AP Literature & Composition: Unit 4 Vocabulary Flashcards
10746574325 | Saccharine | Overly sweet or sentimental (adj.) | ![]() | 0 |
10746574326 | Savory | Pleasing to the sense of taste; having an agreeable taste; salty (adj.) | ![]() | 1 |
10746575667 | Redolent | Reminiscent of something; full of; having a noticeable odor (adj.) | ![]() | 2 |
10746575668 | Acrid | Strong, sharp smell, harsh/angry (adj.) | ![]() | 3 |
10746577715 | Palatable | Acceptable to the taste or mind (adj.) | ![]() | 4 |
APES Midterm Flashcards
8727106007 | What is Earth System Science? | The study of relationships between Earth's spheres. | 0 | |
8727115651 | What are the primary spheres? | Lithosphere (Land), Hydrosphere (Water), Biosphere (Living Things), Atmosphere (Air) | 1 | |
8727147598 | What is Environmental Science? | The branch of science that deals with the physical, chemical and biological components of the environment and their effects on organisms. | 2 | |
8727211517 | What is Ecology? | The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings. | 3 | |
8727228087 | What is Natural Capital? | Geology, Air, Water, Soil, Living Things | 4 | |
8727277533 | What are characteristics of a sustainable society? | -Meet needs in a just and equitable manner -Natural capital - geology, air, water, soil -Natural resources -Natural services -Balance of capital, resources and services | 5 | |
8727300270 | Rule of 70 | Years to double = 70 / annual % growth rate | ![]() | 6 |
8727330661 | Developed Country | -Overconsumption -High GDP $$$ -Technology -18% of World Population | 7 | |
8727365975 | Developing Country | -Low GDP -Little to no industrialization -82% of World Population | 8 | |
8727384844 | Renewable Resource | A resource that can be replaced on a sustainable basis within human lifetimes | ![]() | 9 |
8727402313 | Tragedy of the Commons | Common resources are depleted for individual gain | 10 | |
8727412388 | Root Causes of Environmental Problems | -Poverty -Rapid population growth -Resource depletion -Habitat destruction -Pollution | 11 | |
8729475073 | I-PAT Equation | A three-factor equation that describes humans' environmental impact. Impact = Population x Affluence x Technology | 12 | |
8729515770 | Technological Optimist | A person that believes that human ingenuity will keep environment sustainable | 13 | |
8729549978 | Environmental Wisdom | The belief that we are part of nature, that economic systems should be sustainable | 14 | |
8729560980 | Frontier Worldview | The belief that undeveloped land is to be exploited to its fullest extent, resources are inexhaustible | 15 | |
8729597842 | Synergistic Effect | When the effect of two factors combined is stronger than the effect they have on their own. | 16 | |
8729674236 | 7 Characteristics of Life | -Composed of Cells: -Different Levels of Organization -Use Energy -Respond To Their Environment -Grow -Reproduce -Adapt To Their Environment: | 17 | |
8729682306 | Paradigm Shift | A drastic change in theory or thought | 18 | |
8729911098 | Positive Feedback Loop | Change is reinforced (Continues to ) | 19 | |
8729911099 | Negative Feedback Loop | Change is negated (Has no effect) | 20 | |
8729966636 | Open System | Matter and energy exchanges occur across system boundaries | 21 | |
8729974510 | Closed System | Energy exchanges, but no matter exchanges | 22 | |
8729986803 | Isolated System | No matter or energy exchanges | 23 | |
8729996952 | FIRST Law of Thermodynamics | Law of Conservation of Energy - Energy cannot be created nor destroyed | 24 | |
8730010971 | SECOND Law of Thermodynamics | When energy is transformed, some of it is lost to heat. Energy loses quality as it is transferred. | 25 | |
8730026395 | pH | Measure of the acidity of a solution | ![]() | 26 |
8730075758 | Trophic Levels | Level in a food pyramid/chain. 1. Producers 2. Primary Consumers 3. Secondary Consumers 4. Tertiary Consumers 5. Quarternary Consumers | ![]() | 27 |
8730083845 | Net Primary Productivity (NPP) | Amount of energy available at the bottom of the food pyramid (Producers) before any is lost. | ![]() | 28 |
8730091248 | Critical Ecosystems | Swamps, marshes, estuaries, tropical rainforests, coral reefs. Highest productivity! | 29 | |
8730338687 | Species Richness | Number of different species | 30 | |
8730347469 | Species Evenness | How evenly distributed the species are | 31 | |
8730473335 | Allopatric Speciation | The formation of new species because two groups have been separated by geography | 32 | |
8730476428 | Sympatric Speciation | The formation of new species even though the two groups are living in the same area | 33 | |
8730478955 | Biome | Distinct biological communities of plants and animals that have common characteristics for the environment they exist in. 6 major types: Freshwater, Marine, Desert, Forest, Grassland, Tundra. | ![]() | 34 |
8730478956 | Systems Analysis | -Models simulate and accelerate field and lab studies -Analysis of field studies | 35 | |
8730484647 | Keystone Species | A species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically. Ex. Sea Otter | 36 | |
8730484648 | Intrinsic Growth Rate | The rate at which a population increases in size if there are no density-dependent forces regulating the population. | 37 | |
8730487628 | Climate | The composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. | 38 | |
8730487629 | Weather | The atmospheric conditions, including the temperature, wind, snow, rain, or anything else happening outside. | 39 | |
8730492010 | Evolution | The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth. | 40 | |
8730502282 | Abiotic | Nonliving Ex. Rocks | 41 | |
8730502283 | Biotic | Living | 42 | |
8730506624 | What determines climate? | Latitude, altitude, proportion of land to water, and proximity to oceans and mountains | 43 | |
8730518547 | HIPPO | Causes of biodiversity loss. H- Habitat destruction I- Invasive species P- Pollution P- Population O- Overexploitation | 44 | |
8730518548 | Photochemical Smog | Chemical reaction of VOCs, NOX, Sunlight | 45 | |
8730522758 | Sources of Air Pollution | Primarily the burning of fossil fuels | 46 | |
8730525301 | Atmospheric Haze Clouds | Combination of ash, acids and particulates in the atmosphere, creates a toxic brown cloud | 47 | |
8730528664 | Thermal Temperature Inversion | Warm air is sandwiched between cold air, as opposed to normal conditions where cold air sits above warm air. Caused by pollution/smog | ![]() | 48 |
8730528665 | Acid Deposition | Any form of precipitation with acidic components, such as sulfuric or nitric acid that fall to the ground from the atmosphere in wet or dry forms. This can include rain, snow, fog, hail or even dust that is acidic. | 49 | |
8730532334 | Air Quality Legislation | -Clean Air Acts -National Ambient Air Quality Standards -Clean Power Plan -Fugitive Methane Regulation -Montreal Protocol -Kyoto Protocol | 50 | |
8730537046 | Intrinsic Value | The value that something has in itself | 51 | |
8730547960 | Instrumental Value | The value something has because it helps us achieve something else | 52 | |
8730547961 | Biophilia | Love of life | 53 | |
8730553710 | Life Expectancy | Average time an organism is expected to live | 54 | |
8730553711 | Infant Mortality Rate | Number of babies (per 1000) that die before they turn 1 | 55 | |
8731089640 | Child Mortality Rate | Number of children (per 1000) that die before they turn 5 | 56 | |
8730557242 | Crude Birth Rate (CBR) | Number of births per 1000 | 57 | |
8730560143 | Crude Death Rate (CDR) | Number of deaths per 1000 | 58 | |
8730563350 | Theory of Demographic Transition | The theory that population growth follows a 4-5 stage model. | ![]() | 59 |
8730569931 | Positive Externality | Positive effect on something that had nothing to do with the activity that generate the positive effect. (Ex. Your friend Bob doesn't get a disease because you got a vaccine that prevented you from transferring it to him.) | 60 | |
8730648518 | Negative Externality | Negative effect on something that had nothing to do with the activity that generated the negative effect. (Ex. A fish dies because of human-caused water pollution) | 61 | |
8730668003 | Ecological Footprint | A measure of the amount of biologically productive land and water area an individual, a city, a country, a region, or all of humanity uses to produce the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it generates with today's technology and resource management practices. | ![]() | 62 |
8730668004 | Plate Tectonics | Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core. The plates act like a hard and rigid shell compared to Earth's mantle. | ![]() | 63 |
8730682154 | Biotic Potential | Maximum reproductive rate of a population | 64 | |
8730688654 | Logistic Growth Curve (S) | Resources are limited | 65 | |
8730848410 | Exponential Growth Curve (J) | Resources are unlimited | 66 | |
8730688655 | Population Crash | Sudden, drastic decline in numbers of individual members of a population | 67 | |
8730690938 | K-Strategist | -Larger -Long lifespan -Long time to reproduce -Require specialized niches -Few offspring -Raises offspring Ex. Human, lion, elephant | ![]() | 68 |
8730694379 | R-Strategist | -Smaller -Many offspring -Do not raise offspring -Short lifespan Ex. Mouse, bacteria, fly | ![]() | 69 |
8730697254 | Survivorship Curve | Age structure represented by a survivorship curve Type 1- Late Loss High survival of most life Type 2- Constant Loss Die at all ages Type 3- Early Loss Most die at young ages | 70 | |
8730703719 | Total Fertility Rate (TFR) | The total number of children a woman has (per 1000) during her childbearing years | 71 | |
8730706918 | Population Dynamics | Factors that describe the size, density, dispersion, and age structures of a population | 72 | |
8730711084 | Niche | Physical environment to which a species has become adapted | 73 | |
8730715117 | Limiting Factor | An individual factor that limits a population | 74 | |
8730724372 | Replacement Fertility | 2 children to replace the parents (Technically 2.1) | 75 | |
8730728499 | Rock Cycle | ![]() | 76 | |
8730739311 | Anthropogenic | Human-caused | 77 | |
8731414544 | 6 Criteria Air Pollutants | 1. Lead (Pb) 2. Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) 3. Nitrous Oxides (NOx) 4. Carbon Monoxide (CO) 5. Particulate Matter (PM) 6. Tropospheric Ozone | 78 | |
8731443014 | Atmospheric Structure | 78% Nitrogen 21% Oxygen 1% Argon | 79 | |
8731448139 | Commensalism | Positive effect on one species, no effect on the other (Ex. lichen growing on trees: lichen has a place to grow, tree is unaffected) | 80 | |
8731450500 | Mutualism | Positive effect on both species | 81 | |
8731453415 | Predation | One species benefits, other dies | 82 | |
8731457121 | Parasitism | One organism (parasite) benefits at the expense of another. The victim of the parasite will either die or become ill. | 83 | |
8731475475 | Overshoot | Death rate catches up to birth rate after exceeding capacity | 84 | |
8731480114 | Stable Population Curve | Fluctuates above and below capacity (Constant environments) | 85 | |
8731483274 | Irruptive Population Curve | Populations explode, then crash to stable level | 86 | |
8731486368 | Cyclic Population Curve | Boom-and-bust cycles (Top-down regulation by predators, bottom-up regulation by prey) | 87 | |
8731497221 | Irregular Growth Curve | Drastic change (Drought) | 88 | |
8731505732 | Bottleneck Effect | A sharp reduction in the size of a population due to environmental events (such as earthquakes, floods, fires, disease, or droughts) or human activities (such as genocide). | 89 | |
8731517259 | Founder Effect | Subset of gene pool establishes a new population | 90 | |
8731536826 | Radioactive Decay | Unstable isotope spontaneously releases energy at a constant rate | 91 |
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AP English Language Flashcards
14957460586 | noun | A person, place, thing, or idea | 0 | |
14957460587 | verbs | Show action or state of being | 1 | |
14957537114 | Transitive verbs | Verbs that take a direct object | 2 | |
14957538330 | Intransitive verb | does not have a direct object | 3 | |
14957464448 | adjective | A word that describes a noun | 4 | |
14957530500 | adverbs | A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb | 5 | |
14957531373 | pronoun | A word that takes the place of a noun | 6 | |
14957531932 | Conjunction | a word that joins two phrases or sentences | 7 | |
14957534610 | interjection | A word of surprise | 8 |
AP World History Flashcards
14648905167 | When was Buddhism founded? | 6th century BCE | 0 | |
14648906693 | When was Christianity founded? | 1st century AD | 1 | |
14648912599 | When was Confucianism founded? | 6th-5th century BCE | 2 | |
14648915497 | When was Daoism founded? | 500 BC - 3rd- 4th century BCE | 3 | |
14648923986 | When was Hinduism founded? | 1500 BC | 4 | |
14648925965 | When was Islam founded? | 7th century | 5 | |
14648929137 | When was Judaism founded? | 2000 BCE | 6 | |
14648931432 | When was Shinto founded? | late 6th century AD | 7 | |
14648937216 | How many Buddhists are in the world? | 448 million representing 7% of the world's population | 8 | |
14648941492 | How many Christians are in the world? | 2 billion | 9 | |
14648947509 | How many Confucians are in the world? | 5-6 million | 10 | |
14648955871 | How many Taoisms are in the world? | 12 million | 11 | |
14648961706 | How many Hinduisms are in the world? | 1.15 million | 12 | |
14648965492 | How many Islams are in the world? | 1.8 billion | 13 | |
14648970700 | How many Jews are in the world? | 14 million | 14 | |
14648972446 | How many Shintos are in the world? | 4 million | 15 | |
14648975245 | Who founded Buddhism? | Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) | 16 | |
14648976754 | Who founded Christianity? | Jesus | 17 | |
14648978258 | Who founded Confucianism? | Confucius | 18 | |
14648980651 | Who founded Daoism? | Lao Tzu | 19 | |
14648984859 | Who founded Hinduism? | No founder | 20 | |
14648985868 | Who founded Islam? | Muhammad | 21 | |
14648987813 | Who founded Judaism? | Abraham | 22 | |
14648988758 | Who founded Shinto? | no one | 23 | |
14649011241 | What are the sacred texts of Hinduism? | Vedas and Upanishads | 24 | |
14649014123 | What are the sacred texts of Buddhism? | Tripitaka, Mahayana Sutras, Tibetan Book of the Dead | 25 | |
14649017024 | What are the sacred texts of Christianity? | Bible | 26 | |
14649019518 | What are the sacred texts of Confucianism? | Analects | 27 | |
14649020578 | What are the sacred texts of Taoism? | Tao-Te Ching | 28 | |
14649025644 | What are the sacred texts of Islam? | Quran | 29 | |
14649027960 | What are the sacred texts of Judaism? | Torah and Talmud | 30 | |
14649032994 | What are the sacred texts of Shinto? | the Kojiki , the Nihon-Gi | 31 | |
14670651866 | Where and how was Buddhism spread? | Nepal to India, Ceylon, Burma, Tibet, Central Asia, China, Japan. Sent monks to surrounding territories to spread the teachings of Buddha. | 32 | |
14670671714 | Where and how was Christianity spread? | Israel to the rest of the world. The faith spread through many ordinary believers. It was also widely spread by Paul. | 33 | |
14670691175 | Where and how was Confucianism spread? | China to Vietnam, Korea, and Japan. It spread because of the Chinese empire's influence on political, social, and religious development in surrounding countries. | 34 | |
14670708193 | Where and how was Taoism spread? | China to neighboring areas to Korea and Japan. Laozi's journey to the west and his followers spreading the religion. | 35 | |
14670720826 | Where and how was Hinduism spread? | India to Southeast Asia, Burma, Siam, Java. Believers spread it to other parts of India. | 36 | |
14670740498 | Where and how was Islam spread? | Mecca to Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa. It spread by Muslim traders down the main trade-route between Asia and the far east. | 37 | |
14670757018 | Where and how was Judaism spread? | Israel. It was spread throughout all of Israel when the Babylons spread the Jewish people around Israel and it was also spread during the Diaspora when the Jewish were wondering the deserts and making communities. | 38 | |
14670786187 | Where and how was Shinto spread? | Japan into two parts of China. It was spread by people and heritage on where they lived though Japan and into China. | 39 | |
14670815400 | What are some beliefs of Buddhism? | The four noble truths: the truth of suffering, the truth of cause and suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, the truth of the path that frees us from suffering. | 40 | |
14670835426 | What are some beliefs of Christianity? | Their is only one god, that God created the heavens and the earth, they believe this Godhead consists of three parts: the father, the son, and the holy spirit. | 41 | |
14670856687 | What are some beliefs of Confucianism? | Believes that people should express such virtues as wisdom, propriety, mercy, honesty, and compassion in all of their relationships. States that everyone should know their place in society and perfect that place. | 42 | |
14670870530 | What are some beliefs of Taoism? | The primary focus is their humanity, they believe in the yin-yang, they believe there is nothing that one should be saved from, and they believe that there is nothing after death. | 43 | |
14670890206 | What are some beliefs of Hinduism? | polytheistic-many gods, reincarnation, karma, cows are sacred, vegetarian, worship in a temple or have a shrine in their home. | 44 | |
14670898523 | What are some beliefs of Islam? | One God, Angels, all the prophets sent by God, and life after death. | 45 | |
14670908372 | What are some beliefs of Judaism? | One God, life after death, the Torah, and they must follow Gods laws which govern daily life. | 46 | |
14670919926 | What are some beliefs of Shinto? | Spiritual powers exist in the natural world, that spirits called "Kami" live in natural places, in purity, and more than one God. | 47 |
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Chapter 2 AP Language Flashcards
Unit 2 AP Language Vocabulary
15595145336 | Archaic Diction | Old-fashioned or outdated choice of words ex. Thou shall not steal. | 0 | |
15595145337 | Hortative Sentence | Sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action ex. Join the millitary! Help Americans! | 1 | |
15595145338 | Periodic Sentence | The meaning and main clause is felt at the end of the sentence. | 2 | |
15595145339 | Syntax | How words are arranged into sentences ex. "And in this moment, I swear, we are infinite." | 3 | |
15595145340 | Close Reading | Putting a work in context, focusing your attention on themes and techniques, asking for a response. ex. Asking questions, Annotating | 4 | |
15595145341 | Style | The sentence structure, vocabulary, imagery, and figurative language, and feeling of a text. ex. "The studio was filled with the rich odor of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden... The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through... or circling with monotonous insistence..." (imagery) | 5 | |
15595145342 | Diction | The speaker's choice of words. Can have denotative and connotative value. ex. "Busy old fool, unruly Sun," | 6 | |
15595145343 | Polysyndeton | Adds "and" between all items. ex. "We need eggs and cheese and bacon and water and apples." Slows down a sentence. Adds emphasis to list. | 7 | |
15595145344 | Allusion | Brief reference to a person, event, or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of a art. ex. "After she lost her job, she acted like Scrooge." | 8 | |
15595145345 | Asyndeton | Omission of conjunction between coordinate phrase, clauses, or words. ex. "We need eggs, bread, juice." Speeds up a sentence. Adds urgency. | 9 | |
15595145346 | Alliteration | Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in a sequence. ex. "She saw Samuel walking to school." | 10 | |
15595145347 | Tone | The authors attitude toward the subject of a work. | 11 | |
15595145348 | Mood | How the reader feels about the subject. (impacted by tone) ex. "The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on." (mood is a calm and serene) | 12 | |
15595145349 | Inversion | Inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order) ex."Went skiing, he did." | 13 | |
15595145350 | Simple Sentence | One independent clause. "I went to the store." | 14 | |
15595145351 | Compound Sentence | Two independent clauses combined with a comma and conjunction, or a colon, or em dash. ex. "I went to the store, but I lost my wallet on the way." | 15 | |
15595145352 | Imperative Sentence | A sentence used to command. ex. "Pick up your clothes." | 16 | |
15595145353 | Complex Sentence | One independent clause combined with one dependent clause. ex."Although I'm a hard working student, I never want to do my homework." | 17 | |
15595145354 | Cumulative Sentence | Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds in successive clauses. | 18 | |
15595145355 | Personification | Figure of speech in which an inanimate object is given human characteristics. ex. "The wind whispered through dry grass." | 19 | |
15595145356 | Rhetorical Question | Figure of speech in the form of a question posed for the rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer. ex. "Are you serious?" | 20 | |
15595145357 | Hypophora | Figure of speech in which a writer raises a question and then immediately provides an answer to that question. ex."Thirty-one cakes, dampened with whiskey, bask on window sills and shelves. "Who are they for?" "Friends." | 21 | |
15595145358 | Antithesis | A rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. ex. "You are easy on the eyes, but hard on the heart." | 22 | |
15595145359 | Synecdoche | A literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part. ex. Calling all types of tissue Kleenex | 23 | |
15595145360 | Metaphor | Figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as. ex. "Shot me out of the sky You're my kryptonite" | 24 | |
15595145361 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas. ex. "Your suitcase weighs a ton." | 25 | |
15595145362 | Simile | Figure of Speech that compares two things using like or as. ex. "The glow of the tube-light was as bright as sunshine." | 26 | |
15595145363 | Antimetabole | A literary term or device that involves repeating a phrase in reverse order. ex. "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." | 27 | |
15595145364 | Parallelism | Is the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same. ex. "I knew, She knew, Everyone knew." | 28 | |
15595145365 | Juxaposition | Is a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts. ex. "You will soon be asked to do great violence in the cause of good." - The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers | 29 |
AP World History: Chapter 16 Flashcards
(The Post-Classical Era: 600-1450) These are all of the bolded terms for this chapter that the book gives definitions for, I recommend on just studying the ones you need to know
8323043567 | Zheng He | Chinese Muslim admiral who commanded series of Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea trade expeditions under third Ming emperor, Yunglo, betweens 1403 and 1433. | 0 | |
8323043568 | Renaissance | Cultural and political movement in western Europe; began in Italy C. 1400; rested on urban vitality and expanding commerce; featured a literature and art with distinctly more secular priorities than those of the Middle Ages. | 1 | |
8323085391 | Petrarch, Francesco | One of the major literary figures of the Western Renaissance; an Italian author and humanist. | 2 | |
8323110049 | Castile and Aragon | Regional kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula; pressed reconquest of peninsula from Muslims and ultimately united under the Spanish monarchy. | 3 | |
8323127428 | Vivaldis | Two Genoese brothers who attempted to find a western route to the "Indies"; disappeared in 1291; precursors of thrust into southern Atlantic. | 4 | |
8323134875 | da Gama, Vasco | Portuguese captain who sailed for India in 1497; established early Portuguese dominance in the Indian Ocean. | 5 | |
8323142711 | Henry the Navigator | Portuguese prince responsible for direction of series of expeditions along the African coast in the 15th century; marked beginning of western European expansion. | 6 |
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