Environmental Science

1 APES- Chapter #3- Guided Reading Assignment The Big Picture: Systems of Change Name: ____________________________ Period: _______ Due Date: ______________ Summarize the ?Trying to Control Flooding of the Wild Missouri River? Case study People considered the river to be something that was a steady state system and something that could be controlled. This was not the case and it still flooded despite the engineering and money put into the dams and levees. This shows us that it is very hard to try to control nature. Define the following and give examples of each: System: a set of components, or parts, that function together as a whole. Ex. Human body, sewage treatment plant, river

APES- Chapter #10: Environmental Health, Pollution and Toxicology Name: __________________________________________________ Learning Objectives: Serious environmental health problems and diseases may arise from toxic elements in water, air, soil, and even the rocks on which we build our homes. After reading this chapter, you should understand: ? How the terms toxic, pollution, contamination, carcinogen, synergism, and biomagnifications are used in environmental health ? What the classification and characteristics are of major groups of pollutants of environmental toxicology ? Why there is controversy and concern about synthetic organic compounds such as dioxin ? Whether we should be concerned about exposure to human-produced electromagnetic fields ?

APES Chapter 24 Study Guide 1. What state is the Love Canal located? 2. Name the company that was responsible for dumping toxic and cancer-causing wastes into an old canal excavation called the Love Canal. 3. After Love Canal was abandoned, what was it sold and used for? 4. The Love Canal illustrates which of the following? ? that preventing pollution is safer and cheaper than cleaning it up ? that political officials are alert and sympathetic to their constituents ? that pollutants can be stored safely underground for a long time ? that polluting companies can escape from the costs and responsibility of their actions 5. The U.S. is about 5% of the world?s population and produces about what % of the world?s solid waste?

APES- Chapter 1 Chapter Summary Key Theories in Environmental Sciences Case Study: Shrimp, Mangroves, and Pickup Trucks ? This case study highlights the plight of a small farmer in Thailand in the shrimp farming business. He makes his living by carving out small ponds among the mangrove forests, destroying a habitat valuable for its support of coastal fisheries in the process. The small farms are not managed in a sustainable manner and when the water in the pond is so polluted with waste that it is no longer productive the farmer has to move on and carve out new ponds. One half of the world?s mangroves have been destroyed. This chapter discusses the connections between people and nature, emphasizes the global scope of environmental problems, the

Botkin & Keller- 8th Edition Chapter #1- Key Themes in Environmental Sciences Guided Reading Name: _____________________________________ Due Date: __________________ 1. What does the Amboseli Case study illustrate about environment science? The Amboseli story illustrates that many environmental factors operate together, and that causes of change can be subtle and complex. 2. Why do estimates of how many people the planet can support range from 2.5 billion to 40 billion? Explain. The answer depends on what quality of life people are willing to accept. Beyond a threshold world population of about 4?6 billion, the quality of life declines. How many people the Earth can sustain depends on science and values and is also a question about people and nature.