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SCI 207 Entire Course (New) FOR MORE CLASSES
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Lab 1 Introduction to Science (New) SCI 207 Week
1 Assignment Environmental Footprint SCI 207
Week 1 DQ 1 Biomes and Diversity SCI 207 Week 2
Assignment Evaluating Credible and Scholarly
Scientific Sources
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SCI 207 Week 1 Assignment Environmental Footprint
(Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.sci207tutorials
.com   SCI 207 Week 1 Assignment Environmental
Footprint   General Questions - General
Questions   Environmental Footprint The purpose
of this assignment is to learn more about how
connected you are to the ecosystems and biosphere
that you inhabit. You will learn how your
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SCI 207 Week 1 DQ 1 Biomes and Diversity FOR
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1, Discussion 1 Biomes and Diversity As you have
learned in the readings, extinction is a natural
selection process. You have also read that humans
are often responsible for accelerating this
process. Using at least two scholarly or
reputable resources and your textbook, address
whether or not we as humans should be concerned
with the extinction
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SCI 207 Week 1 Lab 1 Introduction to Science
(New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.sci207tutorials
.com   Exercise 1 The Scientific Method In this
exercise, you will answer the questions based on
what you have seen in the videos throughout the
lab. Be sure to pay careful attention to the
videos you will not only need them to complete
this exercise successfully, but also to have a
firm understanding of the scientific method for
future labs. QUESTIONS 1. Make
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SCI 207 Week 2 Assignment Evaluating Credible and
Scholarly Scientific Sources FOR MORE CLASSES
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Credible and Scholarly Scientific Sources Week
Two Assignment In this assignment, you will
examine three different sources - one source that
would be considered scholarly, one source that is
credible but not scholarly, and one source that
would not be considered credible for use in an
academic paper. After completing a worksheet on
each source, can you identify which is which?
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SCI 207 Week 2 DQ 1 Food and Agriculture FOR
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207 Week 2, Discussion 1 Food and Agriculture In
the United States, we are fortunate to have an
abundant supply of food. However, this abundance
is largely due to advances in agricultural
technology, which have in turn created numerous
concerns surrounding our food sources. Provide at
least two modern examples of how the United
States has
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SCI 207 Week 2 Lab 2 Water Quality and
Contamination (New) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.sci207tutorials.com   Lab 2 Water
Quality and Contamination Experiment 1 Drinking
Water Quality Bottled water is a billion dollar
industry in the United States. Still, few people
know the health benefits, if any, that come from
drinking bottled water as opposed to tap water.
This experiment will look at the levels of a
variety of different chemical compounds in both
tap and bottled water to determine if there are
health benefits in drinking bottled water.
POST-LAB QUESTIONS 1. Develop a hypothesis
regarding which water sources you believe
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SCI 207 Week 3 Assignment Outline of the Final
Lab Report (New) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.sci207tutorials.com   Introduction Body
Paragraph 1 - Background The rough draft of the
introduction should describe the background of
water quality and related issues using cited
examples. You should include scholarly sources in
this section to help explain why water quality
research is important to society. When outlining
this section, make sure to at least list relevant
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SCI 207 Week 3 DQ 1 Age of Oil FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.sci207tutorials.com   Age of
Oil As you know, our world is heavily dependent
on oil. In Chapter 6 of Contemporary
Environmental Issues, you have read that there is
concern about the possibility of reaching a peak
in oil production. Describe at least two
alternatives to oil that are currently available
and discuss the barriers that keep these
alternatives from replacing oil as our
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SCI 207 Week 3 Lab 3 Biodiversity (New) FOR
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3 Biodiversity Experiment 1 Effects of Water
Pollution on Plant Diversity Water pollution can
have severely negative effects on biodiversity
and ecosystems, particularly on plant
populations. In many cases, these pollutants are
introduced to the environment through everyday
human activity. In this experiment, you will
contaminate several water
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SCI 207 Week 4 DQ 1 Climate and Air Pollution
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Climate and Air Pollution As increases in human
population lead to expansive industrialization
and cultivation, increased carbon emissions are
resulting in global climate change. This
atmospheric alteration may result in a number of
detrimental environmental impacts including food
insecurity, increased spread of disease, more
intense storms, and sea
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SCI 207 Week 4 Lab 4 Energy Sources and
Alternative Energy (New) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.sci207tutorials.com   Lab 4 Energy
Sources and Alternative Energy Experiment 1 The
Effects of Coal Mining Coal mining, particularly
surface mining, leads to large areas of land
being temporarily disturbed. Mines collect and
conduct water that is in contact with pyrite, a
mineral that produces iron and sulfuric acid when
exposed to air and water. Limestone is often used
to
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SCI 207 Week 5 Assignment Final Lab Report (New)
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Abstract The abstract should provide a brief
summary of the methods, results, and conclusions.
It should very briefly allow the reader to see
what was done, how it was done, and the results.
It should not exceed 200 words and should be the
last part written (although it should still
appear right after the title page). Introduction
The introduction should describe the background
of water quality and related issues using cited
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SCI 207 Week 5 DQ 1 Waste FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.sci207tutorials.com   Waste In 2012,
Americans alone produced over 250 million tons of
garbage. One large component of this waste
consisted of oil based plastic bags, which are
utilized excessively by grocers, restaurants, and
stores nationwide. In order to reduce this source
of waste, many countries are banning plastic bags
or taxing customers for their use. Using at least
two scholarly or reputable resources and your
textbook, discuss at least two environmental
problems caused by such extensive plastic bag
use. If you were in charge, what plan
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SCI 207 Week 5 Lab 5 Weather and Climate Change
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s.com   Lab 5 Weather and Climate Change Lab 5
- Demonstration 1 Modeling the Water Cycle In
this experiment you will observe how entrapped
water moves from land to the atmosphere and
determine how weather conditions affect this
movement. POST-LAB QUESTIONS 1. Which water cycle
processes are represented in this model, and what
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