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Workshop Three Post-Reading Questions

1. Choose one question listed in the handout from each chapter. 

2. Write a short essay to answer each question you selected.  The essays are to be double spaced and approximately a half to a full page in length each.  Many of the questions contain several parts; make sure that you have answered all parts of the question, as well as done any drawings requested.

Chapter 8: The Human Population (Environmental Science)

1. What are the environmental and social consequences of rapid population growth in rural developing areas? In urban developing areas?

2. Describe the negative and positive consequences of affluence on the environment.

Chapter 9: Population and Development (Environmental Science)

1. Describe the five specific factors that may influence the number of children a poor couple decide to have.

2. What are the five interdependent components that must be addressed to bring about social modernization?

Chapter 10: Water: Hydrologic Cycle and Human Use (Environmental Science)

1. How does changing the earth’s surface (by deforestation, for example) change the pathways of water?

2. How does this affect humans and animals?

Chapter 12: The Production and Distribution of Food (Environmental Science)

1. What is subsistence agriculture? What is its relationship to sustainability?

2. How is relief for famine and severe hunger accomplished? Why does food aid sometimes aggravate poverty and hunger?

Chapter 14: Energy from Fossil Fuels (Environmental Science)

1. How have the fuels used to power homes, industry, and transportation changed from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to now?

2. List and describe four steps that can be taken to reduce the amount of fossil fuels being used.

Next Paper

1. Select one of the following Graphit activities to complete:

a. Media: Age Pyramids and Population Growth (Graphit)

b. Media: Animal Food Production Efficiency and Food Policy (Graphit)

c. Media: Global Oil Production and the Hubbert Curve (Graphit)

2. Disregard any prompts to answer any questions in the Graphit activities.

3. View the media: Water Pollution from Nitrates (Activity)

4. Write a 500- to 750-word summary of what you learned in the two activities.  Be sure to reference specifics.

5. Your assignment and all citations and references must be in APA format.

Next Paper

1. Read the following sections in Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future:

a. Chapter 15: Nuclear Power (pp. 373-387)

i. 15.2: How Nuclear Power Works

ii. 15.3: The Hazards and Cost of Nuclear Power Facilities

b. Chapter 17: Environmental Hazards and Human Health (pages 415–426)

i. 17.1: Links Between the Environment and Human Health

c. Chapter 18: Global Climate Change (pages 445–462)

i. 18.2: Climate Change Science

d. Chapter 19: Atmospheric Pollution (pages 472–484, 498–504)

i. 19.1: Air-Pollution Essentials

ii. 19.2: Major Air Pollutants and Their Sources

iii. 19.5: Destruction of the Ozone Layer

e. Chapter 20: Water Pollution and Its Prevention (pp.516-528)

i. 20.2: Wastewater Treatment and Management

ii. 20.3: Eutrophication

f. Chapter 21: Municipal Solid Waste: Disposal and Recovery (pages 539–546)

i. 21.2: Better Solutions: Source Reduction and Recycling

Workshop Four Post-Reading Questions

Chapter 15: Nuclear Power (Environmental Science)

1. Describe how energy is produced in a nuclear reaction. Distinguish between fission and fusion.

2. What are the four generations of nuclear reactors? Describe the advantages of Generations III and IV.

Chapter 17: Environmental Hazards and Human Health (Environmental Science)

1. What are the four main categories of human environmental hazards? Give examples of each.

Chapter 18: Global Climate Change (Environmental Science)

1. Provide a brief synopsis of global climate change. What are the main issues and trends?

2. What has been discovered about global climate trends in the past? How do contemporary trends relate to past records?

Chapter 19: Atmospheric Pollution (Environmental Science)

1. Describe the origins of industrial smog, photochemical smog, and atmospheric brown clouds. What are the differences in the cause and appearance of each?

2. Describe the international efforts that are currently in place to protect our ozone shield. What evidence is there that such efforts have been effective?

Chapter 20: Water Pollution and Its Prevention (Environmental Science)

1. Name and describe three methods of treating raw sludge and give the end product(s) that may be produced from each method.

2. Describe the TMDL program. How does it address source pollution, and what role do water quality criteria play in the program?

Chapter 21: Municipal Solid Waste (Environmental Science)

1. What are the major problems of placing waste in landfills? How can those problems be managed?

2. What materials are most commonly recycled? Describe how that is done.

Chapter 11: Stewards of Creation (Biology)

1. Explain some ways in which secularism and materialism have contributed to human exploitation of the earth.

Cite some examples of how greed and pride lead to environmental problems.

NEXT PAPER

1. Review Chapters 15 and 17 through 20 in the textbook, Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future.

2. Select one of the following Graphit activities to complete:

a. Media: Dose-Response Curves (Graphit)

b. Media: Atmospheric CO2 and Temperature Changes (Graphit)

c. Media: Monitoring Major Air Pollutants (Graphit)

3. Disregard any prompts to answer any questions in the Graphit activities.

4. Write a 250- to 500-word summary of what you’ve learned in this assignment.  Be sure to reference specifics and cite any sources in APA format.