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SCI 256 Week 1 Individual Assignment Environmental Science Worksheet<br>SCI 256 Week 1 DQ 1<br>SCI 256 Week 1 DQ 2<br>SCI 256 Week 1 DQ 3<br>SCI 256 Week 1 DQ 4<br>SCI 256 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Natural Resources and Energy Team Paper – Plan<br>SCI 256 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ecosystem Structure, Function, and Change<br>SCI 256 Week 2 DQ 1<br>SCI 256 Week 2 DQ 2<br>SCI 256 Week 2 DQ 3<br>SCI 256 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Natural Resources and Energy Paper<br>
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SCI 256 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SCI 256 Entire Course SCI 256 Final Exam Guide Set contains 40 Question 1. According to the Environmental Science text, the environmental statement of the 1990s was “saving our planet”. Is earth's very survival really in danger? 2. The total amount of food produced each year worldwide is sufficient to feed all the world's people today. Why do famines nevertheless occur? • SCI 256 Week 1 Individual Assignment Environmental Science Worksheet • SCI 256 Week 1 DQ 1 • SCI 256 Week 1 DQ 2 • SCI 256 Week 1 DQ 3 • SCI 256 Week 1 DQ 4 • SCI 256 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Natural Resources and Energy Team Paper – Plan • SCI 256 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ecosystem Structure, Function, and Change • SCI 256 Week 2 DQ 1 • SCI 256 Week 2 DQ 2 • SCI 256 Week 2 DQ 3
SCI 256 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SCI 256 Week 1 DQ 1 SCI 256 Week 1 DQ 2 What are some social, economic, aesthetics, and ethical issues involved in a current environmental controversy? Explain • In your opinion, what are the benefits and constraints of using the scientific method to analyze environmental decisions?
SCI 256 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SCI 256 Week 1 DQ 3 SCI 256 Week 1 DQ 4 What is zero population growth? Is this a reasonable and attainable goal for the global human population? • What organelle of the cell do you think is most important for life?
SCI 256 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SCI 256 Week 1 Individual Assignment Environmental Science Worksheet SCI 256 Week 2 DQ 1 Because ecosystems change and may recover naturally from disturbance over time, what factors affect decisions about whether human intervention is needed to help ecosystem recovery? Provide examples. • Resource: University Material: Environmental Science Worksheet • Complete the Environmental Science Worksheet found in Week One on the student website.
SCI 256 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SCI 256 Week 2 DQ 2 SCI 256 Week 2 DQ 3 Identify a natural ecosystem in which you live or one near to where you live? How does this ecosystem support you? How can you minimize your carbon footprint? • What are some human impacts on the natural cycling process of ecosystems in your community?
SCI 256 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SCI 256 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ecosystem Structure, Function, and Change SCI 256 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Natural Resources and Energy Team Paper – Plan Brainstorm topics and who will cover what part of the Natural Resources and Energy Team Paper due in Week Three. Create a written plan of no more than 350 words of how you will complete the Natural Resources and Energy Team Paper due in Week Three. Submit your team’s written plan to your instructor for approval. • Resource: University Material:Ecosystem Structure, Function, and Change • For this assignment, you will choose from the following options: • Option 1: Ecosystem Components Paper • Option 2: Ecosystem Components Video and Summary • Read the instructions in the University Material: Ecosystem Structure, Function, and Change located on the student website and select one option to complete the assignment.
SCI 256 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SCI 256 Week 3 DQ 1 SCI 256 Week 3 DQ 2 What is one major cause of present-day species extinction? Explain how this extinction came about and what could have been done to prevent it. • In your community, what aspects of suburban sprawl and urban blight are evident? Identify how the effects from these might be alleviated.
SCI 256 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SCI 256 Week 3 DQ 3 SCI 256 Week 3 DQ 4 What is a superfund site? Do you have any around your area? How are they remediated? Are they on a list of some sort? • Is your community people- or car-oriented? Why or why not? How does that affect energy use and sustainability of your community?
SCI 256 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SCI 256 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Natural Resources and Energy Paper SCI 256 Week 4 DQ 1 What are some of the causes of both indoor and outdoor air pollution where you live, work, or attend school? How does this affect that environment? • Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper on natural resources and energy. Include the following: • Choose a specific ecosystem, such as a forest, grassland, or a marine or freshwater aquatic ecosystem. • Identify impacts associated with agriculture. • Identify and discuss the effects that a growing human population may have on that ecosystem’s resources, including loss or harm to populations of wild species.
SCI 256 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SCI 256 Week 4 DQ 2 SCI 256 Week 4 DQ 3 What are some of the causes of both indoor and outdoor air pollution where you live, work, or attend school? How does this affect that environment? • Why do you feel there is debate about policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? How can science help resolve the debate?
SCI 256 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SCI 256 Week 4 DQ 4 SCI 256 Week 4 Individual Assignment Environmental Pollution Outline Resources: University Material: Environmental Pollution Outline Complete the Environmental Pollution Outline on the student website. • Why do you feel there is debate about policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? How can science help resolve the debate?
SCI 256 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SCI 256 Week 4 Individual Assignment Environmental Pollution SCI 256 Week 5 DQ 1 Who should manage the natural resources: legislature, public, scientists, special interest groups, and why? • Resource: University Material:Environmental Pollution • For this assignment, you will choose from the following options • Option 1: Analysis of Global Warming Case Study • Option 2: Environmental Pollution Scenario Review and Summary • Read the instructions in the University Material: Environmental Pollution located on the student website and select one option to complete the assignment.
SCI 256 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SCI 256 Week 5 DQ 2 SCI 256 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Economic Analysis Presentation Perform an economic analysis of an environmental pollution issue in the world today. Prepare a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker’s notes. Include the following: Importance of economic analysis Description (general overview) of the assigned environmental issue Economic analysis of the environmental issue Costs Benefits Risks Limitations Problems • How have environmental regulations implemented by local politicians affected your daily life? Provide an example.