enviJairah DC. Ocampo Environmental Science BSIT I- C Sir Allan Pleno Critical Thinking Questions 2. Explain the function of trophic levels in an ecosystem. ANSWER : Exactly‚ A food chain cannot start with a consumer. What would it consume if there were no producer before it? SOURCE : www. Yahoo. Com Jairah DC. Ocampo Environmental Science BSIT I- C Sir Allan Pleno Critical Thinking Questions 3. Why is there always a loss of chemical energy with
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Environmental Science Environmental Hazards December 6‚ 2012 Environmental hazards can have many effects to one’s health. It has the potential to threaten the surroundings of a natural environment and harmfully affect people’s health. It can cause health issues to plants‚ minerals‚ or animals. Some hazards have the potential to be poisonous to the environment. Some examples are oil spills‚ which can cause fish or any animal living in the water to die. There are earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and
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Environmental pollution is not a new fact. It is one of the biggest problems the world faces today. It is a big matter which is disturbing us economically‚ physically and our normal life. According to the Scott Forseman‚ pollution is defined as the addition of any substance of form of energy to the environment at a rate faster than the environment can accommodate it by dispersion‚ decomposition‚ recycling or storage in some harmless forms. Our precious earth is daily polluted in a variety of ways
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Macro-environmental trends. This portion requires you to discuss and analyse the impact on the industry of the following factors (in case the industry competes in overseas markets‚ your analysis should have a corresponding dimension): · Social‚ cultural‚ demographic and environmental forces; · Political‚ governmental and legal forces; · Technological forces; and · Economic forces. Macro-Environment Definition Major external and uncontrollable factors that
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created and depleted‚ they cannot be replaced in our civilization. This extremely long process takes thousands of years and if we were to replenish the depleted fossil fuels it would take millions of years. 2) How are fossil fuels formed? How do environmental conditions determine what type of fossil fuel is formed in a given location? Why are fossil fuels often concentrated in localized deposits? Fossil fuels form by preserving the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter. This organic matter then
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Environmental Toxicology ENV/410 November 3‚ 2014 Environmental Toxicology Every day‚ each and every individual is exposed to some form of toxicity. This could be in the form of toxic substances‚ toxic chemicals‚ or even toxic pollutants in the atmosphere. There are many materials within communities that could prove toxic and hazardous. Many of these substances pose great health concerns. Toxic chemical exposure in the United States can prove burdensome; especially in low-income communities. Most
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Mykayla Marcelino Environmental worldview can be described as how one thinks the world should be and what it is they believe their role is. My personal opinion on worldview is that‚ we only have been given one planet; we should take care of what is on it. People need to take responsibilities for their actions‚ and those responsibilities should start with the environment because we are not the only ones who use Earth. People are the ones causing most pollution. People are the ones clearing
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Environmental Problems The environment is everything around us. It is the air‚ water‚ land‚ climate and so on. Since many years ago‚ people interferences with the environment which causes several problems. Some of these problems are air pollution‚ water pollution‚ rain forest destruction‚ smog‚ overpopulation‚ and global warming. The worst problems now affecting the world are global warming and overpopulation. First of all‚ global warming‚ which means increasing the temperature
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1. "The traditional view of environmental economics is that environmental problems arise as a result of the presence of externalities". The term environmental externalities refers to the chemical and biological wastes that are created as by-products of otherwise purposeful human activities‚ as opposed to effects or processes that occur in the natural environment. For example‚ power plants contribute heavily to emissions but while there is demand for their products and services they will carry
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Environmental Scan Paper The purpose of this paper is to research a company and perform an environmental scan‚ determine its competitive advantages‚ and determine the strategies it is using. A common tool used to perform an environmental scan is called a SWOT analysis. This analysis lays out the strength‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities‚ and threats; “it is the foundation for evaluating the internal potential and limitations and the probable/likely opportunities and threats from the external environment
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