Chapter 2 Environmental Laws‚ Economics‚ and Ethics Lecture Outline: I. A Brief Environmental History of the United States A. During the 18th and 19th centuries‚ most Americans had a frontier attitude toward nature and its resources B. Protecting forests i. Numerous men contributed to the protection of American forests throughout the 19th and 20th centuries 1. Influential artists and authors (i.e.‚ John James Audubon‚ Henry David Thoreau‚ George Perkins Marsh) aroused widespread public
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Cited: Carson‚ Rachel. The Obligation to Endure. 670-75 ed. Mc Graw-Hill Reader. New York: Mc Graw-Hill‚ 2014. Print. Jowit‚ Juliette. World is facing a natural resources crisis worse than financial crunch. The Guardian‚ Tuesday 28 October 2008 Malik‚ Jasmin Chua
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Bibliography: Carson‚ Rachel Silent Springs TMA1 Extract McMrea‚ John In Flanders Fields Preparatory Material p.42
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diagram below‚ what percentage of energy (from the choices in blue on the left) is transferred from a producer to a: (A) secondary consumer‚ (B) tertiary consumer‚ (C) quaternary consumer? A: 1.0% B: 0.1% C: 0.01% Look at the quote from Rachel Carson on the first page. What do you think the quote means? Use some of the terms we have covered regarding the topic of food webs in your one to two paragraph explanation. I think the quote is true in its meaning‚ that every creature on Earth is
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Rachel Carson once said “The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us‚ the less taste we shall have for destruction”. It is not a good idea to own an exotic animal. You shouldn’t take them away from their homes and then put them into a world they don’t know. Also‚ they are not able to stretch their legs‚ because they don’t have as much space as they do in the wild. So join the cause to help animals stay in their natural habitats. Also‚ will you
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Environmental Science Worksheet SCI 256/ Week 1 April 29‚ 2013 1. Silent Spring is a book that Rachel Carson wrote in 1960 and was only the beginning of the environmental movement. During the same time there were many several major environmental events that were occurring. These environmental events include oil spills along southern California’s and Massachusetts coasts. Extinctions of many species were also taking place‚ for animals such as whales‚ song-birds‚ and elephants. James Lovelock
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consumer‚ (C) quaternary consumer? The producer takes 100% from the sun then gives 10% to the primary consumer then 1% to the secondary consumer then .1% to the tertiary consumer and then .01% to the quaternary consumer. 2. Look at the quote from Rachel Carson on the first page. What do you think the quote means? Use some of the terms we have covered regarding the topic of food webs in your one to two paragraph explanation. "All the life of the planet is inter-related... each species has its own ties
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environment‚ in such way that regions that have not yet been sprayed with DDT have shown a clear site of it such as the bottom of the ocean. DDT also breaks down very slowly in the environment and it concentrates in body tissue. The publishing of Rachel Carson ’s Silent Spring in the 1960s‚ argues that DDT and pesticides caused cancer and also there has been concern regarding the effects of chemical pesticides on the environment. In the environment‚ the biological concentration of chemical pesticides
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Write an approximately 300 word response in which you discuss the ways in which the event you attended reflect on the themes of Core 1 (ideas from lectures or assigned reading) or one of the Guiding Principles of General Education at UC Merced below. Be sure to note the date‚ presenter (and/or title of film/panel‚ etc.) and be specific in your response. Guiding Principles of General Education • Communication • Self and Society • Scientific Literacy • Decision Making • Ethics and Responsibility
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