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APES TARGETS
Unit 1: Introduction to APES
Unit Test Analysis
Chapter 1: Introduction to ES
Target
1.1 I can define the term environment and describe the field of
environmental science.
1.2 I can explain the importance of natural resources (renewable
and nonrenewable).
1.3 I can explain the importance of ecosystem services to our
lives.
1.4 I can discuss the effects of population growth, including the
two major events that caused rapid population growth in my
answer.
1.5 I can discuss the effects of resource consumption, including
the ideas of tragedy of the commons, ecological footprint
and overshooting Earth’s resource capacity.
1.6 I can characterize the interdisciplinary nature of
environmental science taking into account the individual and
social aspects of this science.
1.7 I can understand the scientific method and processes of
science.
1.8 I can describe the scientific discoveries that have led to
paradigm shifts.
1.9 I can diagnose and illustrate some of the pressures on the
global environment (agriculture, pollution, biodiversity).
1.10 I can articulate the concepts of sustainability and
sustainable development.
How was this covered in class?
Simple
Mistake
Do not
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target
If you do not
understand target,
how will you
improve before the
AP Test?
1.11 I will be able to calculate the environmental impacts that
occur when people utilize common resources.
1.12 I will be able to calculate the individual cost necessary to
sustain common resources.
Unit Test Analysis
Chapter 6: Ethics and Economics
Target
6.1 I can characterize the influences of culture and worldview on
the choices people make.
6.2 I can explain how ethical standards are used to judge right
from wrong, including the categorical imperative and
principle of utility.
6.3 I can describe the differences between instrumental value
and intrinsic value.
6.4 I can explain what makes environmental ethics different than
other ethics in other disciplines.
6.5 I can compare the major approaches in environmental ethics,
including anthropocentrism, biocentrism, and ecocentrism.
6.6 I can explain the roots of environmental ethics by discussing
the viewpoints of
a. The philosophers: Ruskin, Emerson, Thoreau and Whitman
b. The conservation-preservation debate: Muir, Pinchot, Leopold
c. Offshoots of C/P debate: ecofeminism, environmental justice
6.7 I can explain how our economies exist within the
environment (subsistence, capitalist market, centrally
planned).
6.8 I can explain the why humans rely on ecosystem services.
6.9 I can describe principles of classical and neoclassical
economics and summarize their implications for the
environment. (Remember to discuss the terms: supply,
demand, cost-benefit analysis, externalities and external
cost).
How was this covered in class?
Simple
Mistake
Do not
unders
tand
target
If you do not
understand target,
how will you
improve before the
AP Test?
6.10 I can compare the concepts of economic growth, wellbeing, and sustainability.
6.11 I can explain aspects of environmental economics and
ecological economics. (Discuss steady-state economies, John
Stuart Mill , Herman Daly).
6.12 I can compare and contrast GDP and GPI.
6.13 I can summarize how scientists are able to valuate
ecosystem services.
6.14 I can describe how individuals and businesses can help
move our economic system in a sustainable direction.
6.15 I will be able to interpret information presented in a
graph that relates economics and ecosystem services
Unit Test Analysis
Chapter 7: Policy and Law
Target
7.1 I can describe environmental policy and asses it societal
context.
7.2 I can explain how tragedy of the commons, free riders, and
external costs influence environmental policy.
7.3 I can identify the institutions important to U.S.
environmental policy and recognize major U.S.
environmental laws.
7.4 I can differentiate between the three major periods of U.S.
environmental policy, explaining why laws created during
those periods were different.
7.5 I can explain the differences between the purposes of the
NEPA and EPA and how the creation of the EPA marked a
shift in environmental policy.
7.6 I can categorize the different approaches to environmental
policy. (Discuss subsidy, permit trading, green taxes, market
incentives, public-private partnerships, tort law, commandand-control).
How was this covered in class?
Simple
Mistake
Do not
unders
tand
target
If you do not
understand target,
how will you
improve before the
AP Test?
7.7 I can delineate the steps of the environmental policy process
and evaluate its effectiveness.
7.8 I can discuss the role of science in the policy process.
7.9 I can list the institutions involved with international
environmental policy and describe how nations handle
transboundary issues.
End of Unit Reflection
 Grade I thought I would earn on the Unit Test _____________
 Grade I actually earned on the Unit Test ________________
 Length of time I studied for the Unit Test _______________
 Was I absent at all during this unit? Did this impact my performance?
 Study methods I used to prepare for the Unit Test:
 What part of the test was hardest for you and why?
 What can you do to improve your performance on the next quiz or test? Be specific!