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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 1 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 - - Chapter in Book 1-3 4-6 Environmental Science: Yearly Scope 7 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, 2 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 - - - - 8-10 Environmental Science: Yearly Scope 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 3 Environmental Science: Yearly Scope 10 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 4 Dissolved O2 - pH - nitrates, phosphates - biogeological cycle - water cycle - precipitation, - condensation, - evaporation - carbon cycle - photosynthesis - cellular respiration - nitrogen cycle - nitrogen fixation - 11-19 Environmental Science: Yearly Scope 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 5 - 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 Environmental Science: Yearly Scope 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 6 Environmental Science: Yearly Scope electricity. 27 Explain the pros and cons of using nuclear fuel. 4 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 7 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 - 20-21 Environmental Science: Yearly Scope 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. 8 overpopulation - fertility rates - replacement level - fertility -