1' Define renewable, nonrenewable resources and give examples'

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1. Define renewable, nonrenewable resources and
give examples.

• Non-renewable
• Fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas)
• perpetual
• Sun, wind, hydropower, geothermal
• renewable
• Trees, crops, fish

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2. Discuss how human activities impact the
environment and the availability of natural
resources.

• Cutting down forests destroy ecosystems
• Industrial wastes pollute water and air
• Farming causes fertile land to become infertile
• Rapidly growing human population uses up natural
  resources

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3. Trace human population growth and discuss its
impact on natural resources.

• Carry capacity size of a population that can be
  supported by environment
• Increase in population birth rate is greater
  than death rate
• Food and natural resources are limiting factors
  to the growth of a population

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4. Discuss the importance of human population
control in improving quality of human life.

• Allergies, asthma
• Ex food is a limiting factor
• What happens if there is not enough food?
• starvation

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5. List major types of pollution and describe
ways in which they damage the environment or
human health.

• Water pollution
• Sewage
• Fertilizer
• Oil spills
• Air pollution
• Carbon dioxide
• Acid rain
• Global warming

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6. Explain how humans have accelerated the rate
of extinction.

• Pollution hurts animals in the food chain
• Urbanization destroys habitats of animals
• Cancer from pollutants

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7. Summarize the importance of biodiversity and
how the loss of biodiversity impacts the
environment.

• Increase of ecosystem productivity
• Ex. More crops, economy
• Helps environment recover from disasters
• Problems due to extinction
• Disrupts food chain
• Ex. Medicines come from plants which are now
  endangered

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8. Briefly describe some major environmental
dilemmas and issues.

• Pollution
• Extinction of wildlife
• Conservation of land/forests
• Depletion of natural resources

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9. Discuss view points on environmental issues of
different groups and individuals.

• Environmental groups
• Environmental protection agency
• Greenpeace
• Environmental working group
• Industries, towns and cities