I'LL GIVE BRAINLIEST AND 100 POINTS AND PROBABLY A LOT MORE AWARDS
1. Answer the following using complete sentences.
a. Give an example of a situation or problem that would be difficult to test without a model and describe the model you would use.
b. Describe a situation from the news or recent history where scientists were called upon to provide explanations of events and offer possible solutions to problems.
c. Choose an industry or business. Decide what areas of scientific study they should support and state why you think so.
d. Describe one way in which the quality of human life is based on the quality of a natural ecosystem.
e. Give an example of a technology or problem that has recently become widespread. Discuss the impact of this technology or problem and contrast that to the way you think others may view the technology or problem.
2. Use the list below to complete the following statements.
Florida panther
rain
temperature
fossils
runoff
wetlands
pollutants
technology
vehicles
radios
telephones
a. _____________________is the knowledge and tools we use to do difficult tasks.
b. ________________ and ____________________ are all examples of technology we use daily.
c. ___________________ is water that travels over the surface of the land during and after rain. It can carry and nutrients to waterways and disturb ecosystems.
d. When vehicles roll down the roads, the rubber that wears off the tires may run downhill during the next ______________________ .
e. Oil, gas, and other pollutants may pose a threat to Florida's lakes and ______________.
f. Greenhouse gases are chemicals emitted into the atmosphere that add to the overall increase in Earth's _____________________________.
g. Greenhouse gases are produced by burning _______________ fuels, which are the remains of living organisms.
h. When roads cross a habitat, they expose animals within the habitat to increased rates of death due to encounters with __________________________.
i. It is believed that the creation of isolated pockets of animals has likely contributed to the endangerment of the ___________________________.
3. Use the list below to write the correct term for each definition below.
analogous system
habitat fragmentation
scale model
computer mode
pollutants
technology
greenhouse gases
runoff
a. chemicals emitted into the atmosphere at add to the overall increase in earth's temperatures
b. when roads cross a habitat; they expose animals within the habitat to death due to encounters with vehicles
c. substances which lower the amount of life within a system
d. the knowledge and tools we use to do difficult tasks
e. a research model that studies objects similar in function or design
f. water that travels over the surface of the land during and after rain
g. a miniaturized but proportional version of an object mimic or predict the behavior of real objects or systems
h. a program that allows a computer to quickly and with detail
4. Identify and describe five ways you can help reduce the stress on the environment.
5. Write a short essay on how biology as a science and the environment are related.
