If you need to know it, it’s in this book! Cracking the AP Environmental Science Exam, 2012 Edition, includes:Quick-study lists of important environmental science terms; A thorough review of all necessary laboratory exercises; A comprehensive guide for how to ace the free-response section of the exam; 2 full-length practice tests with detailed explanations; Updated strategies that reflect the AP test scoring change.

Foreword

1 INTRODUCTION

 All About AP Environmental Science

 What Topics Will I See on the AP Environmental Science Exam?

 What Does the Exam Look Like?

 What Will My Score Look Like, and What Will It Mean?

 How and When Do I Register for the Exam?

 Timeline for Preparation

2 CRACKING THE AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EXAM

 The Princeton Review Approach

 Using Our Approach to Crack the System

 Let's Get Cracking!

3 EARTH'S INTERDEPENDENT SYSTEMS

 Welcome to Planet Earth

 Soil

 The Atmosphere

 The Hydrosphere

 Key Terms

 Chapter 3 Quiz

 Answers and Explanations

4 THE INHABITANTS OF PLANET EARTH AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS

 Cycles in Nature

 Food Chains and Food Webs

 The World's Ecosystems

 Evolution

 How Ecosystems Change

 Key Terms

 Chapter 4 Quiz

 Answers and Explanations

5 POPULATION ECOLOGY

 Some Important Terms Used to Describe Populations

 Population Growth

 Human Populations

 The Impact of Humans on Earth

 Key Terms

 Chapter 5 Quiz

 Answers and Explanations

6 RESOURCE UTILIZATION

 Share and Share Alike?

 Agriculture

 Forest Resources

 Ocean Resources

 Mining

 Economics and Resource Utilization

 Key Terms

 Chapter 6 Quiz

 Answers and Explanations

7 ENERGY

 Units of Energy

 Nonrenewable Energy

 Renewable Energy

 Energy Conservation, a Final Note

 Key Terms

 Chapter 7 Quiz

 Answers and Explanations

8 POLLUTION

 Toxicity and Health

 Air Pollution

 Climate Change

 Thermal Pollution

 Water Pollution

 Solid Waste (Garbage)

 Hazardous Waste

 Noise Pollution

 Key Terms

 Chapter 8 Quiz

 Answers and Explanations

9 CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

 The Importance of Being Sustainable

 How Else Do We Make Environmental Progress?

 Key Terms

 Chapter 9 Quiz

 Answers and Explanations

10 AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IN THE LAB

 Let's Try One--A Sample Free-Response Question Involving a Lab

 Some Common AP Environmental Science Labs

11 THE AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE HIT PARADE

12 THE PRINCETON REVIEW AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PRACTICE TEST 1

13 ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS TO PRACTICE TEST 1

14 THE PRINCETON REVIEW AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PRACTICE TEST 2

15 ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS TO PRACTICE TEST 2

Index

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