1. Humans in the Biosphere Chapter 6

2. Easter Island http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88XgGUxGR 14&feature=related

3. Easter Island http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvvES47O dmY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvvES47O dmY

4. Monoculture Clearing land and planting only one crop on it.

5. Sustainable Development Renewable resources-can be made or replaced by a healthy ecosystem.

6. Sustainable Development Nonrenewable resources-cannot be replaced in a reasonable amount of time.

7. Questions 1. What is monoculture?

8. Questions 2. Explain why energy from the sun is a renewable resource but energy from oil is a nonrenewable resource.

9. Questions 3. How might improved farming techniques affect a developing nations population?

10. Using Resources Wisely http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_SkF44O WHg&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_SkF44O WHg&feature=related Soil the forgotten resource

11. Using Resources Wisely Desertification-turning farmland into desert by overgrazing, our using unsustainable farming practices.

12. Using Resources Wisely Deforestation-loss of forests.

13. Using Resources Wisely Deforestation

14. Freshwater Resources Water Pollution

15. Freshwater Resources Ogallala aquifer-taking water out faster than it fills

16. Freshwater Resources Biological Magnification http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0 NiKV_5wd4s

17. Atmospheric Resources Air Pollution Smog

18. Atmospheric Resources Acid Rain-caused as rain falls through an atmosphere rich in pollutants. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP- sU8i2edo

19. Atmospheric Resources Greenhouse gases

20. Atmospheric Resources Particulates-small particles from burning things or dust.

21. Quiz 1. How does deforestation lead to the degradation of the soil?

22. Quiz 2. When precipitation falls through the air it picks up nitrous oxides and falls to earth as _________ __________.

23. Quiz 3. Explain what an aquifer is.

24. Quiz 4. Why is soil such an important natural resource?

25. Quiz 5. Pollutant concentration might be much higher in a consumer than in a producer because of ____________.

26. Quiz 6. The gray-brown haze which produces ozone in cities is called ____________.

27. Quiz 7. Compare renewable resources like the sun, and trees, with nonrenewable resources such as fossil fuels.

28. Quiz 8. Clearing land to plant one crop on it is called _________________.

29. Quiz 9. Why is the sun considered a renewable resource even though the sun will eventually quit burning?

30. Quiz 10. Name something you could do to reduce your daily impact on the Biosphere.

31. Bonus Bonus: There were once forests on Easter Island. Give an explanation of how all the trees might have disappeared from the island.