<p>I used the Princeton Review book.
It was horrible! Nothing in that book was on the test.. except for a few definitions. The MC section seems a lot more.. abstract than the review book. Abstract isn't the right word but I don't know what would fit.
The review book didn't help. I read all of it. I feel like I wasted so much time... I still thought it was easy but that's becuase it was all common sense type stuff.
but I still wish teh review book helped!!!</p>
<p>This test was common sense type stuff... you just needed to have an understanding of some scientific terms that's all... anyone could've BS'd the free response :o</p>
<p>I quoted president Bush when discussing the higher levels of CO2 and how the trend data is not truly valid. "We are a nation addicted to oil". I bet the reader will love that :P</p>
<p>I was kinda unsure on how to reduce toxic waste, but I suggested bacteria or using non-polluting methods of obtaining energy. I said a legal way to dispose of waste is to obtain a federal permit to bury toxic materials in specific areas (aka. nuclear waste in the Rocky Mountains)</p>
<p>the review guides are ok, but I would advise further study if you want a 5. PR is not very good, it explains some of the concepts more in depth than smartypants but other than that it is missing a lot of key vocab that smartypants has. Both books were still missing key vocab and the concept overviews were not very good. I would suggest buying a text or so some kind of outside study. A 5 is easy if you start studying a few weeks ahead of time, unfortunately I had about 1.5 to 2 nights... I still think I got a 3 or a 4 though, we will see.</p>
<p>sanguine99- they are grading according to a list (like bio or chem) so they don't really pay attention to outside 'fluff.' (like english or history essays) But I'm sure that'll leave a good impression on them..! </p>
<p>I said the same thing or "entombing" (right word?) the wastes like one would do at Yucca mountains in Nevada (nuclear wastes) I said to reduce wastes, one could put lime scrubbers in their smoke stacks... (i was referring to waste products from burning fossil fuel or something though) I was sleepy and tired and i kept on mixing industrial waste with nuclear plant wastes.. but some of those factors can be interchangeable so it worked out.</p>
<p>The FRQ's were much easier compared to previous years... I would've freaked out if i saw the one that i saw before... It had a diagram of a nuclear power plant and had labels.. It wanted you to describe and name 3 of them.. <- that i wouldn't be prepared for.</p>
<p>yeah...the first free response was very easy. I believe I selected a grid-connected system and government tax credits government subsidation of green businesses and homes</p>
<p>Does anyone remember what they got for the ratio in that stupid FR question with the CO2? I got 80:9 and like a 22 degree temperature increase over the 100 years. But everyone I talked to had completely different answers, so I'm not sure.</p>
<p>zucky everyone got different numbers because the points on the graph were not exact, so im sure everyone interpreted it differently.</p>
<p>Oh right... that makes sense lol. I can't believe that didn't occur to me</p>
<p>I think i put it increases 2 degrees for every 20 ppm or something weird like that...</p>
<p>It was a 1:9, degree to ppm CO2 ratio. Thus the 200ppm change would have led to a change 22.2 change in global temperature. Answers couldn't have varied that much, maybe 1:8 or 1:10 but nothing more or else that would have been a misinterpretation of the graph data.</p>
<p>That test was ridiculous.</p>
<p>Yes, so i was close since i put 20/2 which equals around 10:1...</p>
<p>I put 8:1... I agree that is wasn't that bad. We will have to wait and see.</p>
<p>^ same here :)</p>
<p>Is there a certain format for writing the free respone. I wrote a paragraph or two for each letter of each question (a,b,c,d). I seperated each of these by one line. Will i get marked down for this even though it was in paragraph form?</p>
<p>^ No i don't think so. Long as its in a paragraph form, i dont think they'll mark you down for it. Long as its not in a "outline" form... I'm guessing you really talked about your topics instead of just merely stating them in uncomplete sentences or something.</p>
<p>yea, it was paragraphs, i just didnt do an intro or conclusion for each question. I just responded for each letter seperatley with a line left blank in between each answer.</p>
<p>To the continued paragraph question; yes it's fine to do it by a), b), ect, especially on ones that require math as it would be non-sensical to do it in essay for as long as it was one or two coherent paragraphs per letter.</p>
<p>However if it was one like the essay about solar energy, it's recommended to do it continuously, but they don't really care (so sayeth old AP graders I know).</p>
<p>It doesn't need intro or conclusion... They grade on a rubric so they just check off for whatever you have on your paper...</p>