Bio220 topic 2 dq 2 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Week 4 DQ 1 Description: Farmers use fertilizers to improve crop growth which can impact the environment though agricultural runoff. What is agricultural runoff? Provide two examples of how farmers can prevent it. Week 4 DQ 2 Description: Superweeds are plants having a high resistance to different herbicides. How do superweeds grow? Do GMOs influence the growth of superweeds? Why or why not?

Week 6DQ 1 Description: Select a national monument. How has it been affected by weathering? Be sure to specify the type of weathering it isexposed to. Week 6DQ 2 Description: Select a type of renewable energy. Compare it to fossil fuels by explaining two pros and two cons for its implementationon a large scale. Maintain an environmental focus (do not just give economic reasons).

Topic 2 DQ 2 Description: According to our textbook, a biotic factor is a living element found within an ecosystem, while an abiotic factor is a nonliving element found within an ecosystem. Choose a biome and ecosystem and provide an example of a biotic and abiotic factor found within your biome/ecosystem. Explain the importance of these factors to your specific biome/ecosystem.

Week 5 DQ 2 Description: Plant communities change over time. 1. What is the difference between primary and secondary succession? 2. Provide an example of a place that is or has undergone primary succession. 3. Provide an example of a place that is in or has undergone secondary succession.

Week 6DQ 2 Description: Select a type of renewable energy. Compare it to fossil fuels by explaining two pros and two cons for its implementationon a large scale. Maintain an environmental focus (do not just give economic reasons).

Topic1 DQ 1 Description: Research a local environmental law. Provide the following details about the law: 1. What is it designed to protect, when was it implemented, and what some consequences for violating it are? 2. In what ways is it effective? 3. In what ways is it not? 4. How can it be more effective? Topic1 DQ 2 Description: How has society’s view of the environment changed over time? What does the Christian Worldview say about protecting the environment? Use specific...

Week 7DQ 1 Description: Provide one example for point source pollution and one example for non-point source pollution. Identify one type ofwater pollutant and describe the effects this pollutant has on the environment. Week 7DQ 2 Description: Provide an example of water use and describe some examples of domestic water conservation. Define the Clean WaterAct and Safe Drinking Water Act (make sure to include in-text citations and references).

Topic 2 DQ 1 Description: What is the difference between R and K selective? Provide an example of a K specialist species and an R specialist species (find examples outside the textbook). What kind of environment would favor each and why?

Topic 3 DQ 1 Description: The growth rate equation is (birth rate + immigration)-(death rate + emigration). Provide at least two factors that affect the population size based off the equation above, and explain how these factors impact the size of the population. Topic 3 DQ 2 Description: Identify any unusual environmental problems (for example: heavy metals due to mining, water pollution due to farming or industry) in your neighborhood and research possible health effects of potential...

Week 7DQ 2 Description: Provide an example of water use and describe some examples of domestic water conservation. Define the Clean WaterAct and Safe Drinking Water Act (make sure to include in-text citations and references).