Using the Websites on "Earth: The Human Impact" WebQuest, answer the following questions.
Click on "Global Warming "
Click on "What is Global Warming?"
1. How many degrees has the world warmed by over the past 100 years?
2. What causes the greenhouse effect?
3. What is Climate Change?
4. Define Global Warming.
5. Define Weather.
6. Define Climate.
Hit the Back Button to the "Global Warming" page
Click on "The Human Impact"
1. What examples did the U.N. panel on climate change give as indicators that the earth is heating up?
2. If gas emissions continue at high levels and population growth continues,
what will be the results by the end of the 21st century?
3. What effect will this have on hurricanes and tropical storms?
Hit the Back Button to the "Global Warming" page
Click on "Test Your Knowledge"
1. Click on "Test Your Climate Change Knowledge."
Write down the answer for each question.
What is your score?
On the left hand side of the screen click on "Can we change
the climate?"
Describe how the industrial revolution contributed to global warming?
List five things that we do that send greenhouse gasses into
the air.
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Close the Global Warming Page to return to the homepage
Click on "Water"
Click on "Wastewater Science"
1. What do wastewater treatment plants do?
2. What is wastewater and what does it contain?
3. List and describe four reasons to treat wastewater?
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Hit the Backbutton to the "Water" page
Click on "Water, Environment & Sanitation"
1. How many people are forced to use unsafe water worldwide?
2. What percentage of the world's population has access to decent sanitation
facilities?
3. What countries have the worst sanitation facilities?
4. What is the goal for 2015?
Hit the Backbutton to the "Water" page
Click on "Visit a Wastewater Treatment Plant"
Name and describe each function in this picture by number.
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Close the "Water" page to return to the homepage
Wildlife Management
Click on How Can We Protect Wildlife?
1. What is the Endangered Species Act?
2. How does a species get listed and how are they protected?
3. How many species are protected?
4. List five ways to protect animals that are endangered.
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Click the backbutton to return to the "Wildlife Management"
page
Click on "Wildlife Basics"
1. What do all living things require for survival?
2. What is the number one problem facing wildlife today?
3. How many species of wildlife become extinct every year?
4. List four reasons why we should be concerned about this.
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Click the backbutton to return to the "Wildlife Management" page
Click on "Exposing the Human Impact"
1. What happened to the shark in the picture on the webpage?
2. This page is from Australia. What is September 7th in Australia and what is the significance of this day?
3. What is one way that we can reverse animal extinction?
4. Why is the Broad Headed snake in decline?
Close the "Wildlife Management" page to return to the homepage
Click on "Population"
Click on Track the Population Growth Over the Centuries
What was the population in:
1A.D.
1350
1700
1800
1900
1950
1985
What is the projected population for 2020?
Hit the Backbutton to return to the "Population" page
Click on "Population Growth and its Effect on the Environment".
1. How much less fresh water did Bangladesh have in 1995 than it did in 1950?
2. What factors determine environmental decline? List four.
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2. Define the following terms:
Food insecuritiy:
Subsistance Agriculture:
Irrigation:
Deforestation:
Desertification:
Fossil Fuels
3. Why has the demand for water grown over the last 50 years?
Hit the Backbutton to return to the "Population" page
Click on "The Future"
1. What is the #1 threat to our environment?
2. How many people face the following and what is projected
for 2050?
Scarce Water:
Scarce Cropland:
Fisheries:
Deforestation:
3. What percent of the world's people use over 80% of its resources?
4. Take the Ecological Footprint Test. What is your footprint?
5. What could you do to reduce your footprint?