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7/10/2014
Environmental Science
Lab 1 Unit 1
1. 37.9319 N, 121.6958 W
2. Grass Pollen 2- Low, Ragweed Pollen 5- low, Tree Pollen 7-low.
2.1. Wind is South West and approximately 10mph
2.2. Allergic reaction are low du to the low pollen count.
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Unit 4 Leapfrogging
1. Environmental Economics and the Economics of Pollution Control
Environmental economics views the real economy in which we all live and work as an open system. This
means that in order to function, the economy must extra
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Problem set #1
1. The null hypothesis is the proposition that implies no effect or no relationship between
phenomena. The null hypothesis is popular because it can be tested and found to be false,
which then implies there is a relationship be
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Unit 3 Lab 1: Range of tolerance
1. Gause observation, why did he do the experiment, what did he notice happening?
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He did the experiment because he wanted to know the elementary processes of the
struggle of life or to maintain existence (su
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Unit 5 Problem Set 1: Global Warming, CO2, and You Applied Problem Set
1. 18,858 miles/year divided by 22.4 miles/gallon = 841.88 gallons/year
841.88 gallon/year multiplied by 9 kg/gallon= 7576.92 kg/year
2. 12288 kilowatt-hours/year multipli
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Texas Ecological system
Theapproachusedtocompilethismapisbasedonthepremisethatecologicalregionsare
hierarchicalandcanbeidentifiedthroughtheanalysisofthespatialpatternsandthe
compositionofbioticandabioticphenomenathataffectorreflectdifferences
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Unit 4 Exercise 2
Air pollution has serious implications for public health and safety. Poor air quality increases
respiratory ailments like asthma and bronchitis, heightens the risk of life-threatening conditions
like cancer, and burdens our
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Unit 3 Lab 1
1. Gause observation, why did he do the experiment, what did he notice happening?
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He did the experiment because he wanted to know the elementary processes of the
struggle of life or to maintain existence (survivability). He use
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Unit 2 Lab 1
1. Hurricane Season in Florida
2. http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki2014_Atlantic_hurricane_season
3. Wikipedia , not the best but it will do for this exercise
4. Cited some really good websites.
5. The article stated the disastrous eff
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Car (assumes 15,000
Miles per year)
Car year
Annual Mileage
Per year
Annual carbon dioxide
(CO2)
BMW
2013
15,000
5.92 tonnes
Toyota Rav 4
2013
15,000
6.28 tonnes
Maserati
2013
15,000
11.72 tonnes
LandRover
2013
15,000
9.82 tonnes
Jaguar
2013
1
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Unit 8 Problem Set 1: Trophic Ecology of Humans
1. A) Calories eaten for breakfast: 475
B) It used 7300 square meters
C) About 600 for breakfast.
2. The food in fact require a high degree of processing.
3. The nutritional value of my breakfas
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Unit 4 Lab 1
Asthma is a serious, sometimes life-threatening chronic respiratory disease that affects
the quality of life for almost 25 million Americans, including an estimated 7 million children.
Although there is no cure for asthma yet, as
