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Environmental Science (WCTC)

This course is designed for an 8-week term in Environmental Science. This course serves as General Education credits for freshmen and sophomore non-majors. This text emphasizes foundational learning in core environmental topics.

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Tác giả: Suzanne Joneson
Nhà xuất bản: Waukesha County Technical College
Nguồn: LibreTexts
Ngôn ngữ: EN
Danh mục: Khoa học cơ bản

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01: Introduction
1.01: What is Environmental Science
1.02: Themes and Concepts of Biology
1.03: The Process of Science
1.4: Introduction to Biology (Exercises)
02: Chemistry of Life
2.01: The Building Blocks of Molecules
2.02: Water
2.03: Biological Molecules
2.4: Chemistry of Life (Exercises)
03: Ecology and the Biosphere
3.01: Introduction
3.02: The Scope of Ecology
3.03: Biogeography
3.04: Terrestrial Biomes
04: Environmental Systems
4.01: Energy Enters Ecosystems Through Photosynthesis
4.02: Energy Flow through Ecosystems
4.03: Biogeochemical Cycles
05: Population and Community Ecology
5.01: Population Demographics and Dynamics
5.02: Population Growth and Regulation
5.03: The Human Population
5.04: Community Ecology
5.5: Population and Community Ecology (Exercises)
06: The American Conservation Movement
07: Evolution its Process and Diversity
7.01: Discovering How Populations Change
7.02: Mechanisms of Evolution
7.03: Evidence of Evolution
7.4: Species Concepts
7.5: Speciation
7.6: Common Misconceptions about Evolution
7.7: Organizing Life on Earth
7.8: Determining Evolutionary Relationships
7.9: Evolution and it's Processes, Diversity (Exercises)
08: Conservation Biology and Biodiversity
8.1: Biodiversity
8.2: The Importance of Biodiversity to Human Life
8.3: Threats to Biodiversity
8.4: Preserving Biodiversity
8.5: Review Questions
09: Weather Climate and Climate Change
9.01: Weather and Climate
9.02: Climate Systems and Long Term Climate Change
9.03: The Atmospheric Blanket and Its Warming Effect
9.04: How Do We Measure Climate Change
9.05: The Skeptic's Corner- Climate Change Misinformation
9.5.01: The Basics of Climate Change
9.5.02: Back to the Present and Future of Climate Change
10: Food and Agriculture
10.01: Food Security
10.02: Food and Nutrients
10.03: Soil Profiles and Processes
10.04: Soil-Plant Interactions
10.5: Industrial Agriculture
10.6: Sustainable Agriculture
10.7: Data Dive- Landslides and Ag Terraces
11: Energy
11.1: Fossil Fuels
11.1.1: Types of Fossil Fuels and Formation
11.1.2: Mining Processing and Generating Electricity
11.1.3: Fossil Fuel Consumption
11.1.4: Consequences of Fossil Fuels
11.1.5: Data Dive- Global Fossil Fuel Consumption
11.1.6: Review
11.2: Renewable Energy
11.2.1: Renewable Energy History and Consumption
11.2.2: Wind Energy
11.2.3: Solar Energy
11.2.4: Geothermal Energy
11.2.5: Hydropower
11.2.6: Biofuels (Biomass Energy)
11.2.7: Energy Conservation
11.2.8: Data Dive- Global Renewable Energy Generation
11.2.9: Review
12: Water Resources and Pollution
12.1: Water Cycle and Fresh Water Supply
12.2: Water Supply Problems and Solutions
12.3: Water Scarcity and Storage
12.4: Water Pollution
12.5: Water Treatment
12.6: Water Management
12.7: Chapter Resources
13: Economics and Urbanization
13.1: Urbanization and Cities
13.2: Urbanization Around the World
13.3: The Impacts of Urban Sprawl
13.4: The Sustainable City
13.5: Environmental Economics
14: Environmental Law Policy and Sustainability - in Context
14.1: Introduction to Sustainability
14.2: Environmental Policy in the United States
14.3: Environmental Risk Management
14.4: Sustainability and Public Policy
14.5: Environmental Laws and Regulations
14.6: The Human Dimensions of Sustainability- History Culture Ethics