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Look up the Environmental Worldviews described in Chapter 1 of Miller & Spoolman. 

a. Which one is closest to your Environmental World view? Why?

b. List the basic beliefs of your environmental worldview. 

c. Are your actions consistent with your environmental worldview?

[Note: Save your answer somewhere, you will be referring to it again, later in the course.]

Question 1 options:

What would happen to an ecosystem if all its decomposers and scavengers were eliminated? Explain in detail.

Question 2 options:

A tree grows and increases its mass. Explain why this phenomenon is not a violation of the law of conservation of matter.

Question 3 options:

Congratulations! You are in charge of the future of life on the earth.

What three things would you put on the top of your list to do, in order to insure the continuation of species threatened by human civilization?

Question 4 options:

(a) Why could some developing countries get stuck in “stage 2” of the Demographic Transition? Explain.

(b)  Name three countries that may face this problem.

Question 5 options:

Congratulations! You are in charge of the world.

What are the three most important features of your plan to help sustain the earth’s terrestrial biodiversity? (Number them 1., 2., 3.)

Question 6 options:

How do human activities increase the harmful effects of prolonged drought?

Suggest three ways to alter some of these activities in order to make them less harmful. (Number them 1., 2., 3.)

Question 7 options:

How would you respond if someone told you not to worry about Global Climate Change because its “just a theory”? (Hint: What’s the difference between a hypothesis and a theory).

Question 8 options:

Research the major sources of the water supply in your community.

a. What are they? 

b. Who are the biggest consumers of water in your community?

c. What has happened to water prices (adjusted for inflation) during the past 20 years in your community?

d. Are they too low to encourage water conservation and reuse? (Would it be better for the environment and environmental sustainability if they were higher? Why?)

e. What water supply problems are projected for your community?

f. What solutions can you think of to solve those problems?

Note:  This is an 18 point question, Include all the details!

Question 9 options:

What biomes are best suited for:

(a) raising crops?

(b) grazing livestock?

(c) Use the three scientific principles of sustainability to come up with three guidelines for raising crops on a more sustainable basis. (Number them 1., 2., 3.)

a. Use the three scientific principles of sustainability to come up with three guidelines for grazing livestock on a more sustainable basis. (Number them 1., 2., 3.)

Note:  This is an 18 point question, Include all the details!

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