AP Environmental Science

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• Students will search anecdotes and images of animals that Darwin experienced along his journeys on the Beagle to describe how species may have differentiated. • Students will identify key assumptions of the theory at select points along the trip.

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• Students will predict total historical population trends from age-structure information. • Students will relate population growth to k (carrying capacity) or r (reproductive factor) selective environmental conditions.

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• Students will investigate the spatial patterns of malaria risks. • Students will analyze environmental factors related to malaria control in Africa.

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• Students will be able to describe the scale of urbanization. • Students will be able to analyze environmental impacts and advantages of urban centers.

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• Explore consequences of human actions on water resources. • Examine the health impacts of availability to clean water.

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• Students will identify and describe the locations most affected by deforestation.

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• Students will identify and describe the locations most affected by hypoxic conditions and dead zones.

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• Students will describe the potential impact of El Niño at various scales. • Students will be able to compare and contrast characteristics of El Niño and La Niña

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• Students will investigate how marine debris becomes trapped by ocean gyres. • Students will predict where marine trash will accumulate in oceans.

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Students will evaluate and describe how living and nonliving entities interact in ecosystem-level ecology

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• Explore current wind patterns across the U.S. and potential areas for wind power. • Investigate potential issues related to development of wind power.

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• Students will investigate geographic distribution of biomes. • Students will evaluate the human impact on the prairie and its animals.

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• Students will determine patterns of wealth distribution globally. • Students will identify sustainable suggestions for regions of the world.

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• Students will use genetic factors, such as blood type or a simplified version of genetic markers, to explain where human characteristics originated.

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• Students will identify biological factors that encourage speciation by examining centers of high biodiversity. • Students will prioritize regions globally for conservation with maximum species and minimal cost to set aside.