Cover: Environmental Science for AP®, 2nd Edition by Andrew Friedland; Rick Relyea

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Environmental Science for AP®

Second  Edition©2015  Andrew Friedland; Rick Relyea

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Environmental Science for AP®, Second Edition helps students succeed in the AP® classroom as well as on the AP® Environmental Science exam. Its short, manageable modules allow students to work at their own ideal pace. With built-in support to prepare for the AP® exam, students have ample opportunity for practice through review questions and a full-length AP® practice test.

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Table of Contents

Unit 1 Introduction

Chapter 1 Environmental Science: Studying the State of Our Earth

Chapter 2 Environmental Systems

Unit 1 AP® Practice Exam

Science Applied 1 What Happened to the Missing Salt?

Unit 2 The Living World

Chapter 3 Ecosystem Ecology

Chapter 4 Global Climates and Biomes

Chapter 5 Evolution of Biodiversity

Unit 2 AP® Practice Exam

Science Applied 2 How Should We Prioritize the Protection of Species Diversity?

Unit 3 Biological and Human Populations

Chapter 6 Population and Community Ecology

Chapter 7 The Human Population

Unit 3 AP® Practice Exam

Science Applied 3 How Can We Manage Overabundant Animal Populations?

Unit 4 Earth Systems and Resources

Chapter 8 Earth Systems

Chapter 9 Water Resources

Unit 4 AP® Practice Exam

Science Applied 4 Is There a Way to Resolve the California Water Wars?

Unit 5 Land Use

Chapter 10 Land, Public and Private

Chapter 11 Feeding the World

Unit 5 AP® Practice Exam

Science Applied 5 How Do We Define Organic Food?

Unit 6 Energy Resources and Consumption

Chapter 12 Nonrenewable Energy Sources

Chapter 13 Achieving Energy Sustainability

Unit 6 AP® Practice Exam

Science Applied 6 Should Corn Become Fuel?

Unit 7 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

Unit 7 AP® Practice Exam

Science Applied 7 Is Recycling Always Good for the Environment?

Unit 8 Global Change and a Sustainable Future

Chapter 18 Conservation of Biodiversity

Chapter 19 Global Change

Chapter 20 Sustainability, Economics, and Equity

Unit 8 AP® Practice Exam

Science Applied 8 Can We Solve the Carbon Crisis Using Cap-and-Trade?

Cumulative AP® Environmental Science Practice Exam

Appendix: Reading Graphs

Glossary

Index

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Andrew Friedland

Andrew Friedland is the Richard and Jane Pearl Professor in Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College and co-author of the Environmental Science for the AP Course, 3e® textbook series. He was the founding chair of the AP® Test Development Committee (College Board®) for Environmental Science. He has a strong interest in high school science education, and in the early years of AP® environmental science he participated in many trainer and teacher workshops. For more than 15 years, Andy has been a guest lecturer at various Advanced Placement® Institutes for Secondary Teachers and in high school APES classrooms. He also served on the College Board AP® Environmental Science Curriculum Development and Assessment Committee.

Andy regularly teaches introductory environmental science and energy courses at Dartmouth and has taught courses in forest biogeochemistry, global change, and soil science, as well as study abroad courses in Kenya. He created an online introductory environmental science course that is accessible through edX.org and YouTube.

Andy received a BA degree in both biology and environmental studies, and a PhD in earth and environmental science, from the University of Pennsylvania. For almost four decades, he has been investigating the effects of air pollution on the cycling of carbon, nitrogen, and lead in high-elevation forests of New England and the Northeast. During the last decade, he has examined the impact of increased demand for wood as a fuel, and the subsequent effect on carbon stored deep in forest soils.

Andy has served on panels for the National Science Foundation, USDA Forest Service, and Science Advisory Board of the Environmental Protection Agency. He has authored or coauthored 80 peer-reviewed publications and one other book, Writing Successful Science Proposals, Third Edition (Yale University Press). In 2015, he was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Andy is passionate about saving energy and at his home has installed a 4 kW photovoltaic tracker that follows the sun during the day.

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Rick Relyea

Rick Relyea is the inaugural director of the Johnny Morris Institute of Fisheries, Wetlands and Aquatic Systems and an endowed professor in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Missouri. He received a BS in environmental forest biology from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, an MS in wildlife management from Texas Tech University, and a PhD in ecology and evolution from the University of Michigan. He has authored more than 220 scientific articles and book chapters and presented research seminars throughout the world.

Rick was a professor at the University of Pittsburgh for 15 years (1999–2014), where he was named the Chancellor’s Distinguished Researcher and received the Tina and David Bellet Teaching Excellence Award. From 2007–2014, he also served as Pitt’s director of the Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology. In 2014, he moved to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and served as director of the Darrin Freshwater Institute.

Rick has a strong interest in high school education, including hosting high school science teachers who conduct research in his laboratory. He is co-author of Environmental Science for the AP® Course, also published by BFW Publishers.