Princeton Review - Cracking the AP Environmental Science Exam, 2017 Edition: Proven Techniques to Help You Score a 5

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Write down your goal score for the AP Environmental Science Exam.

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What do you expect to learn from this book? Write down all that apply to you.

A. A general overview of the test and what to expect

B. Strategies for how to approach the test

C. The content tested by this exam

D. Im not sure yet

This book is organized to provide as muchor as littlesupport as you need, so you can use this book in whatever way will be most helpful to improving your score on the AP Environmental Science Exam.

The remainder of will provide guidance on how to use this book and help you determine your strengths and weaknesses.

along with Practice Tests.) This is where you should begin your test preparation in order to realistically determine:

your starting point right now

which question types youre ready for and which you might need to practice

which content topics you are familiar with and which you will want to carefully review

Once you have nailed down your strengths and weaknesses with regard to this exam, you can focus your preparation and be efficient with your time.

of this book will:

provide information about the structure, scoring, and content of the AP Environmental Science Exam

help you to make a study plan

point you towards additional resources

of this book will explore the following strategies:

how to attack multiple-choice questions

how to approach free-response questions

how to manage your time to maximize the number of points available to you

of this book covers the content you need for the AP Environmental Science Exam.

along with Practice Tests.) If you skipped Practice Test 1, we recommend that you do both (with at least a day or two between them) so that you can compare your progress between the two. Additionally, this will help to identify any external issues: if you get a certain type of question wrong both times, you probably need to review it. If you only got it wrong once, you may have run out of time or been distracted by something. In either case, this will allow you to focus on the factors that caused the discrepancy in scores and to be as prepared as possible on the day of the test.