36.1 Human Use of Resources and Pollution.

• Natural resources are classified as nonrenewable or renewable.
• The impact of humans on the environment is proportional to the size of the population.
• Land, water, energy, food, and minerals are resources used by humans.
• Resource consumption can lead to pollution.

1. What five resources are maximally utilized by humans?
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2. Give examples of nonrenewable and renewable resources.
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3. How does the modern society meet its energy needs and what types of pollution result? How might humans meet their energy needs in the future?
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4. What is biological magnification?
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Essential Study Partner
    Air Pollution Control
    Water Pollution Control
    Solar Energy
    Other Renewable Energy Sources
    Fossil Fuels and Air
    Human Impact – Water
    Human Impact – Land
    Biomagnification

Art Quizzes
    Biological Magnification of DDT

36.2 Impact on Biodiversity

• Habitat loss, introduction of alien species, pollution, overexploitation, and disease are now largely responsible for the loss of biodiversity.
• Global warming will shift the optimal range of many species northward and disrupt many coastal ecosystems.

1. How does the introduction of nonnative (alien) species into a new habitat cause extinction of some of the native organisms?
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2. How will global warming lead to widespread loss of species?
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Essential Study Partner
    Extinction
    Biodiversity – Human Impact

Art Quiz
    Greenhouse Effect

Animation Quizzes
    Global Warming
    Acid Rain

Case Studies
    Killer Seaweed Begins U.S. Invasion
    Radioactive Wastes From Medical Facilities: Where Do They Go?

36.3 Value of Biodiversity

• Biodiversity has both direct and indirect value.

1. What are some of the direct values associated with biodiversity?
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2. What are some of the indirect values of preserving ecosystems?
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Essential Study Partner
    Species

36.4 Working Toward a Sustainable Society.

• A sustainable society would be able to provide the same goods and services for future generations of human beings as it does now.
• Our present day society is not sustainable.

1. What are characteristics of a sustainable society?
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2. What are differences between the gross national product (GNP) and the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISW)?
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Essential Study Partner
    Sustainability

Case Studies
    Averting Disaster in Biosphere 2