Ap Environmental Science s7

YEAR Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 2015 Water Math and E-waste Oil Spills Urban Sprawl Water flow, water pollution Mercury, solutions to e-waste Graph, impacts, clean up, Causes, effects on wildlife, (phosphorus) impact on sustainable development. ecosystem, ecosystem restoration 2014 Nuclear power Stormwater Earthquakes & volcanoes Carbon cycle - Biological Waste, gh gases, env. Specific pollutants in, Tectonic plates, how processes, how is atmospheric Problems with calculate volume, calculate subduction leads to volcanic C incorporated into ocean construction, river how much treated and activity, transform fault, sinks, identify terrestrial pollution from, accidents untreated by wastewater Primary succession, soil sinks, human activities that that have occured treatment, ways to reduce formation increase CO2, env. Problems Ways to reduce use of Tsunami, how generated, neg. Phosphorus cycle, how differs electricity Env. Problems from extensive ecological impact, from C cycle, why is paved areas P necessary to organisms 2013 Sedimentation and fertilizer Electric cars Stratospheric ozone Characteristics of ecosystems flow into Gulf of Mexico Energy calculations destruction, effects, Montreal with high biodiversity. What Protocol, CFCs contributes to loss of biodiv. Tropospheric ozone formation, Strategies for preventing loss. effects Benefits of biodiv. 2012 Fracking: Env problems, Alternatives to fossil fuels Design an experiment – What is a wetland? economic benefits, nuclear Calculations pesticides Wetland food web power – env. drawbacks IPM Economic benefits Methods for higher crop yield Degradation of wetlands Wetlands for water treatment. 2011 Forests: Affect of fire Relationship btwn CO2 & pH in How is electricity produced Plot data on a graph. Chemical suppression & climate oceans. Role of oceans as using geothermal energy? CO2 & physical properties of soil change on Beetle carbon sinks. Graphic analysis emmissions, GDP & energy and soil quality. Reducing population and calculations of annual consumption of China. Bagasse amount of land needed for Bees, collapse of colonies, global increase in CaCO3. & tar sands as energy sources. agriculture. pollination & economic Envir. Impact of loss of coral How? Adv & Disadv? reefs, env. Problems affecting Sustainability? services marine ecosystems. 2010 Pollutants: Interpreting data table Zebra mussels: Calculate increase in sea Lead, PCBs, mercury -Sources, Calculate methane Introduction Levels effects on humans, preven emitted by termites Prevention, Causes of inc sea levels Calculation: Cost of Limiting factors Effects on ecosystem Env impact on esturaries CO2 emissions Termites contribute to climate Other invasive species & Negative impact on Technology for change? it’s negative impact People removing NOx and Controling invasives with Strategies for limiting SOx from Coal burning other species - problems coastal development Manufacturing in India & China Char. Of invasives that vs. US help them thrive 2009 Nitrogen-based fertilizers Anaerobic methane digesters: Colorado River dams Calculate increase of cause other environmental Steps for producing Benefits other than GM use from graph problems Methane agricult. & recreation. Calculate the annual rate of Nitrogen & photochem. smog Environmental benefits Ptential environmental increase in land area used (primary & secondary Calculate: consequences of damming for growing GM crop pollutants). kWh of electricity that can a major river Make projections from Nitrogen cycle chem.. be produced Conservation strategies for your data calculated. transformations. $ the farmer can save reducing agricultural Identify reason for dif. In Years to recover the cost of water consumption. actual and projected land instalation Env. consequences of used in indust. countrey for climate change on river GM crops, hydrology Env. consequences of climate change on coastal ecosystems. 2008 Biodiesel (doc based) Landfills Forest Fires Human Population Calculate acres needed Calculate volume of Char. Of forests where Graph given data Environmental advtg of Leachate, mass of Cd, fires are suppressed. Causes of increased fert dif crops cost of treatment Healthy Forest Rates CO2 compared to fossil Reducing Cd in landfills Initiative;positive and Causes of dif TFR in dev Fuels Problems with these negative effects (excluding fire & developing countries Other benefits methods reduction) Impact of increasing pop. Economic & social Ecol services 0f forests On earth’s biodiversity problems Other biomes that are fire maintained 2007 Sewage Treatment Calculation: Ozone Depletion Urban development Primary and secondary Amt of water used and Chemicals responsible Differences in temp. btwn treatment, disinfection. electricity used and uses for them. urban and rural areas Disposal of solid waste from Home water conservation How ozone is brokn dwn Urban microclimate and sewage trtmt Home energy conservation Effects of ozone depl air pollution Effects of tropospheric (ground Gov. policy to reduce level) ozone urban air pollution Dif. In urban and rural hydrologic cycle 2006 Photovoltaic systems CO2 concent. Graph and Brownfield cleanup Georges Bank fishery (Grid connected & global temp. change Hazardous waste decline stand alone) Calculate change in clean-up and Fishing methods and Saving Energy concent. and ratio of CO2 disposal regulations Promoting PVs change to temp. Tragedy of the Causes of CO2 increase commons? Other Greenhouse gases 2005 Newly arising Calculate per capita Coal strip mining Drilling in ANWR infectious diseases meat production Land reclamation after mining Calculate supply Related env. factors Land use and energy Env impact of sulfur Tundra fragility for grain vs. meat content in tailings End use of petroleum consumption. Env impact of coal as Reducing an energy source consumption in the Increased coal use in US US 2004 Mercury in seafood Coal vs wind energy Radioactive waste Soil sample testing: Sources of mercury Calculate Kwh production and Low vs. high level Chem and physical tests How does it enter consumption of storage, ex. sources Adv and disadv of aquatic ecosystems community and Yucca Mountain fertilizers Biomagnification in explain difference. Other suggestions for Soil conserv practices large predatory fish Calculate cost of wind radioactive waste management. Humus - Biomes with Other toxic metals power /Kwh Ionizing radiation: soil rich in humus, Benefits of wind energy health effects and Source of humus in cause this biome and ways humus improves soil 2003 Exotic species Population problems Estuaries Whooping crane and Worms and grasses Calculate Crude birth rate Factors that affect California condor Abiotic changes & death rate, growth variations in temp. Reasons for decline in Controlled expermt. rate and salinity species numbers Experimental factor Graph data Important ecological Methods of protection. Measured Factors that affect birth and economic roles. Char. of endangered Hypothesis rate and death rate. Neg. human impact species that make it Data collected Env policy to prevent neg. hard for them to recover. human impact Ecological and econom. Reasons for and against protection

2002 Electric cars-env benefits. Water diversion projects Toxicity testing El Nino and disease Calculate petroleum Env. Problems Plot data and make transmission reduction Arguments for diverting Graph What is El Nino and Point vs. non-point for urban, agric. And Explain LD50 and where does it occur? source of pollution natural areas identify on graph Connection between Env. Policy to Examples of large scale Explain and identify El Nino event encourage use of water diversion projects threshold level (climate) and disease electric vehicles Extrapolating data to Env. Problems humans – for and associated with El against Nino 2001 Food Webs Energy calculations Stream water quality Indoor Air Pollution Experimental design Green building design Testing and pollution Examples Integrated pest Env. Impact of burning Clean water act “Sick Building” Management biomass Env law and policy 2000 Coal fired power plant Recycling Endangered Species Age Structure Diagrams Calculate: Newspaper-arguments Identify one threatened (histograms) BTUs of heat for and against recyclng and one endangered & Interpret and identify Pounds of coal Env benefits and costs of discuss why -largest & smallest population Pounds of sulfur recycling newspapers. Characteristics that make growth EPA compliance w/ Choose between species vulnerable to -infant mortality rates lbs of sulfur? newspaper and extinction Ways to reduce sulfur aluminum recycling Arguments in favor of Discuss demographic transition emissions program Maintaining biodivers. (changes in birth and death Env problems with Difficulties in Federal law or rates) sulfur emissions implementing international treaty to Gov incentives to favor recycling program prevent species extinction reduction in growth rate 1999 Pond Water Quality Resource use Air Pollution Pesticides Water quality tests for Define renewable & Graph interpretation Support of refute abiotic factors & how Nonrenewable esources, Ozone, lead CO, claims based on water quality affects give examples particulate matter scientific principles organisms Discuss per capita resource use Calculate % change Name pest and Design controlled in developed and Identify sources and describe harm to a exp. developing companies effects on humans agriculture or What are indicator Define sustainable pollution control humans, and a species? How to use resource use, give examples method of control to assess water quality. Economic policy or practice that facilitates sustainable living

Every year Almost every year there is something about energy Graphing or graph interpretation is common Some kind of calculation:  % increase  population growth  dimensional analysis  volume  area/ amount of resource use  ratio

Possible Topics 2016 Population Energy- wind/biofuels/hydrogen cells Air Pollution- Acid rain, nitrogen cycle Atmosphere (weather)- Global warming/climate change = impacts on biodiversity= species loss (endangered/invasive species) Scientific Method Water Resources- ground water/surface water issues/Dams/drought Mining- Mountain top removal Resources use-GMO’s fishing/forestry/rangeland

Remember They like to ask: Describe, explain Cause = effects = solutions Advantages and disadvantages Be able to support with specific examples