00-1 APES study guide 1 - Environmental Science



APES Study Guide 1

Introduction to Environmental Science

The first unit of APES will acquaint you with environmental science, and 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, 15th edition: Chapters 1 & 9 (p6-26; p171-189) (38 pages)

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 (51)

|environmental science |carrying capacity |birth rate |

|ecology |gross national product (GNP) |crude birth rate |

|environmentalism |gross domestic product (GDP) |death rate |

|sustainability |per capita |crude death rate |

|commons (common property) |developed (more developed) nations |growth rate |

|tragedy of the commons |developing (less developed) nations |replacement-level fertility |

|ecological footprint |cost/risk-benefit analysis |total fertility rate |

|natural capital |Aldo Leopold |infant mortality rate |

|renewable resource |environmental ethics |demographic transition |

|non-renewable resource |globalization |age structure |

|ecological or ecosystem service poverty |anthropogenic |age structure diagram |

|affluenza |demography |population momentum |

|exponential growth |baby boom |family planning |

|doubling time |immigration |population density |

|rule of 70 |emigration |density-dependent factors |

| |mortality |density-independent factors |

Study Guide Questions (SGQs)

|1. Calculate your ecological footprint, print a copy of your report and submit it |6. Select one less developed country, and one more developed country to research. |

|with your SGQs. Discuss three ways in which you could decrease your ecological |Tabulate the population data for both countries and describe the differences and |

|footprint, and for each, identify the psychological or physical barriers that make |similarities between the data. Discuss the differences between the population |

|decreasing your ecological footprint difficult. |dynamics in less developed and more developed nations. Draw or print out an |

|2. Identify and describe an “Tragedy of the Commons” other than any that have been |age-structure diagram representing the populations of both of the countries you |

|discussed in class. In your description, identify the “commons” and the events |selected. Explain how the shape of each age-structure diagram indicates |

|leading to the “tragedy.” For your example, describe two possible solutions to the |distinguishing characteristics of the population. |

|“tragedy”. |7. Define infant mortality rate and explain why it is often a reliable indicator of |

|3. It has been suggested that gasoline would cost over $10 per gallon if its price |the quality of life of a nation. |

|reflected the full costs to society of gasoline. Discuss the actions and activities |8. Draw and label a graph that represents an idealized version of a demographic |

|that contribute to those costs. |transition. Discuss the changes that occur in a country during each stage of a |

|4. Explain what the sustainable use of resources means. Provide three examples of |demographic transition. |

|resources which are not currently being used in a sustainable manner, and for each, |9. Discuss how China’s one-child policy changed the course of China’s demographic |

|explain why it is difficult to attain sustainability. |transition. Describe the rationale for the implementation of the policy. Couples in |

|5. With economic development comes urbanization. Discuss the implication that this |China may have more than one child if they are willing to pay heavy fines, discuss |

|trend has on the environment. Explain the role of economics in determining public |the environmental implications of this rule. |

|policies. Use examples to illustrate your explanation. |10. Describe the benefits to a less developed country’s population that result from |

| |the empowerment and education of women in the society. |

Calendar

|Monday |Tuesday |Wednesday |Thursday |Friday |

|August 22 |August 23 |August 24 |August 25 |August 26 |

|In Class: |Quiz |Quiz |Quiz |Quiz |

|Intro to APES |In Class: |In Class: |In Class: |In Class: |

|Handout: |Review APES Survival Guide & |Discuss Reading |Review Exponential Growth |Discuss: Tragedy of the Commons |

|APES Survival Guide |ScrAPESbook Guidelines |Cover It Up! |Worksheet |Activity: Tragedy of the Commons|

|Cover It Up! |Discuss Reading |Handout: |Discuss: Tragedy of the Commons | |

|HW: |HW: |Tragedy of the Commons |HW: |Handout: |

|read APES Survival Guide |read 5 pages |Exponential Growth Worksheet |read 5 pages |Cartoon Guide |

|read 5 pages |10 vocabulary |HW: |10 vocabulary |HW: |

|10 vocabulary | |read Tragedy of the Commons |Obtain and prepare lab book for |Finish reading |

| | |Complete Exponential Growth |APES |Finish vocabulary |

| | |Worksheet | |Read Cartoon Guide |

| | | | |SGQs 1-5 |

|Monday |Tuesday |Wednesday |Thursday |Friday |

|August 29 |August 30 |August 31 |September 1 |September 2 |

|Quiz |Quiz |In-Class Essay |Quiz |Unit 1 Test |

|SGQs 1-5 Due |In Class: |In Class: |In Class: |Unit 1 Vocabulary and Notes Due |

|Handout: |Discuss: Human Populations |Discuss: Demographic Transitions|Grade In-Class Essay |SGQs 6-10 Due |

|Risk Lab |Explain Risk Lab |Handout: |Unit 1 Review |HW: |

|In Class: |HW: |Practice Test |HW: |Risk Lab |

|Review Lab Guidelines and |Review Unit 1 |HW: |Prepare for test | |

|Policies |Risk Lab |Practice Test |SGQs 6-10 | |

|Discuss: Rule of 70 |Review for In-Class Essay |Risk Lab |Risk Lab | |

|HW: | | | | |

|complete pre-lab for Risk Lab | | | | |

|Monday |Tuesday |Wednesday |Thursday |Friday |

|September 5 |September 6 |September 7 |September 8 |September 9 |

|Labor Day |Late Start Day |Quiz |Quiz |Risk Lab Due |

| |In Class: |In Class: |In Class: |In Class: |

| |Return & Review Unit 1 Test |Systems |Risk Lab |Discuss: Systems & Feedback |

| |Discuss: Risk Lab |HW: |HW: |HW: |

| |HW: |read 5 pages |read 5 pages |read 20 pages |

| |read 5 pages |10 vocabulary |10 vocabulary |10 vocabulary |

| |10 vocabulary |Risk Lab |Risk Lab |SGQs 1-5 |

| |Risk Lab | | | |

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