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Unit 1: Ecosystem Services
Unit 2: Sustainability
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Unit 3: The Nature of Science
Unit 4: Energy
Unit 5: Matter Cycles
Unit 6: Ecosystems
Unit 7: Populations and Population Growth
Unit 8: Biodiversity
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Unit 9: Evolution & Adaptation
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Unit 10: Endangered Species & Extinction
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Unit 11: Environmental Health, and Physical & Chemical Hazards
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Unit 12: Air Pollution
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Unit 13: Environmental Policies & the Ozone Layer
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Unit 14: Infectious Diseases & the Environment
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Unit 15: Human Population Growth
Unit 16: Sustainable Cities
Unit 17: Solid Waste
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Unit 18: Creating a Sustainable Economy
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Unit 19: Water Resources
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Unit 20: Water Pollution
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Unit 21: The Ocean
For our examination of the ocean in this class, I am re-using materials from my oceanography course.
The oceanography course uses a different system for labeling topics. The purple text below shows the oceanography topic codes.
Note that the oceanography Units have questions in them. You do NOT have answer the questions in these Units; you do NOT have to submit your answers to these questions. That being said, the questions are supposed to draw your attention to key ideas in the Unit reading assignments, so it may be useful to pay attention to the questions and look for their answers.
21a - Ocean Resources & Services (labeled 13A)
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21b - Ocean Ecosystem Basics (Phytoplankton) (labeled 10A-1)
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21c - Estuaries & Wetlands (labeled 6B)
(Note: You do not need to read anything after sections on estuaries & wetlands at the beginning of the Unit.)
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21d - Coral Reefs (labeled 10D)
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21e - Kelp Forests (labeled 10E)
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21f - Fishing & Aquaculture (labeled 13C)
Unit 22: Forests
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Unit 23: Grasslands
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Unit 24: Agriculture - Growing Crops
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Unit 25: Agriculture - CAFOs (meat production)
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Unit 26: Mineral Resources & Mining
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Unit 27: Fossil Fuels
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Unit 28: Climate Change
For our examination of the climate change in this class, I am re-using materials from my oceanography course.
The oceanography course uses a different system for labeling topics. In my oceanography course, climate change is topic 12A (not Unit 28), so this is what you will see on the materials.
Note that the oceanography Units have questions in them. You do NOT have answer the questions in these Units; you do NOT have to submit your answers to these questions. That being said, the questions are supposed to draw your attention to key ideas in the Unit reading assignments, so it may be useful to pay attention to the questions and look for their answers.
Unit 12A-1: The Greenhouse Effect Reading Assignment - Lecture Slides - Audio
Unit 12A-2: Global Warming Reading Assignment - Lecture Slides - Audio
Unit 12A-3: Other Factors Affecting Global Climate Reading Assignment - Lecture Slides - Audio