Exam Review Materials

The APES exam is on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at 8 am

HERE is some general information about all exams

The information on this page is meant to help you prepare. Remember to engage in ACTIVE not passive review. 

TEST PRACTICE

Go to AP Classroom and click on my assignments. You will find two practice tests (MC and FRQ) They are untimed and will be automatically scored when you finish (give it a couple of min)

Previous exam (Multiple choice)     and HERE is an answer key for this practice exam. Use these to find out what you DON'T know and then study those things!

Past Exam FRQs These are great practice. The link to the AP website will lead you to questions as well as rubrics and sample answers so you can grade them when you finish

Experimental design FRQ review video

Propose env solution FRQ review video

CONTENT REVIEW

Videos for every unit - These excellent videos are 8-18 minutes long. Lot's of review and new details in here.  

MORE Test review videos
These are specifically designed to review right before the exam

AP review videos - One review video for each of the 9 APES units - Each of these is about 45 min

Practice questions for discussion (google slides)

Excellent review slide deck (2021) with strategies

The entire year in 100 slides from another teacher

Pictures and diagrams from the text

Topics not covered this year
    Plate Tectonics (First part of chap 8)
    Risk Assessment (chap 17)
    Land management (Chap 10)  DO THIS ONE!

How are your math skills? These are the skills you will likely use on the exam.

    Dimensional analysis

    percent increase/decrease

    Scientific notation

    Converting between metric units


TIPS and GUIDELINES

Tips for taking the FRQ portion of the test

Digital testing requirements (at home 2021)

Content by chapter

By looking at the three released multiple choice exams, the chapters that they drew the most questions were:

3 - Ecosystem Ecology

4 - Global Climate/Biomes

7 - Human Population

11 - Agriculture

12 - Non-renewable energy

14 - Water pollution

Every exam draws heavily on these two chapters

15 - Air pollution

19 - Climate Change