1. Standards for Environmental Science

2. Bell Work, 8/9 Answer the following question:
Why do we need to learn about
environmental science?
USE AT LEAST THREE SENTENCES

3. Standard 1: Earth System
Abiotic factors exert a profound influence on the global system
Includes: Climate patterns, plate tectonics, rock cycle, atmosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere

4. Standard 1: Earth System
What is it?
All of the non-living things in an environment that have an effect on the global ecosystem

5. Standard 1: Earth System
Top Five Vocab:
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Rock cycle
Abiotic
Hydrosphere
Biosphere

6. Standard 2: The Living World
The global ecosystem involves interactions between biotic and abiotic factors.
Includes: Laws of Thermodynamics, biodiversity, coevolution, biomes, biological succession, biogeochemical cycle

7. Standard 2: The Living World
What is it?
All of the interactions between non-living AND living things that maintain the global ecosystem

8. Standard 2: The Living World
Top Five Vocab:
Laws of Thermodynamics
Biodiversity
Biomes
Biological succession
Biogeochemical cycle

9. Standard 3: Human Population
Worldwide, human population is growing exponentially
Includes: Influences on human population, economic consequences of population growth, and fertility rate and life expectancy

10. Standard 3: Human Population
What is it?
The human population has grown exponentially in recent years due to a number of factors

11. Standard 3: Human Population
Top Five Vocab:
Fertility rate
Exponential growth
Life expectancy
Demographic
Economic factors

12. Standard 4: Water and Land Resources
Humans use natural resources in a variety of ways
Includes: Practices in agriculture and urban development, preservation, conservation, and natural resources

13. Standard 4: Water and Land Resources
What is it?
An exploration of human use of natural resources

14. Standard 4: Water and Land Resources
Top Five Vocab:
Preservation
Conservation
Natural resources
Renewable resources
Non-renewable resources

15. Standard 5: Energy Resources and Consumption
Humans use both renewable and non-renewable sources of energy
Includes: Energy resources

16. Standard 5: Energy Resources and Consumption
What is it?
Comparing various energy sources and identifying the need of new energy resources for the future

17. Standard 5: Energy Resources and Consumption
Top Five Vocab
Energy resources
Consumption
Carbon footprint
Biofuels
Energy conservation

18. Standard 6: Waste Production and Pollution
Many human activities result in pollution
Includes: Pollution and protecting resources

19. Standard 6: Waste Production and Pollution
What is it?
Exploration of the causes of pollution and the ways that it can be reduced

20. Standard 6: Waste Production and Pollution
Top Five Vocab Words:
Air pollution
Water pollution
Land pollution
Remediation
Solid waste

21. Standard 7: Global Change and Civic Responsibility
Human interaction with the local environment has global consequences
Includes: How Tennessee impacts the world, efforts to protect biodiversity, ozone depletion, climate change, and global temperature increase

22. Standard 7: Global Change and Civic Responsibility
What is it?
Discussion of ways that local decisions about the environment have a big impact on the world

23. Standard 7: Global Change and Civic Responsibility
Top Five Vocab:
Biodiversity
Ozone depletion
Climate change
Global temperature increase
Endangered species

24. Exit Slip
Pick TWO standards we discussed today and explain why they are important in your life.