Name: ________________________________________ Period______ Date ______
AP Environmental Science: Ch.1 Study Guide (20 points)
Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability
Read Ch. 1, pages 6-26
Answer questions 1-7 on page 27
Read Supplement 2 and Supplement 4
Define the following:
exponential growth
sustainability
natural capital
sound science
environmentally sustainable society
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
economic development
developed countries
developing countries
Aldo Leopold
tragedy of the commons
ecological footprint
poverty
affluenza
point-source
non-point source
Rule of 70
reuse
pollution
planetary management worldview
stewardship worldview
environmental wisdom worldview
frontier environmental worldview
recycling
output control
input control
Name______________________________ Period____ Date_________
Case Study: American Chestnut (22 points)
Use the internet sites below (or others you find) to gain answers to the
following questions:
http://www.ppws.vt.edu/griffin/accf.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Chestnut
http://www.acf.org/
1. How common were American Chestnut trees in their native range before
1904?
2. What purposes did they serve for wildlife?
3. How were they useful to people?
4. How common are they now?
5. What happened to the American Chestnut?
6. What is the future outlook for the American Chestnut?
7. What efforts are currently underway to save the American Chestnut?
8. Why are the remaining American Chestnut trees so valuable?
Go to http://www.acf.org/
Click on FIND AN AMERICAN CHESTNUT TREE
9. How can you identify one from other trees?
10. What can you do to help find American Chestnut trees?
11. What can you do if you find one that will help ensure the future of the
species?
If you are curious, be a real scientist! Do your own research!