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Assignment - Biology Questions

Part 1 -

1. Describe the basic chemical & biological foundations of life on Earth.

2. Define environment, ecosystems, and environmental sciences.

3. Give examples of the interdisciplinary nature of environmental science Introduction.

4. Define sustainability and sustainable development.

5. Explain the complex relationship between natural and human systems, pertaining to environmental impact, the precautionary principle, and environmental justifications.

6. Understand scientific approach and begin to apply the scientific method.

Part 2 -

1. Define variables in exponential & logistic growth equations.

2. Use exponential & logistic equations to predict population growth rate.

3. Compare environmental conditions represented by exponential vs. logistic growth models.

4. Define carrying capacity, label the carrying capacity on a graph.

5. Compare density-dependent & density-independent factors that limit population growth

6. Interpret survivorship curves and give examples of organisms that would fit each type of curve.

Part 3 -

1. Human population size, age-structure diagrams.

2. Demographic transition model &societal changes that cause demographic transitions.

3. Describe how birth rates, death rates, population growth rate, and population size change as a country moves through the demographic transition model.

4. Give examples of countries in different stages of the demographic transition model, match age-structure diagrams to model stages.

5. Define life expectancy, explain how it changes as a country moves through the demographic transition model.

6. Define fertility, explain how it changes as a country moves through the demographic transition model.

Part 4 -

1. Define consumption.

2. Define waste.

3. Describe the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of consumption and waste.

4. Compare and contrast the advantages and limitations of recycling.

5. Explain the advantages of reducing consumption on the waste stream and aspects of culture that make this a challenging strategy.

6. Give historical examples of ways consumers have reduced waste and new strategies developed by consumer groups, businesses, governments, and communities.