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Mr. Dickerson AP Environmental Science 17-18 Contact me at [email protected] with any questions. AP Environmental Science Summer Assignment The summer assignment is to give you an overview of AP Environmental Science. The laws will be discussed though-out the year and will be a good reference to use with the various topics we will cover. (Should be your work only and only done by you!!!) *****Two and Three should be typed in 12 font in Times New Roman and put on a FLASH DRIVE that can be turned into me for a few days and then returned when done grading****** DO NOT PRINT OUT!!!!! Put them in the same folder labeled Student Last name, first name, APES SUMMER ASSIGNMENT. Please label the flash drive with your name. 1) I. (100 points) case studies II. (90 points) influential people in environmental history. 2) III. (85 points) Create a chart like the one on Legislation and treaties in Microsoft Word or Excel. Follow instructions given on that page. 3) IV. (25 points) Create vocabulary flash cards for the terms listed on page 4. Use 3 ½ x 5 inch notecards. Punch a hole in the top right corner and tie together. *****This is an individual assignment and should be done all by you***** *****Worth 3 test scores***** **** (things we can discuss) **** As you travel this summer take pictures or video of the various environments you are in. It can have positive or negative effects of the environment. I like to see beautiful scenes in nature just as must as ugly environmental effects of humans. Be observant of your surroundings and notice the beauty of nature. I. (10 pts each) Choose ten case studies from the following list. Research and write a 400 word summary in your own words for each case study. Focus on the key environmental issues with each situation. Chernobyl 1986 Colorado River Dust Bowl 1930’s Ogallala Aquifer 3 Gorges Dam Peppered Moth Galapagos Finches India 1952 family planning China 1972 and 2000 population Uganda – HIV Arial Sea 1970 Aswan Dam, Egypt Bangladesh Gulf Oil Spill Love Canal 3 Mile Island 1979 James Bay Mt. St. Helen’s 1980 Tsunami Dec. 26th , 2005 BST GMF’s (Roundup Ready Foods) Irish Potato Famine Minamata Coral Reefs Bhopal, India 1984 DDT 1939 Silent Spring, Rachel Carson Exxon Valdez Khian Sea 1986 Easter Island II. (10 pts each) Write a brief summary (1/2 page) outlining the environmental contributions of each of the following names: Rachel Carson Ansel Adams Aldo Leopold Gifford Pinchot Upton Sinclair John Audobon Garrett Hardin John Muir Theodore Roosevelt Henry David Thoreau Legislation or Treaties III. Create a chart similar to the one below for each of the following pieces of legislation or treaties. ***Set up like this in Word or Excel*** Name Function of Legislation or Treaty Established primary and secondary air quality standards. Required states to develop Clean implementation plans. Sets limits and goals to reduce mobile source Air Act air pollution and ambient air quality standards. Year 1990 Clean Air Act Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Acts Occupational Safety and Health Act Clean Water Acts Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Ocean Dumping Ban Act Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation Liability Act Consumer Product Safety Act Kyoto Protocol Oil Pollution Act Law of the Sea Convention Oil Spill Prevention and Liability Act Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Marine Mammal Protection Act Pollution Prevention Act Emergency Planning & Community Right-To-Know Act Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Endangered Species Act Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act Safe Drinking Water Act Energy Policy Act Montreal Protocol Soil and Water Conservation Act Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act National Energy Act Solid Waste Disposal Act Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act National Environmental Policy Act Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Federal Water Pollution Control Act National Park Act Toxic Substances Control Act Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act National Wildlife Refuge System Act Nuclear Waste Policy Act Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Food Quality Protection Act Wilderness Act IV. Vocabulary flash cards – (.5 points each) create vocabulary flash cards with the following terms. Bio-accumulate Bio-magnify Fugitive Emissions Death Rate Birth Rate Grasshopper effect Synergistic Effects Effluent Green Revolution Chronic Acute Influent Pandemic Endemic Oxygen Sag Emergent Eutrophic Criteria pollutant GMF GMO Rehabilitate Remediate Reclamation IPM Sustainable BMP Point Source POP’s Non-Point Source Exotic organism Invasive species LD50 Endangered species Threatened species ecological footprint resilience Conservationist Preservationist morbidity mortality Soil profile aquaculture 1st law of thermodynamics Salinization desertification 2nd law of thermodynamics Anemia famine organisms clear cutting