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ENV 100 GENIUS Expect Success/env100geniusdotcom
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ENV 100 Entire Course (UOP)
  • ENV 100 Week 1 DQ 1
  • ENV 100 Week 1 DQ 2
  • ENV 100 Week 1 DQ 3
  • ENV 100 Week 1 Individual Assignment
    Environmental Fundamentals Paper (2 Papers)
  • ENV 100 Week 1 Individual Assignment Balancing
    Ecosystems
  • ENV 100 Week 2 DQ 1
  • ENV 100 Week 2 DQ 2

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ENV 100 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP)
  • Week 1 DQ 1
  • Discuss a particular technology and its use in
    conducting environmental research using one of
    the examples listed below
  • 1) GPS and animal tracking 2) GPS and
    deforestation 3) doppler radar and animal
    migrations 4) sensitive detection of chemical
    exposure in the blood to measure pollution
    exposure 4) technology used to monitor weather 5)
    your choice.

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ENV 100 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP)
  • Week 1 DQ 2
  • What evidence suggests that the human population
    has reached its capacity on the planet? How can
    the health of the environment be measured?

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ENV 100 Week 1 DQ 3 (UOP)
  • Week 1 DQ 3
  • What is sustainable development and why is it
    important? Why do natural resources have limits?

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ENV 100 Week 1 Individual Assignment Balancing
Ecosystems
  • Resource Episode 1 of Gamescape and Ch. 5 and 6
    of Visualizing Environmental Science.
  • Complete Episode 1 "Balancing Ecosystems" of
    Gamescape.
  • Write a 350- to 700-word letter to the City
    Council in neighboring Glimmerville. In your
    letter, explain the situation with the Grass Carp
    and some of the challenges faced in restoring
    balance to Sparksville's aquatic ecosystem. Since
    Glimmerville is experiencing a similar situation,
    provide advice on how to restore their lake
    ecosystem. Include the following points in your
    letter
  • What is ecosystem balance? Which reduction
    factors and which growth factors impacted
    ecosystem balance in Episode 1? Describe two ways
    in which the invasive species and native species
    impact ecosystem balance.

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ENV 100 Week 1 Individual Assignment
Environmental Fundamentals Paper (2 Papers)
  • This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers
  • Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you
    discuss the fundamental principles of environment
    science. In your paper, answer the following
    questions
  • How do you define environmental science?
  • How does the relationship between science and
    technology affect environmental problems and
    solutions in todays society?
  • Why is the concept of environmental
    sustainability important, and why should it be
    studied? What are the historical patterns
    surrounding sustainable and unsustainable human
    interactions with the environment?
  • In general, how do human values affect
    sustainability given current challenges facing
    society?
  • After reviewing the research on the environment,
    how do environmental hazards affect human health?
    Provide at least two examples.

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ENV 100 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP)
  • Week 2 DQ 1
  • Living things require nutrients such as an energy
    source, minerals, and/or vitamins. Pick one of
    the following and discuss where it obtains its
    required nutrients plant, animal, fungus, or
    bacteria.

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ENV 100 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP)
  • Week 2 DQ 2
  • Discuss the flow of carbon throughout living
    things considering its transformation from C02 to
    carbs and back as you to from producers to
    consumers to decomposers in the ecosystem.

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ENV 100 Week 2 DQ 3 (UOP)
  • Week 2 DQ 3
  • Discuss in an example the value of one of the
    following habitats in ecosystems and how human
    activity has impacted it wetlands, riparian
    (river/stream), mangrove, coastline.

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ENV 100 Week 2 Individual Assignment
Environmental Hazards
  • Write a 350- to 700-word paper in which you
    discuss how environmental hazards affect human
    population. In your paper, answer the following
    questions
  • What are toxicants? How do they affect living
    organisms?
  • What are disease-causing agents? Select two
    agents and describe their effects and how they
    are transmitted. Why are they considered
    environmental health hazards?
  • How do changes in the environment contribute to
    human diseases? Is there a link between human
    activities on the environment and these emerging
    diseases?

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ENV 100 Week 2 Individual Population Management
  • As president of the City Council, you have been
    invited by the Mayor to give a PowerPoint
    presentation to Sparksville High School.
  • Develop a 7- to 10-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
    presentation that explains the prairie dog land
    management issue. Include the following points
  • Discuss some of the challenges of urbanization
    and environmental benefits. Explain how the
    prairie dog land management issues are related to
  • the challenges of urbanization.

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ENV 100 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP)
  • Week 3 DQ 1
  • Discuss one or more air pollutants from autos,
    trucks, or trains and modern approaches for
    reducing these.

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ENV 100 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP)
  • Week 3 DQ 2
  • Discuss the causes and consequences of global
    warming including its impact on the ocean.

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ENV 100 Week 3 DQ 3 (UOP)
  • Week 3 DQ 3
  • Discuss the eutrophication of water in lakes and
    streams considering both point and nonpoint
    sources of pollution.

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ENV 100 Week 3 Individual Assignment Air and
Water Pollution Paper (2 Papers)
  • This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers
  • For this assignment, choose from the following
    options
  • Option 1 Air and Water Pollution Paper
  • Option 2 Gulf Oil Spill Paper
  • Read the instructions in the University of
    Phoenix Material Air and Water Pollution located
    on the student website and select one option to
    complete the assignment.

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ENV 100 Week 3 Individual Atmospheric Issues
  • As Newly elected Mayor of Sparksville, the town's
    citizens are eager to hear what you plan on doing
    to promote the local economy while maintaining a
    high level of environmental air quality.
  • Write a 350- to 700-word speech for a Town Hall
    Meeting that addresses the following points
  • State the current economic situation and the
    three choices that were available to the town of
    Sparksville.
  • Discuss how these three choices would impact
    water pollution and indoor and outdoor air
    pollution. Explain how each of the three choices
    could be a point and non-source of water and air
    pollution.

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ENV 100 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP)
  • Week 4 DQ 1
  • Discuss the impact of using fertilizer for
    farming on soil and at least one method for soil
    conservation by farmers.

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ENV 100 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP)
  • Week 4 DQ 2
  • Discuss some of the environmental problems
    associated with mining and how bioremediation
    and/or phytoremediation can be used to help
    restore mined areas

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ENV 100 Week 4 DQ 3 (UOP)
  • Week 4 DQ 3
  • Discuss sustainable practices for one of the
    following forests, rangelands, or farms.

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ENV 100 Week 4 Individual Assignment Impacts of
an Energy Resource Plan
  • Imagine that you are preparing a 350- to 700-word
    letter for a time capsule for your great-great
    grandchildren, which explains the long-term
    energy sustainability
  • plan that you developed in Episode 4 of
    Gamescape.
  • Include the following points
  • Briefly describe the nation's current energy
    situation, reliance on oil, and renewable energy
    sources available.
  • Discuss some challenges that our nation faces
    with managing our energy resources and how these
    challenges have affected you personally.

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ENV 100 Week 4 Individual Assignment Waste and
Energy Presentation
  • Develop a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
    presentation with speaker notes in which you
    evaluate the effects of waste products and fossil
    fuels
  • on the environment. Include the following items
  • Select two waste products and two fossil fuels.
    Describe the effects of your selected waste
    materials on soil and water quality.
  • Explain how your selected waste materials and
    fossil fuels affect biological diversity in the
    environment.

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ENV 100 Week 5 DQ 1 (UOP)
  • Week 5 DQ 1
  • Discuss a particular endangered species examining
    the causes for near extinction and efforts to
    save or restore them. Also provide a rationale
    for preserving this species in the context of
    biodiversity.

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ENV 100 Week 5 DQ 2 (UOP)
  • Week 5 DQ 2
  • Discuss the incorporation of one type of
    renewable energy (ultra low carbon) for
    residential or industrial use. Consider some the
    uses and limitations of your choice.

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ENV 100 Week 5 DQ 3 (UOP)
  • Week 5 DQ 3
  • Discuss the use of fuel cells in residential or
    commercial buildings. How do they compare with
    solar energy panels?

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ENV 100 Week 5 Individual Assignment
Environmental Resources Worksheet
  • Complete the Environmental Resources Worksheet

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ENV 100 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Waste and
Energy Paper and Presentation (UOP)
  • Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you
    evaluate the impact of your selected waste
    products and fossil fuels on the environment. In
    your evaluation, include the following items
  • Identify the sources of your selected waste
    materials. Then, describe the impact of your
    selected waste materials on soil and water
    quality.
  • Explain how your selected waste materials and
    fossil fuels affect biological diversity in the
    environment.

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