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How To Pass The Apes Test
May 2014 Class took the very first updated test this year
Must do throughout the year!!!:
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Have a study book; 5 Steps to a 5(best option), Princeton Review(cramming type book), Barons
(better for yearly study) *make sure to buy the most resent edition
Take assignments seriously
Look over the vocab and concept maps
Key Concepts to study:
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Biochemical cycle
Biomes
How species interact with each other
Succession
Effects of Invasive Species
NUCLEAR ENERGY
Geological cycles
Air pollutants
Weather patterns
Ecology
Volume formula
Graphical Analysis
Renewable Energy
Different methods of cutting/effects
Atmospheric Layers
Tectonic plate movement
Protocols!
Waste treatment
Basic energy and physics equations, especially kWh
Chronological Study List
1. August- September: Form your own study group
o Buy a Review book for the test
o Receive the list of “important figures”, keep this safe
o Print out Environmental Laws- Got to Usui’s teacher page @ www.cnusd.k12.ca.us/nohs
 Kyoto Protocol
 Madrid Protocol
 Montreal Protocol
 Clean Air Act
 Clean Water Act
o With each chapter do one practice FRQ and a practice quiz on the online textbook’s site.
o Don’t slack off on reading the book
 Pay attention to figures, case studies and tables
2. October-December
 By this point you have gone through several chapters. Find what ones make you struggle
and focus on them. Learn them. Live them. Love them
 Take a practice test. It will tell you what you need to work on and give you more
experience in taking them
3. January-March
 Go through prep book (1-2 pages a day)
 Go on College Board and look at past tests and FRQs
 Start an account on Quizlet and review the “150 ways to go APES” and Environmental
Laws at least once a week-Usui will set up in the library later on in the year
4. April
 Do every quiz on the online textbook. It will give you a good estimate of chapters you
know and don’t know. Study the ones you don’t know.
 Do a practice test complete with FRQs.
 Continue Quizlet – 140 Ways to Go APES and Environmental Laws
 Take it easy and relax. You will be fine regardless
 Focus more on notes (and TESXTBOOK)rather than Vocabulary
 Focus more on concepts as the test is about applying knowledge and not reciting it
5. The morning of:
 Eat a good breakfast
 Wear comfortable clothing
 Bring snacks
 Remember to read questions carefully
 Be ready to pass! Remember – What would Miller say?
Multiple Choice Strategies
 Answer what you know first and then go back
 Sometimes the answer is in a later question
 Remember your vocabulary and concepts to answer the question, apply your knowledge to
answer the question
 Trust your first instincts, don’t change your answer!!!!!!
FRQ Strategies:
 Treat all in-class questions (FRQ assignments and CT problems) like FRQs
 Focus on how they want you to write answers
 For math questions practice one math database FRQ per chapter PowerPoint for practice with
math.
GOOD LUCK! WE HOPE THIS HELPS AND WISH YOU FANTASTIC FUN!
2013-2014 AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE STUDENTS – PER 1
(This updated version could not have been done without the previous assistance from past APES classes)