APEnvironmentalScience:SUMMERVOCABULARYASSIGNMENT
APESCOLLECTION
Foryourvocabularyassignment,youwillbefamiliarizingyourselfwithsciencetermsthatwewillbeusingatdifferent
pointsduringthesemester.Youwillbe“collecting”imagesthroughoutthesummerbytakingdigitalphotographs.Your
collectionmustinclude50itemsfromthelistfoundinthisfile.Youmaychooseanywordsaslongasyoudonotrepeat
anywordsorpictures.Youmaynotuseapictureformorethan1word.Thepresentationshouldbeorganized
alphabetically.Becreative;Iknowmanyofyouwillneverbeabletophotographsubsurfaceminingorphotochemical
smog,butyoucancomeupwithacleverwaytodepictit.
Guidelines:
Eachitemisworth5points.
1.Itishighlyrecommendedthatyoucollectatleast10imageseachweekinordertopaceyourselfonthis
assignment.Youwillcollecteachitembyfindingitandtakingaphotograph(digitalorpaperprinted).ONEVOCAB
WORD/PICTURE!Youarerequiredtodo1PowerPointslideforeachpicture/termthatincludesadescriptionwiththe
following(youMUSTusethisnumberingsysteminyourresponsetohelpinthegradingprocess):
1. Thevocabwordinboldtypeatthetopoftheslideandapicturerepresentingthevocabword(whichmust
includeyouruniqueinitialedobject–seebelow.(ex.1.decomposer)
2. whatthespecimenis–describewhatthepictureisof(ex.2.Shelffungusgrowingoutofadeadtreelyingonthe
forestfloor)
3. whereyoufoundit–thisincludesspecificsite,thecity,state,andcountry(ex.3.PeachtreeRidgePark,
Suwanee,GA,USA
4. whatthetermmeans–thisisthedefinition(Ex.4.Decomposersareorganismsthatbreakdowndeador
decayingorganisms,andindoingso,theycarryoutthenaturalprocessofdecomposition.Likeherbivoresand
predators,decomposersareheterotrophic,meaningthattheyuseorganicsubstratestogettheirenergy,carbon
andnutrientsforgrowthanddevelopment.)
5. howitrelatestotheAPEStermyouchose(ex.5.Shelffungusisafungusthatgrowsonthesidesoftrees.It
growsintothetreeanddecomposesitslowly.)
ThisinformationmustbeplacedintoPowerPoint–NOWORDDOCUMENTS.
2.YOUCANBECREATIVE:
Ifyouchooseanitemthatisinternaltoaplantoranimal,liketheterm“cells,”youcouldsubmitaphotographofthewhole
organismoraclose‐upofonepartandthenexplaininthedescriptionwhatacellisandspecificallywhereitisinyour
specimen.Iknowmanyofyouwillneverbeabletophotographsubsurfaceminingorphotochemicalsmog,butyoucan
comeupwithacleverwaytodepictit.
3.ORIGINALPHOTOSONLY:THEFIRSTSLIDEOFYOURPOWERPOINTSHOULDBEAPHOTOOFTHEITEMYOU
WILLPUTINEACHPICTUREFORTHISASSIGNMENT.YOUMAYNOTUSEAFINGER,THUMB,ETC.THEITEMMUST
BEAUNIQUEOBJECT.YOURITEMSHOULDALSOHAVEYOURINITIALSONITFORVERIFICATIONTHATYOUTOOK
THEPICTURE.Yourobjectshouldbeclearlyvisibleineachphoto.
YoucannotuseanimagefromanypublicationorontheWeb.Youmusthavetakenthephotographyourself.Inorderto
provethepictureisyours,youneedtoplaceaniteminallofyourphotographsthatonlyyoucouldhaveaddedeachtime,
somethingthatyoumightusuallyhaveonyoulikeapenoraspecialcoinorakey,etc.Youwillneedtoputyourinitialson
theobjectaswell.Usethesameitemineachpicture!!YOUWILLRECEIVEAZEROIFYOUCOPYYOURIMAGESFROM
THEWEB.
4.NATURALITEMSONLY:
Allitemsmustbefromsomethingthatyouhavefoundinnature.Takeawalkaroundyouryard,neighborhood,andtown.
DON’TSPENDANYMONEY!Researchwhatthetermmeansandinwhatorganismsitcanbefound...andthengooutand
findanexample.
5.APESCOLLECTIONVOCABULARY
Onthebackofthispageisthelistofitemsyouareto“collect.”Anindividualorganismcanonlybeusedonce.
6.RECOMMENDEDDATES–10picturesshouldbedonebyeachduedate.
Jun.5
Jul.3
Jul.31
Jun.19
Jul.17
ThefinaldateforallsubmissionsisSept.5(onceschoolbegins).Aftertheduedate,allsubmissionswillbe
consideredlateandpointswillbededucted.
Projectscaneitherbeprintedandturnedinbythisfinalduedate,ortheelectronicPowerPointpresentationcan
beuploadedtoeClassoncethesemesterbegins.
INDIVIDUALITEMS
Eachspecimenisworth5points.YouMUSTcollectandpost50picturestoreceivefullcredit.
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Acidrain
Aquaculture
Aquifers
Areastripmining
Autotrophs
Biogeochemicalcycles
Biologicalevolution
Biomass
Biomes
Biophilia
Biosphere
Bioticpotential
Cells
Clearcutting
Climaxcommunity
Commensalism
Conservation
Contourstripmining
Decomposers
Density
Desertification
Detritivores
Drought
Ecosystem
Environment
Environmentalindicators
Euphoticlake
Exponentialgrowth
Fishery
Foundationspecies
Geneticdiversity
Geneticengineering
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Geographicisolation
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Geosphere
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Greenhouseeffect
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GrossDomesticProduct(GDP) 68
Groundwater
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Habitat
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Heterotrophs
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Hydrosphere
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Hypereutrophiclake
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Indicatorspecies
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IndustrialSmog
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Keystonespecies
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Landsubsidence
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Lichens
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Logisticgrowth
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Malnutrition
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Mimicry
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Mountaintopremoval
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Mutualism
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Nativespecies
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Naturalselection
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Non‐pointsources
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Non‐nativespecies
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Non‐renewableresource
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Oligotrophiclake
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Openpitmining
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Overnutrition
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Ozonelayer
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Parasitism
PhotochemicalSmog
Pointsources
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Primarypollutant
Pyramidofenergyflow
Renewableresource
Reproductiveisolation
Reservoir
Resource
Runoff
Secondarypollutant
Selectivecutting
Sinkholes
Speciesdiversity
Stratosphere
Stripmining
SubsistenceAgriculture
Subsurfacemining
Surfacemining
Surfacerunoff
Surfacewater
Sustainability
Sustainableyield
Tectonicplates
Trophiclevel
Troposphere
Waterlogging
Watertable
Watershed
Weather
Weathering