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.
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