APES Study Guide 1

Introduction to Environmental Science

The first unit of APES will acquaint you with environmental science, & provide you with a preview of what you may expect to learn this year. You will learn the dynamics of human populations, and how humans cause environmental changes. Textbook Reference Miller, Living In The Environment, 13th edition: Chapters 1 & 9 Outside Reading Hardin, The Tragedy of the Commons, Science, v163. December 13, 1968 Gonick, and Outwater, The Cartoon Guide to the Environment, Chapter 8 Vocabulary 1. affluence/affluenza 18. age structure 35. birth rate 2. doubling time 19. age structure diagram 36. crude birth rate 3. ecological footprint 20. Aldo Leopold 37. crude death rate 38. death rate 4. ecological or environmental 21. Anthropogenic 39. demographic transition service 22. baby boom 40. density-dependent factors 5. pollution 23. carrying capacity 41. density-independent factors 6. ecology 24. commons (common property) 42. emigration 7. environmental science 25. cost-benefit analysis 43. family planning 8. environmentalism 26. demography 44. growth rate 9. exponential growth 27. developed (more developed) 45. immigration 10. natural capital nations 46. infant mortality rate 11. non-point source 28. developing (less developed) 47. mortality 12. nonrenewable resource nations 48. population density 13. point source 29. environmental ethics 49. population momentum 14. poverty 30. globalization 50. replacement-level fertility 15. renewable resource 31. gross domestic product 51. total fertility rate 16. rule of 70 (GDP) 17. sustainability 32. gross national product (GNP) 33. per capita 34. tragedy of the commons Study Guide Questions (SGQs)

1. Calculate your ecological footprint, print a copy of your report and submit it with your SGQs. Discuss three ways in which you could decrease your ecological footprint, and for each, identify the mental or physical barriers that make decreasing your ecological footprint difficult. 2. Explain what the sustainable use of resources means. Provide three examples of resources which are not currently being used in a sustainable manner, and for each, explain why it is difficult to attain sustainability. 3. It has been suggested that gasoline would cost over $10 per gallon if its price reflected the full costs to society of gasoline. Discuss the actions and activities that contribute to those costs. 4. Other than those discussed in class, describe a Tragedy of the Commons. In the description, identify the commons and the events that have lead to the tragedy as well as possible solutions to the tragedy. 5. Look up the population data for one less developed country, and one more developed country. Compare and contrast the population data for the two countries. Discuss, in general, how population dynamics in less developed and more developed nations differ.

6. Distinguish between age-structure diagrams representing the populations of several different countries. Explain how the shape of each agestructure diagram indicates distinguishing characteristics of the population. 7. Draw and label a graph that represents an idealized version of a demographic transition. Discuss the changes that occur in a country during each stage of a demographic transition. 8. Define infant mortality rate and explain why it is often a reliable indicator of the quality of life of a nation. 9. With economic development comes urbanization. Discuss the implication that this trend has on the environment. Explain the role of economics in determining public policies. Use examples to illustrate your explanation. 10. Describe some of the benefits to a countrys population that may result from the empowerment and education of women in less developed nations.

Calendar Monday/Tuesday August 15/16 In Class: Intro to APES Review APES Survival Guide & ScrAPESbook Guidelines Textbooks Math Review Handout: APES Survival Guide ScrAPESbook Guidelines Cover It Up! HW: study APES Survival Guide read 10 pages 13 vocabulary Cover It Up! Tuesday/Wednesday August 23/24 Quiz In-Class Essay SGQs 1-5 Due In Class: Eco Footprint Chapter 9 lecture notes (start) FRQ Practice/In-class essay HW: Finish vocabulary Complete pre-lab for Risk Lab Handout: Risk Lab In Class: In-class essay grading Finish Ch.9 notes Population Pyramid Activity HW: SGQs 6-10 Study Unit 1 (ch. 1 and ch. 9) Wednesday/Thursday August 31/Sept 01 Unit 2 Friday/Monday Sept 02/03 Unit 2 Wednesday/Thursday August 17/18 Quiz In Class: Discuss Reading Cover It Up! Gallery Walk Notes: Chapter 1 Activity: Tragedy of the Commons Handout: Tragedy of the Commons HW: Finish reading Tragedy of the Commons/notes read 10 pages 13 vocabulary Last day to purchase and prepare lab book for APES Friday/Monday August 19/22 Quiz In Class: Discuss: Tragedy of the Commons Handout: Exponential Growth (Rof70) Cartoon Guide HW: Finish reading 13 vocabulary Read cartoon guide SGQs 1-5

Thursday/Friday August 25/26 Quiz In-Class Essay Grading

Monday/Tuesday August 29/30 Unit 1 Test Unit 1 Vocabulary and Notes Due SGQs 6-10 Due In Class: Review In-Class Essay (grades) Vocabulary Activity (TBD) Unit 1 Test HW: Risk Lab