Chapter 15&16 Vocabulary

VOCABULARY TERMS


 • air pollution • volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
• secondary pollutants • particulate matter (PM)
particulates or particles
• primary pollutants • thermal inversion • photochemical oxidants
 • Los Angeles-type smog (brown smog) • Inversion layer
• smog • sulfurous smog • chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
• photochemical smog • London-type smog (gray smog)
• asbestos  • sick building syndrome

VOCABULARY TERMS 

 • waste • closed-loop recycling • bottom ash 

• municipal solid waste • open-loop recycling • fly ash 

• waste stream • compost • acid deposition 

• e-waste • leachate • hazardous waste 

• reduce • sanitary landfills • superfund 

• reuse • tipping fee • brownfields 

• recycle • siting • life-cycle analysis 

• source reduction • incineration • integrated waste 

 management 

• recycling • ash • RCRA • CERCLA 

Chapter 12&13 VOCABULARY

Chapter 12 

VOCABULARY TERMS 

• Nonrenewable • Capacity • Energy intensity 

• Fossil fuels • Capacity factor • Hubbert curve 

• Nuclear fuels • Cogeneration • Peak oil 

• Commercial energy sources • Coal • Fission 

• Subsistence energy sources • Petroleum • Fuel rods 

• Energy carrier • Crude oil • Control rods 

• Turbine • Oil sands • Becquerel (Bq) 

• Electrical grid • Bitumen • Curie 

• Combined cycle • CTL (coal-to-liquid) • Nuclear fusion 

Chapter 13

VOCABULARY TERMS 

 • biomass • biofuels • ground source heat pumps 

• renewable • ethanol • wind energy 

• energy conservation • biodiesel • wind turbine 

• tiered rate • flex-fuel vehicles • fuel cell 

• energy efficiency • hydroelectricity • electrolysis 

• peak demand • run-of-the-river • smart Grid 

• passive solar energy • water impoundment 

• thermal inertia • tidal Energy 

• modern carbon • siltation 

• fossil carbon • active Solar Energy 

• carbon neutral • photovoltaic Solar Cells 

• net removal • geothermal Energy

Chapter 11&14 Keyterms

Vocabulary Chapter 11

• malnourished • monocropping • nomadic grazing
• food scarcity • pesticides • sustainable agriculture
• food insecurity • insecticides • intercropping
• famine • herbicides • crop rotation
• anemia • broad-spectrum pesticides
• agroforestry • meat • selective pesticides
• contour plowing • Industrial agriculture (agribusiness)
• persistent • no-till agriculture • energy subsidy
 • bioaccumulation • Integrated pest management (IPM)
 • Green Revolution • nonpersistent • organic agriculture
• economies of scale • resistant • Concentrated animal
feeding operations (CAFO’s)
 • waterlogging • pesticide treadmill • fishery
• salinization • conventional agriculture
• Ffshery collapse • organic fertilizers • shifting agriculture
• bycatch • inorganic fertilizers • desertification
 • Individual transferable quotas (ITQ’s) • aquacultur

Chapter 14

• water pollution • algal bloom • sludge
• point sources • pathogens • manure lagoons
• nonpoint sources • indicator species • acid deposition
• wastewater • fecal coliform bacteria
• PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls)
• oxygen-demanding waste • septic system
• PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers)
• biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
• septic tank • thermal pollution • eutrophication •
• thermal shock • cultural eutrophication • leach field
 • maximum contaminant levels (MCL)

Chapter 9&10 Vocabulary

Chapter 9

 Aquifers • Saltwater intrusion • Dikes
• Unconfined aquifers • Floodplain • Dam
• Confined aquifers • Oligotrophic • Reservoir
• Water table • Mesotrophic • Fish ladders
• Recharge • Eutrophic • Aqueducts
• Springs • Impermeable surfaces • Desalinization
• Artesian wells • Levee • Hydroponic agriculture
• Cone of depression


Chapter 10

• Tragedy of the commons • Prescribed burn • Induced demand
• Externality • National wildlife refuges • Zoning
• Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) • National wilderness areas
 • Multi-use zoning • Resource conservation ethic
• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) • Subsidized mortgages
 • Multiple-use lands • Environmental impact statement (EIS)
• Smart growth • Rangelands • Environmental mitigation plan
• Stakeholders • Forests • Suburban • Sense of place
• Clear-cutting • Exurban • Transit-oriented development (TOD)
• Selective cutting • Urban sprawl • Infill
• Ecologically sustainable forestry • Urban blight • Urban growth boundaries
• Tree plantations • Highway Trust Fund • Eminent domain

Chapter 7&8 Vocabulary

Chapter 7

• Demography • Developed countries • Population momentum
• Demographers • Developing countries • Theory of demographic transition
• Immigration • Life expectancy • Family planning
• Emigration • Infant mortality • Affluence
• Crude birth rate • Child mortality • IPAT equation
• Crude death rate • Age structure diagrams • Urban area
• Total fertility rate (TFR) • Population pyramid
 • Gross domestic product (GDP) • Replacement-level fertility


Chapter 8

• Core • Richter scale • E horizon • Mantle • Rock cycle
 • B horizon • Magma • Minerals • C horizon
• Asthenosphere • Igneous rocks • Texture
• Lithosphere • Intrusive • Cation exchange capacity
• Crust • Extrusive • Soil bases • Hot spots • Fractures • Soil acids
• Plate tectonics • Sedimentary rocks • Base saturation
• Tectonic cycle • Metamorphic rocks • Soil degradation
• Subduction • Physical weathering • Crustal abundance
• Volcano • Chemical weathering • Ores
• Divergent plate boundaries • Acid rain • Metals
• Seafloor spreading • Erosion • Reserve • Convergent plate boundaries
• Deposition • Strip mining • Transform fault boundary • Soil
 • Mining spoils (tailings) • Fault • Parent material • Open-pit mining
• Fault zones • Horizons • Mountaintop removal • Earthquakes
 • O horizon • Placer mining • Seismic activity • A horizon
 • Subsurface mining • Epicenter • Topsoil

Chapter 5&6 Vocabulary

Chapter 5

VOCABULARY TERMS 

• ecosystem diversity • recombination • sympatric speciation 

• species diversity • phenotype • genetically modified organisms 

• genetic diversity • evolution by artificial selection • range of tolerance 

• species richness • evolution by natural selection • fundamental niche 

• species evenness • fitness • realized niche • phylogenies • adaptations • distribution 

• evolution • genetic drift • niche generalists • microevolution • bottleneck effect
 • niche specialists • macroevolution • founder effect • fossils • genes
 • geographic isolation • mass extinction • genotype

 • reproductive isolation • mutation • allopatric speciation 

Chapter 6 

• Population • Exponential growth model • Resource partitioning 

• Community • J-shaped • Predation • Population ecology • Logistic growth model
• Pathogens • Population size • S-shaped • Mutualism
 • Population density • Overshoot • Commensalism 

• Population distribution • Die-off • Symbiotic • Sex ratio
• K-selected species • Keystone species • Age structure
 • R-selected species • predator-mediated competition 

• Density-dependent factors • Survivorship curves • Ecosystem engineers 

• Limiting resource • Corridors • Ecological succession 

• Carrying capacity • Metapopulation • Primary succession • Density-independent factors 

• Community ecology • Secondary succession • Growth rate • Competition • Pioneer species 

• Intrinsic growth rate • Competitive exclusion principle • Theory of island biogeography

Biodiversity Hotspot assignment

Vocabulary for chapter 3&4 please click on the following link
Vocabulary for Chapter 3&4

VOCABULARY FOR CHAPTER 1&2

CHAPTER 1&2 VOCABULARY>APES VOCAB CHAPTER 1&2

Ecological Footprint Project

Ecological Footprint handout see link Ecological Footprint  

AP Environmental Science Summer Homework

Welcome to AP Environmental Science 2014-2015

Summer Assignments

Mr. Tran

room 322

Ctran@busd.k12.ca.us

Updated as of May 14, 2014

Summer homework for APES is listed below, which is consisted of three parts.  Part I includes three writing assignments, part II includes the math analysis, and part III requires students to read chapter 1 and 2 and be prepared to take the exam on the second day back from summer break.  In order to be enrolled into the class, students need to complete all assignments and pass the exam with a B or higher.  Summer homework needs to be turned in on or before August 18, 2014.

My Files I. AP Environmental Science Summer Homework 2013 II.   AP_Environmental_--_Summer_2013_Assignment_--_Calculations.doc   click on the following link AP Environmental Science Calculations III. Reading From Chapter 1 Living in the Environment G. Tyler Miller Scott E. Spoolman http://www.cengagebrain.co.uk/content/miller3535x_053873535x_02.01_chapter01.pdf