Activities Workbook for Essential Environment : The Science Behind the Stories

by Jay H. Withgott; Scott R. Brennan;

Edition:

3rd

ISBN13:

9780321590572

ISBN10:

0321590570

Format:

Paperback

Pub. Date:

11/14/2008

Publisher(s):

ADDISON WESLEY

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The Activities Workbook provides active learning exercises and in-class activities to help students interpret graphs and data, calculate ecological footprints, engage in the causes and consequences of key environmental issues, and devise their own solutions to environmental problems.

Topic List
Table of Content?
Ecological Footprints	p. 1
The Economy and the Environment	p. 9
Environmental Policy	p. 15
Chemistry and the Environment	p. 21
Evolution and Biodiversity	p. 27
Community Ecology	p. 33
Ecosystem Ecology	p. 41
Human Population	p. 47
Soils	p. 53
Agriculture and the Food We Eat	p. 59
The Importance of Protecting Biodiversity	p. 65
Forest Management	p. 71
Urban Land Use	p. 77
Environmental Health and Toxicology	p. 83
Freshwater Resources	p. 89
Marine Resources	p. 95
Air Pollution and the Atmosphere	p. 101
Global Climate Change	p. 107
Fossil Fuels	p. 113
Conventional Energy Alternatives	p. 119
New Renewable Energy Alternatives	p. 127
Waste Management	p. 135
Sustainable Solutions	p. 141
Geology, Minerals, and Mining	p. 149
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