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Are humans part of nature? Are humans part of ecosystems?
Consider holding your breathe for 10 minutes. What would happen?
What do you eat? What do you drink? What do you breathe? Which animals and plants do you eat? How do they grow? Where does the matter and energy come from that sustains them? Where does the water that you drink come from? What was that water part of before you drank it? Where was it before that? Where does the air come from that you breathe? How was it made? Who or what exhaled it? What inhales your exhalation?
What happens to animal and plant “waste” and dead? What would happen if humans disappeared from Earth? What would happen if decomposers disappeared from Earth?
For this module, you are required to read the following from your textbook:
· Chapter 3
· Chapter 4
· Chapter 5
· Chapter 6
To help guide and focus your reading, the textbook includes a list of Key Questions at the beginning of each chapter, and a Review of Key Concepts at the end of the chapter.
You are advised to review these before and after reading the chapters, as this will help you prepare for the course assignments, discussions, and exams.
The Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science
View Episode 4 - Ecosystems
Ecosystems Video - Annenberg Learner
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1. Click here to access the video series website
2. Click “Individual Program Descriptions”
3. Click the VoD link to the right of the assigned program title to launch the video
Questions to consider while viewing video:
· Why do ecosystems like tropical rainforests have such immense diversity?
· What have scientists discovered that determines how many individuals of a species can be supported within an ecosystem?
· How does science restore the diversity to areas where human activity has interfered with the natural structure of a habit/ecosystem?
The Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science
View Episode 5 - Human Population Dynamics
Perspective
Are humans part of nature? Are humans part of ecosystems?
Consider holding your breathe for 10 minutes. What would happen?
What do you eat? What do you drink? What do you breathe? Which animals and plants do
you eat? How do they grow? Where does the matter and energy come from that sustains
them? Where does the water that you drink come from? What was that water part of before
you drank it? Where was it before that? Where does the air come from that you breathe?
How was it made? Who or what exhaled it? What inhales your exhalation?
What happens to animal and plant “waste” and dead? What would happen if humans
disappeared from
Earth? What would happen if decomposers disappeared from Earth?
For this module, you are required to read the following from your textbook:
·
Chapter 3
·
Chapter 4
·
Chapter 5
·
Chapter 6
To help guide and focus your reading, the textbook includes a list of
Key Questions
at the
beginning of each chapter, and a
Review of Key Concepts
at the end of the chapter.
You are advised to review these before and after reading the chapters, as this will help you
prepare for the course assignments, discussions, and exams.
The Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science
View
Episode 4
-
Ecosystems
Ecosystems Video
-
Annenberg Learner
Perspective
Are humans part of nature? Are humans part of ecosystems?
Consider holding your breathe for 10 minutes. What would happen?
What do you eat? What do you drink? What do you breathe? Which animals and plants do
you eat? How do they grow? Where does the matter and energy come from that sustains
them? Where does the water that you drink come from? What was that water part of before
you drank it? Where was it before that? Where does the air come from that you breathe?
How was it made? Who or what exhaled it? What inhales your exhalation?
What happens to animal and plant “waste” and dead? What would happen if humans
disappeared from Earth? What would happen if decomposers disappeared from Earth?
For this module, you are required to read the following from your textbook:
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
To help guide and focus your reading, the textbook includes a list of Key Questions at the
beginning of each chapter, and a Review of Key Concepts at the end of the chapter.
You are advised to review these before and after reading the chapters, as this will help you
prepare for the course assignments, discussions, and exams.
The Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science
View Episode 4 - Ecosystems
Ecosystems Video - Annenberg Learner
