Environmental Science

Describe the characteristics and importance of science and the use of the scientific method in environmental science.

Describe the spheres of Earth and the abiotic and biotic factors of an ecosystem.

Describe the characteristics of major ecosystems and biomes on Earth.

Explain the significance of biodiversity in the ecosystem.

Describe the importance of the food chain and the food web in the ecosystem as well as the flow of energy in the ecological pyramid.

Describe different types of ecological interactions.

Describe how succession takes place over a period in an ecosystem.

Explain how organisms adapt to environmental pressures.

Describe the factors that determine climate and the effect of climate on human activities.

Describe the effects of climate change.

Describe the water, oceanic carbon, carbon, oxygen, silicon, nitrogen, and phosphorous Cycles.

Describe populations, the factors that affect populations, and human population growth and its implications.

Describe the threats to wildlife and explain the importance of the preservation and conservation of wildlife species.

Describe the causes of the unequal distribution of Earth’s resources.

Explain the management of natural resources using various property-rights regimes.

Describe how water is stored, conserved, collected, distributed, and managed.

Describe types of waste and various waste-disposal and waste-management options.

Describe the different types of pollutants and explain the effect of pollutants on the environment and humans.

Describe the effect of air pollution on the global environment.

Describe the methods for controlling pollution.

Describe various sources of nonrenewable energy and renewable energy.

Describe the processes of electricity generation and transmission and their impact on the environment.

Identify factors that affect sustainable development and explain the need for environmental policies and their benefits.