Environmental AP Summer Assignment
Mr. Mowder
Read Chapters 1-4 in the textbook, outline, and prepare for an exam on Friday of the first
week of school.
Be sure to cover the following topics in detail:
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The differences between Conservation, Preservation, and Environmentalism
The contributions of several important Americans, including Theodore Roosevelt,
John Muir, George Marsh, and Rachel Carson to name a few
Understand the economic worldwide classes and their impact on societies
Understand the fundamental concepts of Ecosystems, Communities, Species, and
Ecology in General
Review the general chemical principles involving inorganic and organic
chemistry, and energy discussed in the textbook
Understand how environmental scientists view terms like metabolism,
combustion, friction, heat, and entropy
Understand common environmental terms dealing with productivity and their
affects on food chains and trophic levels
Understand the carbon cycle, sulfur cycle, nitrogen cycle, and water cycle
concentrating on the usable and unusable forms in each
Understand Leibig’s principle, Shelford’s theories, and the Laws of
Thermodynamics
Understand Abiotic and Biotic factors and how they affect organisms in where
they live, territories, etc.
Understand common theories such as Natural Selection, Adaptation, Convergent
and Divergent Evolution, Mutations, and Acclimation
Understand the influence of resources on populations, communities and the
potential for competition
Be able to describe the factors leading to productivity, diversity, abundance, and
resilience
Understand the principles leading to primary and secondary succession
Download the Excel file on my teacherweb site (AP Env Documents… AP Exam
Concepts and Terms Review Database) and define ALL of the terms and concepts, this
will take a while so start VERY EARLY!
Environmental AP Summer Assignment
Mr. Mowder
Read Chapters 1-4 in the textbook, outline, and prepare for an exam on Friday of the first
week of school.
Be sure to cover the following topics in detail:











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The differences between Conservation, Preservation, and Environmentalism
The contributions of several important Americans, including Theodore Roosevelt,
John Muir, George Marsh, and Rachel Carson to name a few
Understand the economic worldwide classes and their impact on societies
Understand the fundamental concepts of Ecosystems, Communities, Species, and
Ecology in General
Review the general chemical principles involving inorganic and organic
chemistry, and energy discussed in the textbook
Understand how environmental scientists view terms like metabolism,
combustion, friction, heat, and entropy
Understand common environmental terms dealing with productivity and their
affects on food chains and trophic levels
Understand the carbon cycle, sulfur cycle, nitrogen cycle, and water cycle
concentrating on the usable and unusable forms in each
Understand Leibig’s principle, Shelford’s theories, and the Laws of
Thermodynamics
Understand Abiotic and Biotic factors and how they affect organisms in where
they live, territories, etc.
Understand common theories such as Natural Selection, Adaptation, Convergent
and Divergent Evolution, Mutations, and Acclimation
Understand the influence of resources on populations, communities and the
potential for competition
Be able to describe the factors leading to productivity, diversity, abundance, and
resilience
Understand the principles leading to primary and secondary succession
Download the Excel file on my teacherweb site (AP Env Documents… AP Exam
Concepts and Terms Review Database) and define ALL of the terms and concepts, this
will take a while so start VERY EARLY!