Download Summer Assignment Environmental Legislation Research: (40

Summer Assignment
A. Environmental Legislation Research: (40 points)
The AP exam will ask about several environmental laws. There is little time to review
environmental law during the year, so it will be your responsibility to review and learn
environmental law for the exam. Study law throughout the year to prepare for the exam.
Find each of the following laws and/or treaties, use www.google.com (or some other
search engine) to provide the following information about each.
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Name of law/treaty and its draft year?
Has the law/treaty been amended?
Is the law and/or treaty national or international?
Describe the function of the law and/or treaty. In other words, state the environmental issues
affected and KEEP IT BRIEF!
5. Agency/group responsible for regulation and enforcement (e.g. United Nations, Department of
Interior, EPA, etc.)
This information needs to be TYPED and DOUBLE SPACED using a 12 point font like Comic Sans
or Times New Roman. In addition, you should use standard 1 inch margins. Points will be deducted for
not following this format. In addition the information about each of these laws and/or treaties should be
placed on a flash card with the name of the law on one side and the accompanying information on the
back. DUE DATE: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! (8/5/13)
1. U.S. Clean Air Acts
2. U.S. Clean Water Acts
3. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation Liability Act (CERCLA)
4. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
5. Endangered Species Act
(1973)
6. Federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) (1974)
7. Federal Water and Pollution Control Act (1958)
8. Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (1958)
9. Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the Resource Conservation Recovery
10. Act (RCRA) (1984)
11. Homestead Act (1862)
12. Marine Mammal Protection Act (1972)
13. Oil Pollution Act (OPA) (1990)
14. Oregon California Act (1937)
15. Refuse Act (1899)
16. Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act (SARA) (1976)
17. Toxic Substances Control Act
18. Water Quality Act (1987)
19. Water Quality Improvement Act (1970)
20. Lacey Act (1900)
21. Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) (1982)
22. Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (1977)
23. Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
24. Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) (1970)
25. Wilderness Act (1964)
26. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (1969)
27. Ocean Dumping Ban Act (1988)
30. Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (MPRSA)
28. Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (1968 and 1972)
29. Energy Policy Act (EPACT) (1992 and 2005)
B. The Environment in the News Scrapbook: (60 points)
The AP exam has extended response questions about real world problems involving the
environment. Looking at real world current events improves your knowledge on what difficulties
people are experiencing due to pollution issues and struggles between government and citizens.
1. Find six (5) newspaper articles related to Environmental Science (Articles do not need to be
consecutive weeks but the articles need to be from six different weeks.). If you are on vacation,
look in the local paper – there will be something – TRUST ME!
 You may use articles from newspapers and magazines on-line BUT the date of the
event MUST be on the article. The date you print the article IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE for a date.
 Failure to include the date will result in NO CREDIT for that article!
2. Summarize the relevant facts of the article in 100-200 words.
3. Additional Summary information to be answered in a separate paragraph using COMPLETE
SENTENCES.
a) How is the article environmentally related?
b) What bias (if any) does the author have? What leads you to this conclusion?
4. The summaries must be typed in a 14 point font such as Comic Sans or Times New Roman.
5. Paste/tape the summary on the same page as your article.
6. Create a Table of Contents for the first page using the following format:
Title of Article
Source
Date
Page
7. The articles you choose MUST have some “substance” and MUST have a clear connection to
environmental science.
DUE DATE: THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! (8/5/13)
*Topics for the course are listed below. This may help you to select a wider range of articles that interest
you.
Topic Outline for APES
Introduction
Chapter 1: Studying the State of Our Earth
Chapter 2: Environmental System
The Living World
Chapter 3: Ecosystems Ecology
Chapter 4: Global Climates and Biomes
Chapter 5: Evolution Biology
Biological and Human Population
Chapter 6: Population and Community Ecology
Chapter 7: The Human Population
Earth Systems and Resources
Chapter 8: Earth Systems
Chapter 9: Water Resources
Land Use
Chapter 10: Land, Public, and Private
Chapter 11: Feeding the World
Energy resources and Consumption
Chapter 12: Nonrenewable Resources
Chapter 13: Achieving Energy Sustainability
Pollution
Chapter 14: Water Pollution
Chapter 15: Air Pollution and Stratospheric
Ozone depletion
Chapter 16: Waste Generation and Waste
Disposal
Chapter 17: Human Health and Environmental
Risks
Global Change and a Sustainable Future
Chapter 18: Conservation of Biodiversity
Chapter 19: Global Change
Chapter 20: Sustainability, Economics and Equity
C. Book Assignment (50 points)
Reading chapters out of the book is very important in college. This skill requires discipline and
routine which several students lack. This part of the assignment trains you to read the text and
answer questions to get a head start on the content. We will not have the time to cover all of the
details the AP exam will require you to know. Be sure to answer all of the questions assigned or
you will miss content. You will get a quiz the first week of school on this content, so you are
responsible of all three chapter’s content.
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Chapter 1: Studying the State of Our Earth
Carefully Read pp 1-22
Answer all “check points” in the chapter. All answers must be in complete sentences.
Answer all multiple choice questions on pp 23-24. You can just write the letter of your choice.
Answer all of the Free Response Questions (FRQs) on p 24. All answers are in complete
sentences.
Measuring Your Impact on p 25: List your activities in each environmental indicators.
Chapter 2: Environmental Systems Carefully Read pp 27-48
Answer all check points in the chapter in complete sentences.
Answer all multiple choice questions on pp 49-50.
Answer all of the FRQs on p 51. All questions must be in complete sentences and all
calculations must be stepped out.
Science Applied: Were we successful in halting the growth of the ozone hole? Carefully
Read pp 52-55
Answer the following questions in complete sentences: 1) Why do we need an ozone layer in
the upper atmosphere? 2) How do chlorofluorocarbons damage the ozone layer? 3) Write the
reactions which create ozone and causes ozone depletion. 3) How did nations address the ozone
crisis?
Chapter 20: Sustainability, Economics, Equality and Equity
Carefully Read pp 548-567
Answer all check points in the chapter in complete sentences.
Answer all multiple choice questions on pp 82-84.
Answer all FRQs on p 84 in complete sentences.
Science Applied: Can we solve the Carbon Crisis using Cap-and-Trade? Carefully Read
pp. 572-574
Answer the following questions in complete sentences: 1) What are our options for controlling
CO2 emissions? 2) What are the concerns about controlling carbon using cap-and-trade? 3) Has
cap-and-trade ever been used successfully
D. Get a 1.5”notebook ready with the following index tabs: Introduction, Ecosystems, Biodiversity in
Ecosystems, Human Population Growth, Sustaining Biodiversity, Water Resources, Food and
Health Resources, Mineral Resources / Mining / Solid Waste, Energy Resources, Atmospheric
Resources (Air), Sustaining Human Societies
*****Collect 3 clear 2 liter soda bottles*****
These will be used for a lab the second week of school.
Name: ________________________________Summer work Rubic
Environmental Law Research (40 points)
A. All 29 laws include the following information:
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Index cards …………………..…………………………………………………….
Typed Law list w/5 points of interest ……………………………………………
1 eachx29
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Environment Scrap Book (60 points)
B. Five article with the following information:
1. Create a table of contents for the first page using the following format
a. Table of contents …………………..………………………………………………..
b. Summarize the relevant facts of the article in 100-200 words …………………..
- Date on the article (not hand written)
- How is the article environmentally related?
- What bias (if any) does the author have and your opinion
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10 eachx5
Chapters 1-2, 20 Assignment (56 points)
C. Book Assignment
1.Chapter 1: Studying the State of Our Earth
Carefully Read pp 1-22
- Answer all “check points” in the chapter. All answers must
be in complete sentences…………………………………………………………………
- Answer all multiple choice questions on pp 23-24 ……………………………………
- Answer all of the Free Response Questions (FRQs) on p 24 ……………………….
- Measuring Your Impact on p 25 w/list of activities ……………………………………
2.Chapter 2: Environmental Systems Carefully Read pp 27-48
- Answer all check points in the chapter in complete sentences………………………
- Answer all multiple choice questions on pp 49-50…………………………………….
- Answer all of the FRQs on p 51 w/calculations ……………………………………….
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3.Science Applied: Were we successful in halting the growth of the ozone hole? Carefully Read pp
52-55
- Answer questions in complete sentences …………………………………………….
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Chapter 20: Sustainability, Economics, Equality and Equity
Carefully Read pp 548-567
Answer all check points in the chapter in complete sentences……………………..
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Answer all multiple choice questions on pp 82-84……………………………………
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Answer all FRQs on p 84………………………………………………………………..
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5. Science Applied: Can we solve the Carbon Crisis using Cap-and-Trade? Carefully Read pp. 572574
Answer questions in complete sentences ……………………………………………
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