CHAPTER(S): 1, 2, 10, 22-28

Vocabulary
Globalization Sustainability Internal Costs External Costs Capital GDP GNP Cost-Benefit Analysis Mitigation Renewable Resource Nonrenewable Resource Perpetual Resource Conservation Preservation Restoration Environmentally Depleted Resource Economically Depleted Resource Environmental Science Habitat Destruction Habitat Degradation Natural Resource Natural Capital Sustainable Yield Planetary Management Worldview Environmental Wisdom Worldview

UNIT 1
Key Points
Key Environmental Problems Environmental Ethics General Timeline of Significant Environmental Events Ecological Footprint The Tragedy of the Commons Environmental Laws, Policy and Management Government Agencies Dealing with the Environment Economic Forces of the Environment

CHAPTER(S): 6
Vocabulary
Biosphere Lithosphere/ Geosphere Hydrosphere Atmosphere Photosynthesis Cellular Respiration Convection Conduction Radiation Climate Organic Molecule Inorganic Molecule El Nino La Nina Natural Greenhouse Effect Abiotic Biotic Uniformitarianism Eon/Era/Period/Epoch Cyanobacteria Coriolis Effect Gaia Hypothesis

UNIT 2
Key Points
Formation of the Earth Systems Changes of Earth Systems Over Time Earths Sources of Energy/ Energy Transfer Around the Earth (Air and Water) Plate Tectonics/Three Types of Boundaries/ Volcanoes/ Mountains/ Earth Quakes/ Layers of the Earth Earths Rotation/ Revolution General Geologic Time Scale Biogeochemical Cycles (Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Sulfur, Basic Water and Rock Cycle Review) Human Interaction with the Biogeochemical Cycles

CHAPTER(S): 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 22, 23
Vocabulary
Species/ Community/ Population Biodiversity Species Diversity/ Genetic Diversity Speciation Mutations Gene Pool Adaption/ Adaptive Trait Divergent Evolution/ Coevolution Natural/ Artificial Selection Directional Natural Selection Stabilizing Natural Selection Diversifying Natural Selection Extinction Background Extinction/ Mass Ex. Native Species
Non Native/ Exotic/ Invasive/Alien Species

UNIT 3

Key Points
Abiotic and Biotic Components of an Ecosystem Energy Flow Throughout an Ecosystem Nutrient Cycling Throughout an Ecosystem Biomes, Climate and Climatograms Roles of Organisms in an Ecosystem Competitive Exclusion Principle Primary and Secondary Productivity/ Ecological Efficiency Symbiotic Relationships Primary and Secondary Succession/ Ecotone Niche / Law of Tolerance/ Generalist/ Specialist Conservation/ Restoration/ Preservation K Strategist, R Strategist

Indicator Species Keystone Species Pioneer Species Eukaryote Prokaryote Chemosynthesis Biomimicry Geographic Isolation Founder Effect Bottleneck Effect Genetic Isolation Genetic Assimilation Immigration Emigration Microevolution Macroevolution

CHAPTER(S) _9, 11, 12,

Vocabulary
Biotic Potential (J-Curve) Intrinsic Rate of Increase Environmental Resistance (S-Curve) Carrying Capacity Minimum Viable Population
Density Dependant Population Control Density Independent Population Control

UNIT 4
Key Points
+/- to Sexual and Asexual Reproduction Age Structure Diagrams General Human Population Graph (Hunter/Gatherer, Agriculture, Industrial Revolution) Current Global and US Population #s Areas around the globe with high populations/ high population growth Demographic Transition

Survivorship Curves Birth Rate/ Crude Birth Rate Death Rate/ Crude Death Rate Replacement Level Fertility Total Fertility Rate Population Equation Rule of 70 Exponential vs. Logistic Growth Anthropogenic
Total Growth Rate / Natural Growth Rate

Undernourishment/ Over nutrition/ Malnourishment/ Famine

Pathogens (bacteria, viruses, protists, fungi, etc) Vaccines and Antibiotics

LD50

Pesticides (types, resistance, IPM, biological controls) Dose Response Curve Chemical Synergism Solubility/ Persistence in the Environment

Fertility/Fecundity/Natality
Pronatalist/Population Reduction Pressures

Toxicity Poison Mutagen Carcinogen Teratogen Bioaccumulation/ Biomagnification Acute vs. Chronic Emergent Diseases Bioassay

CHAPTER(S)

7, 14, 19
Key Points

UNIT 5

Vocabulary GENERAL Lentic/ lotic Hydrologic cycle Hydric soil Tributary Outlet Headwater Epheremeral Intermittent Perennial Recharge Flood plain Impervious surface Euphotic zone Divide Municipal Water FRESH WATER Riparian zone Meanders/ pools/ riffles Channel/ gradient Substrate Eutrophic Ogliotrophic Spring and Fall Overturn BRACKISH/OCEAN Intertidal Mangroves Barrier islands Pfiesteria

Distribution of water on Earth Detailed water cycle diagram Properties of water Watershed mapping/ River basins/ Stream order Wetlands/ Flood plain Water use around the globe (Agricultural, Industrial, Residential) Water Conservation/ water shortages Water Pollutants (general point and nonpoint, thermal) Surface and Groundwater Clean Water Act Water Treatment (Wells and City Water) and Desalination Waste Water Treatment (Septic and Sewer) Drinking water quality

Riparian zones (upland plants, facultative and obligate plants) Stream channel (gradient, cross section, sinuosity) Stream ecology (*Mississippi River Basin and Gulf) Field inventories Macroinvertibrates Water quality (physical and chemical parameters) Pros and Cons of Dams (*Three Gorges Dam) Pros and Cons of Ground Water Withdrawal (*Ogallala Aquifer) Estuaries (*The Chesapeake Bay) Coral reefs Aquatic life zones and categories of life in each

CHAPTER(S) 10, 13, 15, 20, 21

Vocabulary SOIL Profile/ Horizon Texture/ Textural Triangle Permeability/ Porosity Ped Erosion Leaching Humus Salinization Desertification Waterlogging AGRICULTURE IPM Crop rotation Contour farming Wind break Conservation tilling/ no till Terracing Strip cropping Subsistence farming Monoculture Green revolution Slash and burn FORESTRY Clear cutting Selective cutting

UNIT 6
Key Points Chemical and Physical Tests for Soil Profile, horizons, texture, color, permeability, % moisture, structure, N, P, K, etc Soil Formation Erosion (sheet, rill, gully), chemical erosion, prevention (agriculture and construction) Ways to fix common soil problems (pH, drainage, nutrient levels, etc) Residual and Transported Soils (glacial, alluvial, colluvial, lacustrine, marine, aeolian) Soil Survey

Types of food production including: crop land, range land, fisheries, aquaculture, hydroponics Agricultural techniques over time Environmental effects of agriculture/ Sustainable agriculture Genetic modification and engineering New food options and eating lower on the food chain Feeding a growing population Pesticides (*Agent Orange) Water use/ Irrigation Fishing techniques

Forest management Forest fires (natural, human caused, as a technique for management) Old growth forests National forests

WASTE Compost Municipal solid waste Brownfield 3 Rs Sources of waste Recycling (why dont we all, what happens to it, types) Dealing with waste (incineration, landfills, selling waste) Superfund sites (*The Love Canal) (*E-Waste)

CHAPTER(S) 3, 10, 15, 16

Vocabulary MINING Open-Pit Mining Dredging Subsurface Mining Mountain Top Removal Strip Mining Ore Spoils Overburden Acid Mine Drainage Physical and Chemical Change Smelting Metallic and Nonmetallic ENERGY Micropower Kinetic Energy Entropy Potential Energy Radioactive Decay Fission Fusion Half-life Atom/Ion/Isotope Proton/Neutron/Electron Cogeneration Efficiency Fossil Fuel Radiation/Convection/Conduction High and Low Quality Energy R-Value Molecules/ Bonding Electromagnetic Radiation High Quality/Low Quality Energy Tar Sands/ Oil Shale LPG/ LNG/ SNG

UNIT 7
Key Points How Minerals Form Methods of Discovery for Resources Commonly Mined Resources The Process of Mining a Resource Site Analysis, Permitting, Extraction, Processing, Reclamation General Mining Law of 1872 Alternate Ways to Mine Common Ores

Units of Energy The First Two Laws of Thermodynamics Law of Conservation of Matter / Law of Conservation of Energy As Energy Sources: Coal Oil Natural Gas Nuclear Tidal Hydroelectric Geothermal Wind Biomass Solar (Photovoltaic/ Solar Thermal/ Active/ Passive) Efficiencies of Energy Sources/ Ways to Increase Efficiency

*Chapter 3 (pg 47 61) General Overview/ Review of Matter and Energy *Chapter 10 (pg 204-210) General Overview/Review of Geologic Processes and Rock Cycle *Chapter 15 (all) Geologic Resources and Nonrenewables *Chapter 16 (all) Energy Efficiency and Renewables

CHAPTER(S) 17,18
Vocabulary Air Pollution Gray Air Smog Photochemical Smog Industrial Smog CFC/ HFC VOC Ambient Air Heat Island Effect Temperature Inversion Primary Pollutant Secondary Pollutant Kyoto Protocol

UNIT 8
Key Points Layers of the atmosphere Composition of the atmosphere As well as changes over time General Atmospheric Concepts Wind, Weather, Precipitation Ozone - Stratospheric GHG Greenhouse Gasses Natural Air Pollution vs. Human Caused Air Pollution Indoor Air Pollution Criteria By Which We Measure Air Pollution Indoor/Outdoor Common Contaminants Indoor/Outdoor Smog Factors that Increase Air Pollution Organism Damage From Air Pollution/ Human Health Acid Deposition Ground Level Ozone Global Warming The Clean Air Act Ways to Reduce Air Pollution- Earths Natural Ways to Reduce Air Pollution