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$3.00 SCI/275 Week 6 CheckPoint and Assignment
- From Political-Science: Environmentalism
- Closed, but you can still post tutorials
- Due on May. 03, 2009
- Asked on May. 01, 2009 at 10:01:42AM
Q:1. CheckPoint: Water Resource Challenges
Resource: Appendix E
Due Date: Day 5 [Individual forum]
Complete the Water Resource Challenges table in Appendix E by briefly identifying three fresh and three ocean water resource issues. Then, respond to the questions provided at the bottom of Appendix E.
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2. Assignment: Water Resource Plan
For this assignment, you can choose to conduct either Part A or Part B.
Part A
Resources: Ch. 10 of Visualizing Environmental Science , Declining Fish Stock VLR, and Appendix F
Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum]
View the Declining Fish Stock VLR located under the Week Six Materials section of your student web page.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in APA format that includes the following:
o A brief description of the water resource problem in the video and how it originated.
o A management and sustainment plan that you think will benefit both sides of the issue.
o How your plan will be viewed, both negatively and positively, by the environmentalists and the fishermen.
o Other problems, besides declining fish stock, that result from fishermens techniques for catching fish.
o How your plan affects the community. Consider issues relating to jobs, resources, and lifestyles. Explain your answers.
Use Appendix F as a guide when developing your sustainment plan.
Include a minimum of two outside references.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
Post your paper as an attachment.
Part B
Resources: Ch.11 Figure 11.12 of Visualizing Environmental Science and Appendix F
Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum]
Review Ch. 11 Figure 11.12 and choose one of the ocean water resource issues pictured. Or, choose a freshwater resource issue from the following list:
SCI 275 Environmental Science
o Flooding
o Aquifer Depletion
o Overdrawing surface water
o Saltwater intrusion and salinization
o Water Pollution
o Eutrophication
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in APA format that includes the following:
o A brief description of your selected water resource issue and how it originated.
o A management and sustainment plan that you think will alleviate the problem.
o Any opposing views of the issue.
o Other water or land resource problems that might result from your issue; for example, nonpoint source pollution contributes to eutrophication in freshwater resources or the destruction of coastal estuaries impacts marine life and ocean resources. Explain your answers.
o Any challenges, limitations, or implications of your plan.
o How your plan affects the community. Consider issues relating to jobs, resources, and lifestyles. Explain your answers.
Use Appendix F as a guide when developing your sustainment plan.
Include a minimum of two outside references.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
Post your paper as an attachment.
