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Environmental Science: Yearly Scope
# of
Weeks
3
6
Topic
 Introduction to
Environmental
Science
- Organization of
Life
- Dynamic Earth
 Ecology
- Biomes (all)
Standard
Outcome
2.1 - Matter tends to be cycled
within an ecosystem, while
energy is transformed and
eventually exits an ecosystem
1 Sequence the steps
involved in
environmental
problem solving.
2.4 The energy for life primarily
derives from the interrelated
processes of photosynthesis and
cellular respiration.
Photosynthesis transforms the
sun’s light energy into the
chemical energy of molecular
bonds. Cellular respiration
allows cells to utilize chemical
energy when these bonds are
broken.
2 Define environmental
science.
2.9 - Evolution occurs as the
heritable characteristics of
populations change across
generations and can lead
populations to become better
adapted to their environment
2.1 – Matter tends to be
cycled within an
ecosystem, while energy
is transformed and
eventually exits an
ecosystem
1 List and describe the
main aquatic life zones
on planet earth.
2 List and describe the
main terrestrial life
zones on planet earth.
2.9 - Evolution occurs as the
heritable characteristics of
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Sample Vocab
- Ecology
- Natural resource
- Pollution
- Biodiversity
- Law of supply &
demand
- Ecological footprint
- Sustainability
- Scientific Method
- Geosphere (layers)
- Atmosphere (layers)
- Biosphere
- Hydrosphere
aquatic life zones
terrestrial life zones
- rain forest,
temperate
- rain forest, desert,
- deciduous forest,
tundra,
- taiga
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Chapter
in Book
1-3
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 Population Dynamics
- Biodiversity
populations change across
generations and can lead
populations to become better
adapted to their environment
2.2- The size and persistence of
populations depend on their
interactions with each other and
on the abiotic factors in an
ecosystem
1 Label the trophic
levels in a food chain.
2 Diagram and explain
the flow of energy in a
food chain.
3 Compare and contrast
food chains and food
webs.
4 Distinguish between
pyramids of energy,
biomass, and numbers.
5 Define habitat and
niche.
6 Identify the
components necessary
for habitat to support
a population of a
species.
7 Explain the concept of
limiting factors.
8 Describe how limiting
factors work to control
populations.
9 Define symbiosis.
10 Compare and contrast
parasitism,
commensalism, and
mutualism.
11 Give examples of
parasitism,
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Trophic level
Food chain & web
- Producer
- Decomposer
- Consumer
- Autotroph
- Heterotroph
Pyramid of energy,
biomass, numbers
- Habitat
- Niche
- Limiting factors
- Parasitism
- Predator-prey
relationship
- extinct
- endangered
- threatened
- range
- specialist diet
- reproductive
success
island biogeography
habitat destruction
introduced species
- poaching
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commensalism, and
mutualism.
12 Explain how birth rate,
death rate,
immigration, and
emigration effect
population growth.
13 Identify limiting
factors that check
population growth.
14 Describe the factors
that have resulted in
exponential human
population growth.
15 Compare and contrast
people overpopulation
and consumption
overpopulation.
16 Observe population
growth rates by
continent.
17 Explain the factors
that influence birth
rates around the
world.
18 Describe the
inequitable
distribution of
resources around the
world, and relate this
to birth rates and
resource consumption.
19 Identify the factors
that influence fertility
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 Resoures
- Water
- Land
- Air
- Mineral
- Energy
rates within a country.
20 Describe the role of
government in
changing fertility
rates.
21 Compare and contrast
extinct, endangered,
and threatened
species.
22 Explain these common
characteristics of
endangered species:
small range, specialist,
reproductive success,
island biogeography,
23 Explain these common
causes of endangered
species: habitat
destruction, poaching,
pollution, introduced
species, pest control
1 Analyze the biological,
chemical, and physical
features of water
samples.
2 Participate in water
quality sampling of a
local stream.
3 Define geological cycle.
4 List and sequence the
steps involved in the
water cycle.
5 Explain how human
activity can disrupt the
3.4- Climate is the result of
energy transfer among
interactions of the atmosphere,
hydrosphere, geosphere, and
biosphere
3.6 - The interaction of Earth's
surface with water, air, gravity,
and biological activity causes
physical and chemical changes
1.2- Matter has definite
structure that determines
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Dissolved O2
- pH
- nitrates, phosphates
- biogeological cycle
- water cycle
- precipitation,
- condensation,
- evaporation
- carbon cycle
- photosynthesis
- cellular respiration
- nitrogen cycle
- nitrogen fixation
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characteristic physical and
chemical properties
water cycle.
6 List and sequence the
steps involved in the
carbon cycle.
7 Explain how human
activity can disrupt the
carbon cycle.
8 List and sequence the
steps involved in the
nitrogen cycle.
9 Explain how human
activity can disrupt the
nitrogen cycle.
10 List and sequence the
steps involved in the
phosphorus cycle.
11 Explain how human
activity can disrupt the
phosphorus cycle.
12 Describe the sources
of pollution that lead
to acid rain.
13 Describe the effects of
acid rain on
ecosystems.
14 Describe the sources
of pollution that lead
to ozone depletion.
15 Describe the effects of
ozone depletion on
ecosystems.
16 Describe the sources
of pollution that lead
to global climate
1.3-Matter can change form
through chemical or nuclear
reactions abiding by the laws of
conservation of mass and energy
1.5- Energy exists in many forms
such as mechanical, chemical,
electrical, radiant, thermal, and
nuclear, that can be quantified
and experimentally determined
1.6-When energy changes form,
it is neither created not
destroyed; however, because
some is necessarily lost as heat,
the amount of energy available
to do work decreases
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- fossil fuels
- phosphorus cycle
- sedimentary rock
- phosphates
- fertilizer
- Clean Water Act
- Acid rain
- pH
- renewable
- nonrenewable
- natural resources
- fossil fuels
- petroleum, oil,
natural
- gas, coal
- nuclear fission,
- nuclear fusion
- solar energy
- passive solar energy
- active solar energy
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change.
17 Describe the effects of
global climate change
on ecosystems.
18 Describe several
sources of indoor air
pollutant.
19 Describe the effect of
indoor air pollutants
on human health.
20 Compare and contrast
renewable and
nonrenewable
resources. Give several
examples of each.
21 Explain the
relationship between
resource use,
population size, and
level of consumption.
22 Explain how fossil
fuels are formed.
23 Describe how oil,
natural gas, and coal
are each used in
modern civilization.
24 Explain the pros and
cons of using oil,
natural gas, and coal.
25 Compare and contrast
nuclear fusion and
nuclear fission.
26 Describe of nuclear
fission produces
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electricity.
27 Explain the pros and
cons of using nuclear
fuel.
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 Human Impact
- Our Health
- Future
2.9- Evolution occurs as the
heritable characteristics of
populations change across
generations and can lead
populations to become better
adapted to their environment
1 Identify the underlying
relationship between
human populations
and environmental
problems.
2 Define succession.
3 Compare and contrast
primary and
secondary succession.
4 Explain how human
activity can affect
succession
5 Compare and contrast
point and non-point
source pollution.
6 Describe these types of
water pollution:
thermal, organic
pollutants, inorganic
pollutants sediment,
biological.
7 List sources of these
types of water
pollution: thermal,
organic pollutants,
inorganic pollutants,
sediment, biological.
8 Explain the process of
primary waste water
3.5-There are costs, benefits, and
consequences of exploration,
development, and consumption
of renewable and nonrenewable
resources
3.6-The interaction of Earth's
surface with water, air, gravity,
and biological activity causes
physical and chemical changes
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Pollution tolerance
Primary succession
- Secondary
succession
- ozone depletion
- CFC
- UV radiation
- global climate
change
- greenhouse effect
- greenhouse gas
- greenhouse
emissions
- particulate matter,
sulfur
- oxides, nitrogen
oxides,
- carbon monoxide,
smog,
- radon, Clean Air Act
- birth rate, death
rate,
- immigration, and
- emigration
- carrying capacity
- limiting factors
- consumption
- overpopulation
- people
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treatment.
9 Explain the process of
secondary waste
water treatment.
10 Explain the process of
tertiary waste water
treatment.
11 Explain the effect of
human activity on
local water quality.
12 Discuss several
strategies involved in
water quality
preservation and
conservation.
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overpopulation
- fertility rates
- replacement level
- fertility
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