Environmental Geoscience:
[Advanced Placement Environmental Science]
First Semester Final Exam Study Guide
This study guide does not represent what is on the final exam in its entirety!
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Environmental Geoscience:
[Advanced Placement Environmental Science]
First Semester Final Exam Study Guide
This study guide does not represent what is on the final exam in its entirety!
Intro Unit: 2 Questions
Concepts:
Hunters and gatherers
Living sustainable
Living off the interest
The five ‘Rs”
Industrial revolution
Environmental problems
Hydrosphere Unit: 37 Questions
Concepts:
Water distribution in percentages
Domestic use in percentages
Desalination
Wetlands (Benefits and consequences of removal)
Septic system
Biological oxygen demanding agents
Kick net test reading values
Fecal coliform
Dissolved oxygen
pH values
Turbidity
Nitrates
Calcium and Water Hardness
Eutrophication / fertilizers
Sewage treatment plants (Primary and Secondary)
Evaporation and Transpiration
Runoff (consequences & solutions)
Water cycle
Water pollution / Types
Non point vs. point source
Three Gorges Dam in China
Aral Sea
Salt water intrusion
Water cycle
Water laws and treaties
Riparian zone (Benefits and consequences of removal)
Water sheds (Drainage Divides)
Unconfined and confined aquifers (Artesian well)
Clean water Act
Safe Drinking Water Act
Dams (Benefits & Negatives)
Make Sure You:
Review pages 14-21 of Water Quality Lab Manual
Review ALCOSAN webpage or webquest
Review all water PowerPoints
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Environmental Geoscience:
[Advanced Placement Environmental Science]
First Semester Final Exam Study Guide
This study guide does not represent what is on the final exam in its entirety!
Review Ch.9 and Ch.14 In your Environmental Science Textbook. Review terms, practice test,
& FRQ.
Skim over wetland articles 1 and 3
Re-read the Riparian Buffer article
Re-read the ground water basics webquest
Atmosphere Unit: 33 Questions
Concepts:
How the sun’s rays strike the earth (Seasons)
Convection (Hadley Cells)
Orographic Lift (Windward and Leeward)
Hurricane Life Cycle
Tornado formation
Weather data lab (air temp, dewpoint temp, relative humidity, & air pressure)
Primary source and secondary air pollutants (Sources, effects, and ways to reduce)
Natural process of stratosphere ozone formation and destruction
Straosphere ozone destruction by CFCs
Catalytic converter
Photochemical Smog
Main legislation that controls air pollution
Positive and negative feedback mechanism
Climate change (understanding how climate change impacts weather systems, temps,
precipitation, ecosystem disturbances, sea level rise, and infectious disease.
Solutions to combat climate change
Acid rain (Causes and Solutions)
Energy budget and albedo of surfaces
Greenhouse effect
Clean Air Act
Kyoto Protocol
Montreal Protocol
Make Sure You:
Re-read Ch.15 and Ch. 19 in the “Environmental Science” textbook. Review terms, practice
test, & FRQ.
Re-read the electronic chapters 7 and hurricane basics pdf.
Review the following labs
o Weather data lab (electronic copy)
o PM 10 lab (electronic copy)
o Air pollution fact sheets
Review all PowerPoints related the atmosphere and air pollution
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Environmental Geoscience:
[Advanced Placement Environmental Science]
First Semester Final Exam Study Guide
This study guide does not represent what is on the final exam in its entirety!
Geosphere Unit: 28 Questions
Concepts:
Continental drift
Mid-ocean ridge
Subduction zones
Transform faults
Strike-slip faults
Normal faults
Subduction-zone faults
Thrust faults
Isostatic adjustment
Convection
Lithosphere
Hotspot
Stratovolcano
Basalt lava flows
Rhyolite lava flows
Andesite lava flows
Plate boundaries
Seafloor spreading
Richter Magnitude Scale
P-waves
S-waves
Tsunami waves
Abundant gases in magmas
Shield volcanoes & other types
Notable volcanic eruptions
Make Sure You:
Re-read Chapters 2.1, 3, 5, and 6 in the “Living with Earth” text.
Review all of the powerpoints of the geosphere
Review the following labs
o Plate Tectonic Lab (electronic)
o Volcano Rock Lab (electronic)
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