APES Key Terms
Unit 1
(Chapters 1,6,22)
Unit 2
(Chapters 2,3,5 and
sections 4-2, 4-3, 4-6)
Unit 3
(Chapters 7,8,9,10,11,14
and sections 4-1, 4-4, 4-5)
Unit 4
(Chapters 12)
Unit 5
environmental science, ecology, developed countries, developing
countries, natural capital, renewable, nonrenewable, sustainable,
ecological footprint, crude birth rate, crude death rate, replacementlevel fertility rate, total fertility rate (TFR), infant mortality rate, age
structure, demographic transition, family planning, urbanization,
urban sprawl, smart growth, noise pollution
biotic, abiotic, habitat, niche, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore,
producers, autotrophs, consumers, heterotrophs, decomposers, ,
detritivores, trophic level, mutualism, parasitism, commensalism,
interspecific competition, intraspecific competition, predator, prey,
keystone species, intrinsic rate of increase, biotic potential, overshoot,
dieback, coevolution, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere,
generalist species, specialist species, indicator species, positive
feedback loop, negative feedback loop, synergy, net primary
productivity, mutation, adaptation, sequestration
climate, rain shadow effect, biome, plankton, nekton, benthos,
turbidity, salinity, oligotrophic lake, eutrophic lake, estuary, intrinsic
value, deforestation, overgrazing, invasive species, bycatch,
overburden, spoils, open-pit mining, strip mining, contour strip
mining, mountaintop removal, smelting, reserves, igneous rock,
metamorphic rock, sedimentary rock, ore, mineral, mantle,
lithosphere, aesthenosphere , depletion time, species richness, species
evenness, El Niño, La Niña
GMO, overnutrition, undernutrition, malnutrition, Golden Rice,
famine, industrialized agriculture, plantation agriculture, subsistence
agriculture, polyculture, monoculture, 1st green revolution, 2nd green
revolution, desertification, salinization, waterlogging, pest,
integrated pest management, commercial inorganic fertilizer,
compost, organic agriculture, irrigation, botanicals
crude oil, petrochemical, cogeneration, photovoltaic cells, biofuels
(Chapters 15 & 16)
Unit 6
(Chapters 18 & 19)
Unit 7
(Chapters 13 & 20)
Unit 8
(Chapters 17)
Unit 9
(Chapters 21 & 23)
VOCs, criteria air pollutants, National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS), catalytic converter, Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs),
albedo, ocean acidification, UV-A, UV-B, UV-C
groundwater, aquifer, surface water, surface runoff, watershed, water
table, wetland, drought, desalination, floodplain, turbidity, dissolved
oxygen, hypoxia, blue baby disease
toxicology, dose, response, dose-response curve, threshold, synergy,
epidemiology, carcinogen, mutagen, teratogen, chelation, zoonoses,
pathogen, vector, endemic, epidemic, pandemic, risk management,
risk assessment, infectious
municipal, hazardous, waste management, waste reduction, closedloop recycling, open-loop recycling, sanitary landfill, incinerator,
environmental justice principle, NIMBY, toxic racism, composting,
electronic waste, biodegradable, methane, leachate, material-flow
economy, service-flow economy, pre-consumer recycling, postconsumer recycling, corrosive, bioremediation, phytoremediation,
cost-benefit analysis, discount rate, poverty, regulations, subsidies,
full cost pricing, Strategic lawsuits against public participation
(SLAPPs)
College Board’s Seven Overarching Science Practices
***These skills need to be incorporated throughout the school year. The semester exams and the AP
exam in May will be composed of questions that reflect knowledge of and practice in these skills.
Science Practice 1 - The student can use representations and models to communicate scientific
phenomena and solve scientific problems.
Science Practice 2 - The student can use mathematics appropriately.
Science Practice 3 - The student can engage in scientific questioning to extend thinking or to guide
investigations within the context of the AP course.
Science Practice 4 - The student can plan and implement data collection strategies in relation to a
particular scientific question. (Note: Data can be collected from many different sources, e.g.,
investigations, scientific observations, the findings of others, historic reconstruction and/or archived
data.)
Science Practice 5 - The student can perform data analysis and evaluation of evidence.
Science Practice 6 - The student can work with scientific explanations and theories.
Science Practice 7 - The student is able to connect and relate knowledge across various scales, concepts
and representations in and across domains.