AP Environmental Science Summer Assignment

Welcome to Mr. Dougher’s AP Environmental Science (APES) class.  Your summer assignment is described below and is due on September 4th, 2024.  You must turn in your assignment to me personally.  The Summer assignment is worth 1 Major Assessment grade.

You will be assessed on both sections of this summer assignment during the first two weeks of class.

1. Join my Google Classroom for posting part of your summer assignment using the following code s676q3p 

2. Bookmark the following websites for help on the math review portion of the summer assignment.

janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/scinote/ 

www.purplemath.com/modules/metric.htm 

www.mathsisfun.com/percentage.html 

https://www.chem.tamu.edu/class/fyp/mathrev/mr-da.html

Part 1 - The APES Exam will require you to do mathematical calculations.  It is mandatory to show all work for all calculations on the free-response section of the APES exam.  This assignment is designed to prepare you for the type of calculations you may encounter on the exam. 

Use a separate piece of paper, show every step of your work where applicable, and cancel all units. Submit your answers directly to me on September 4th, 2024.

1. Write 0.0015 in scientific notation.

2. Write 5878300 in scientific notation.

3. Write 66,600 in scientific notation.

4. Convert 2.8 mm to meters

5. Convert 1.3 nm to meters

6. Convert 300 mg to grams

7. Convert 12 g to nanograms

8. Convert 250 mL to liters

9. Convert 400 GW to Watts

10. Convert 0.078 km to meters

11. Convert 17 g to kilograms

12. What is 45% of 1800?

13. If 40% of a natural area is to be developed, leaving 450 acres untouched, how many acres are to be developed?

14. If the concentration of mercury in a water supply changes from 72 ppm to 8 ppm in a ten-year period, what is the percentage change of the mercury concentration?

15. Perform the following calculations and write the answers in scientific notation.

a. (2.96 x 10^7) + (1.0 x 10^7)

b. (8 x 10^12) - (1.2 x 10^12)

c. (2.96 x 10^7) ÷ (3.7 x 10^8)

d. (2.1 x 10^5) x (3.1 x 10^10)

16. 60 mph equals how many feet per second?

17. An albatross can have a wingspan of up to 11ft.  What is the wingspan in cm?

Part 2 - Create a study set on Quizlet for the list of environmental legislation listed below.  Name your quiz using your first initial and last name and the year 2024.  (For example, my quiz would be named tdougher2024).  There will be an announcement on the stream in Google Classroom and this is where you will share the link to the quizlet that you created.

Environmental Legislation

1. Kyoto Protocol

2. Montreal Protocol

3. CITES

4. RCRA

5. Clean Water Act

6. Safe Drinking Water Act

7. Clean Air Act

8. Endangered Species Act

9. CERCLA

10. Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act