LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT - CHAPTER SUMMARY
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PART 1 HUMANS AND NATURE: AN OVERVIEW
Chapter 1. Environmental Problems and Their Causes 3
Chapter 2. Brief History of Resource Use and Conservation 4
PART II SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 3. Scientific Principles and Concepts 5
Chapter 4. Matter and Energy Resources: Types and Concepts 6
Chapter 5. Ecosystems and How They Work 7
Chapter 6. Climate, Weather, and Life 8
Chapter 7. Changes in Populations, Communities, and
Chapter 8. Geologic Processes: The Dynamic Earth 10
Chapter 9. Population Dynamics: Influencing Population
Chapter 10. Population Distribution: Urban Living 12
PART IV ULTIMATE GLOBAL PROBLEMS
Chapter 11. Deforestation and Loss of Biodiversity 13
Chapter 12. Global Warming and Ozone Loss 14
Chapter 13. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 15
Chapter 14. Nonrenewable Energy and Resources 16
PART VI RISKS, HEALTH, RESOURCES, AND POLLUTION
Chapter 15. Risk, Toxicology, and Human Health 17
Chapter 16. Air and Air Pollution 17
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Chapter 17. Water Resources 18
Chapter 18. Water Pollution 20
Chapter 19. Minerals and Soil 21
Chapter 20. Solid and Hazardous Waste 22
PART VII SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY AND BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY
Chapter 22. Protecting Food Resources: Pesticides and Pest
Chapter 23. Sustaining Ecosystems: Forests, Rangelands,
Chapter 24. Sustaining Wild Species 26
Chapter 25. Economics and Environment 28
Chapter 26. Politics and Environment 28
Chapter 27. Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and
PART 1 HUMANS AND NATURE: AN OVERVIEW
CHAPTER 1. ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR CAUSES
This chapter presents an overview of the environmental and sociological problems facing humans to...