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  • AP Physics C: Mechanics
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    • Chapter 1: Measurement
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    • Chapter 7: Kinetic Energy and Work
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  • AP Environmental Science
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    • Unit I: Humans and Sustainability: An Overview >
      • Chapter 1: Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability
    • Unit II: Science, Ecological Principles, and Sustainability >
      • Chapter 2: Science, Matter, Energy, and Systems
      • Chapter 3: Ecosystems: What are They and How Do They Work?
      • Chapter 4: Biodiversity and Evolution
      • Chapter 5: Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control
      • Chapter 6: The Human Population and Its Impact
      • Chapter 7: Climate and Biodiversity
      • Chapter 8: Aquatic Biodiversity
    • Unit III: Sustaining Biodiversity >
      • Chapter 9: Sustaining Biodiversity: Saving Species and Ecosystem Services
      • Chapter 10: Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: Saving Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services
      • Chapter 11: Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
    • Unit IV: Sustaining Natural Resources >
      • Chapter 12: Food Production and the Environment
      • Chapter 13: Water Resources
      • Chapter 14: Nonrenewable Mineral Resources
      • Chapter 15: Nonrenewable Energy
      • Chapter 16: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
    • Unit V: Sustaining Environmental Quality >
      • Chapter 17: Environmental Hazards and Human Health
      • Chapter 18: Air Pollution
      • Chapter 19: Climate Disruption
      • Chapter 20: Water Pollution
      • Chapter 21: Solid and Hazardous Waste
      • Chapter 22: Urbanization and Sustainability
    • Unit VI: Sustaining Human Societies >
      • Chapter 23: Economics, Environment, and Sustainability
      • Chapter 24: Politics, Environment, and Sustainability
      • Chapter 25: Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability
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Unit II:  Science, Ecological Principles, and Sustainability


Chapter 2:  Science, Matter, Energy, and Systems
  • Section 1:  What Do Scientists Do?
  • Section 2:  What is Matter and What Happens When it Undergoes Change?
  • Section 3:  What is Energy and What Happens When it Undergoes Change?
  • Section 4:  What are Systems and How Do They Respond to Change?

Chapter 3:  Ecosystems:  What are They and How Do They Work?
  • Section 1:  How Does the Earth's Life-Support System Work?
  • Section 2:  What are the Major Components of an Ecosystem?
  • Section 3:  What Happens to Energy in an Ecosystem?
  • Section 4:  What Happens to Matter in an Ecosystem?
  • Section 5:  How Do Scientists Study Ecosystems?

​Chapter 4:  Biodiversity and Evolution
  • Section 1:  What is Biodiversity and Why is it Important?
  • Section 2:  How Does the Earth's Life Change over Time?
  • Section 3:  How Do Geological Processes and Climate Change Affect Evolution?
  • Section 4:  How Do Speciation, Extinction, and Human Activities Affect Biodiversity?
  • Section 5:  What is Species Diversity and Why is it Important?
  • Section 6:  What Roles Do Species Play in Ecosystems?

Chapter 5:  Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control
  • Section 1:  How Do Species Interact?
  • Section 2:  How Do Communities and Ecosystems Respond to Changing Environmental Conditions?
  • Section 3:  What Limits the Growth of Populations?

Chapter 6:  The Human Population and Its Impact
  • Section 1:  How Do Environmental Scientists Think about Human Population Growth?
  • Section 2:  What Factors Influence the Size of the Human Population?
  • Section 3:  How Does a Population's Age Structure Affect Its Growth or Decline?
  • Section 4:  How Can We Slow Human Population Growth?

Chapter 7:  Climate and Biodiversity
  • Section 1:  What Factors Influence Climate?
  • Section 2:  How Does Climate Affect the Nature and Location of Biomes?
  • Section 3:  How Have Human Activities Affected the World's Terrestrial Ecosystems?

​Chapter 8:  Aquatic Biodiversity
  • Section 1:  What is the General Nature of Aquatic Systems?
  • Section 2:  Why Are Marine Aquatic Systems Important?
  • Section 3:  How Have Human Activities Affected Marine Ecosystems?
  • Section 4:  Why Are Freshwater Ecosystems Important?
  • Section 5:  How Have Human Activities Affected Freshwater Ecosystems?
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