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* Final Exam will be placed

in the Unit Test category.

* It will be work two test grades. (12 %

or grade)

Studying The State of Our

Earth

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• Environmental studies- includes environmental science, the study of interactions among human systems and those found in nature along with other subjects such as environmental policy, economics, literature and ethics.

Humans Alter Natural Systems

• Humans manipulate their environment more than any other species.

living on the Earth in a way that allows us to use its resources without depriving future generations of

those resources.

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Easter Island: An Example of what happens to civilization that lives unsustainably.

Bell Ringer: 1.How many acres make up Easter Island?2.How many square feet make up Easter

Island?.

1 mi2 = 640 acres

1 mi2 = (5,280ft)2

1,761,078,528 ft2

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The Lorax – Protector of the Trees• The Lorax is a fictional story about a man

whose activities abused the environment and about what he learned from the experience.

• • Contains common components found in the environmental problems facing humans

• Also contains many of the components associated with sustainable development (SD

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