​ ​Welcome to AP Environmental Science ¾ Blue!

Use this site for updated work that will be due, quizzes, tests and projects. 
Google Classroom is where the work is posted, specific instructions and planning is found here!

HOMEWORK and class updates:

Week of Jan. 30-Feb 3
TEST MONDAY (no classes Fri. so the part 1 unit 5 test is today!)
Know the following: Logging methods (clearcuttin, selective cutting, slash/burn for ex.) Erosion of soil and why does it happen??, TOC!!!, irrigation methods good/bad, green revolution, GMO, Agricultural methods good/bad, Fertilizer (synthetic/organic) Soil permeability and farming,
desertification-where is it the worst in the world?  Look it up!, Ogallalla aquifer!  38 MC.  If you are absent makeups are the day you return!!  This counts for 2nd quarter.
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Week of Feb 6-10
Midterm!! Counts as two tests for 3rd quarter. Know the following:
Malthusian Theory, carbon/nitro cycles, trophic pyramid, growth rate, ecosystem services, climate of areas/current systems affects, survivorship curve, GMO,human pop growth, K & R species, GPP and NPP, Island biogeography, agriculture irrigation methods, doubling time calculation, soil triangle, Ogallalla, succession, symbiosis, TOC, soil horizons, demographic transition,  biomes, fertilizer use, age structure diagrams,  layers of the atmosphere, soil types and remediation, tilt of earth and hours of daylight, pest management, ozone good/bad, Dam affects on ecosystem, agricultural practices, logging practices, CAFOS, population growth rate, hydrological cycle.  65 MC questions 1 FRQ
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Week of Feb 13-18  Happy Valentines Day!
Biggest Little Farm!  
TEST Fri- Unit 5 complete.  ** If you will be absent make sure you see me or you will take the test on your return- MONDAY after break.  Be prepared!!!
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