<p>Does anyone know the curve for the AP Environmental Science Exam (preferably a more recent year's test)? I took a practice exam and got a raw score of 92, so I want to know what that would convert to as a final score.</p>
<p>No way that isn’t a 5.</p>
<p>So if you got an 80~ would that still be a 5?</p>
<p>the cutoff for a 5 is around 77%</p>
<p><a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board;
<p>this was the first ap environmental test, but it was very easy.</p>
<p>92/150 is probably a high 4.</p>
<p>It’s varied by year, but usually for the raw score, the cut off is about 110 points total out of 150.</p>
<p>On the 1998 released exam, I got 77/100 without studying at all (I’m in AP Enviro, but I just didn’t prepare for the mock exam that my teacher gave). Am I fine for getting a five?</p>
<p>can someone give us a more current curve?? 1998 seems pretty outdated. has the exam changed at all over the past 13 years??</p>
<p>plus, now we wont be getting dinged for guessing anymore right?</p>
<p>Here’s the conversion for the 2008 APES test:
<a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board; </p>
<p>A composite score of 107-150 is a 5.</p>
<p>^^ephemeralreverie is right</p>
<p>~80% MC with
~75% FRQ is the threshold for 5</p>
<p>I got a 77/100 on the 2008 released exam without studying and with completely guessing on some of the math problems (didn’t feel like doing them…lol). I feel like this exam shouldn’t be too bad, but the score distribution makes me think otherwise. In 2009, 31.5% of those who took the exam got a 1. :O</p>
<p>Those 31.5% that got a 1 were the majority of people who didn’t care/study</p>
<p>Orange, he didn’t study. And I didn’t take the class and crammed for the following week. I’m scared too lol, I don’t remember any laws whatsoever. What major laws do we need to know…?</p>
<p>National Environmental Policy Act NEPA - requires statements on federal projects
Clean Air Act CAA - sets emission standards, cap-and-trade SO2 program in 1990
Clean Water Act CWA - regulates sewage, discharge, wetlands
Endangered Species Act ESA - protects endangered species
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act RCRA - manages from “cradle to grave” the disposal of hazardous waste
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act CERCLA - set up Superfund to clean up sites, “polluter pays” policy</p>
<p>Those are the big ones you should be familiar with.</p>
<p>what are the formulas for all the conversions and stuff like net pop growth or w.e. our teacher never taught us and its not in my review book</p>
<p>Year Law What it did
1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act Protects marine mammal populations from falling below optimum sustainable size
1973 Endangered Species Act Program Prevents commerce of plants and animals that are endangered or threatened.
1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species* Bans capture, exportation, or sale of endangered or threatened species.
1964 Wilderness Act Reviews road free area of 5000 miles or more within National Wildlife Refuge for admittance into National Preservation System
1968 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Established a board who protect rivers of important scenic, recreational, and other values
1965 Anadromous Fish Conservation Act Protect fish that live in sea, but grow and breed in fresh water
1976 Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act Governed conservation and management of ocean fishing
1982 UN Agreement for Implementation of the Provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Seas* Set out principles for the conservation and management of certain types of fish
1872 Mining Act Governs prospecting and mining on public land
1920 Mining Leasing Act Bureau of Land Management can grant leases to develop deposits of coal, phosphate, potash, Na, and S on public lands
1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability (Superfund) Regulates damage done by mining
1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Regulates some mineral processing wastes
1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Regulates surface coal mining and reclamation activities. On federal lands, standards must be met to minimize environmental harm
1972 Clean Water Act Reduced water pollution, manages runoff and maintains biological and chemical aspects of water
1974 Safe Drinking Water Act Monitors and increases amounts of safe drinking water
1972 Ocean Dumping Act Sewage sludge or industrial waste can’t be dumped into ocean
1990 Oil Spill Prevention Act EPA able to prevent and respond to catastrophic oil spills
1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Solid Waste Programs, Hazardous Waste Programs and Underground Storage Tank Program established
1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TOSCA) EPA can track 75,000 industrial wastes in the US. EPA can ban certain chemicals
1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act Made place of permanent disposal of high level radioactive waste and bear costs of permanent disposal
1970 National Environmental Policy Act Consolidated various organizations to form predecessor to the EPA
1990 Pollution Prevention Act Promotes source reduction
1990 Environmental Education Act Office of Environmental Education formed within EPA
1983 International Environmental Protection Act President can assist other countries in protecting and maintaining the environment
1978 Montreal Accord* Cut emission of CFC and, in 1992, other ozone depleting chemicals
1992 Basel Convention on the Control of the Transboundry Movements of Hazardous Wastes* 169 parties protect human health and the environment from transport and management of hazardous wastes
1997 Kyoto Protocol * 38 developing countries must cut their greenhouse emissions 5% lower than their respective 1990 levels for a monetary reward
*Denotes an international agreement, not a piece of legislation. Everything else is a piece of domestic legislation in the United States</p>
<p>The above post is the list of all the laws in the PR review book. If you have a basic understanding of each, you will be more than prepared for any question. Sorry for it being badly organized, I made it a table on word and it did not transfer properly here so if you copy and paste it into a word processor, you should be able to mold it to fit your needs. The Clean Air Act and The Clean Water Act are tested on far more often in my experience as well as CITES.</p>
<p>@DHS 2012:</p>
<p>Here are a bunch of formulas with which you should be familiar:</p>
<p>Crude Birth Rate - Crude Death Rate/ 10 = Percent growth in Pop
70/PERCENT of pop growth = doubling time
Watts = volts times amps
Ecological Footprint = Pop size x level of tech x affluence<br>
Human Impact on Environment = Average affect per person x total pop
KwH = watts times hours</p>
<p>thanks alot!! uhmm and how hard is it to get a 10 on the free responses? cause on the break down if i can get like all 6/7s on my FRQs then il be in the 4 range</p>
<p>What are your guys opinion on the % u need on the MC for a 4?</p>