.
If you are going 50 miles per hour, how many feet per second are you traveling?
4.
In my classroom there are 72 35-watt (W) light bulbs. How much will it cost to light my room for an entire school year if the
cost of electricity is $0.10 per kilowatt-hours (kWh)? My work year is 187 days, beginning at 7:15 am and ending at 2:45
pm. (Hint: that means your answer must be in dollars)
5.
My neighbor has an automatic sprinkler system for his front yard. It is activated for 10 minutes each of 2 sessions. There
are 10 sprinkler heads each providing 1.5 gallons of water per minute. How many gallons of water is the neighbor using
during a 30 day billing cycle?
6. My sprinkler system is manual but I have the same number of sprinkler heads that operate at the same
rate. I choose to water once a day for 5 minutes. If the cost of water is $2.50 per 1000 gallons, how
much money do I save during this billing cycle?
7. One pound of bituminous coal contains 14,000 BTUs of energy. Suppose a coal-fired power plant
needs 3,500 BTUs of heat to produce one kilowatt-hour of electricity. This plant has a 1 Megawatt
output.
a. How much coal is required to produce one kilowatt-hour of electricity?
b. How much coal must be burned to keep the plant at full output for 24 hours?
c.
Assuming the coal is 2% sulfur by mass, how many pounds of sulfur would be released in a 24hour period?
PART IV: PERCENT CHANGE: ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS SHOW YOUR WORK!
% Change
If your answer is a negative number then this is a percentage decrease.
1. Calculate the percent increase in world grain production per person between 1950 and 2000 using the following data.
2. The total fertility rate (TFR) of a country is the average number of births per women in that country. In Madagascar
the TFR went from 6.0 in 1995 down to 5.0 in 2005. What is the percent change in the TFR in Madagascar from 1995
to 2005?
Geography
Be able to locate or identify the following terms/locations.
Africa
Alaska
Antarctica
Appalachian Mountains
Arctic Ocean
Asia
Atlantic Ocean
Australia
Bangladesh
Brazil
California
Chernobyl (Ukraine)
China
England
Equator
Europe
Everglades
Fukushima Daiichi (Japan)
Colorado River
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Stream
India
Indian Ocean
Japan
Latitude
Longitude
Love Canal (NY)
Mediterranean Sea
Mexico
Mississippi River
New Orleans, LA
North America
North Atlantic Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
North, South, East, West
Pacific Ocean
Peru
Rocky Mountains
Russia
Saudi Arabia
San Andreas Fault
South America
South Atlantic Ocean
South Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
Three Mile Island (PA)
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Venezuela
You should also have an idea of which states comprise the following regions of the U.S.:
Great Plains, Northwest, Southwest, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast
AGENCY ALPHABET SOUP
ABBREVIATION
BLM
AGENCY
Bureau of Land Management
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
DOE
Department of Energy
DOI
Department of Interior DOJ
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
FDA
Food & Drug Administration
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
USFS
Forest Service
USFWS
Fish & Wildlife Service
HHS
Department of Health and Human Services
NOAA
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
NPS
National Park Service
NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
UN
United Nations
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
USAID
United States Agency for International Development
USDA
Department of Agriculture