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    • First Week Stuff
    • Chapter 1: Measurement
    • Chapter 2: Motion Along a Straight Line
    • Chapter 3: Vectors
    • Chapter 4: Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
    • Chapter 5: Force and Motion I
    • Chapter 6: Force and Motion II
    • Chapter 7: Kinetic Energy and Work
    • Chapter 8: Potential Energy and Conservation
    • Chapter 9: Center of Mass and Linear Momentum
  • AP Environmental Science
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    • Unit I: Humans and Sustainability: An Overview >
      • Chapter 1: Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability
    • Unit II: Science, Ecological Principles, and Sustainability >
      • Chapter 2: Science, Matter, Energy, and Systems
      • Chapter 3: Ecosystems: What are They and How Do They Work?
      • Chapter 4: Biodiversity and Evolution
      • Chapter 5: Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control
      • Chapter 6: The Human Population and Its Impact
      • Chapter 7: Climate and Biodiversity
      • Chapter 8: Aquatic Biodiversity
    • Unit III: Sustaining Biodiversity >
      • Chapter 9: Sustaining Biodiversity: Saving Species and Ecosystem Services
      • Chapter 10: Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: Saving Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services
      • Chapter 11: Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
    • Unit IV: Sustaining Natural Resources >
      • Chapter 12: Food Production and the Environment
      • Chapter 13: Water Resources
      • Chapter 14: Nonrenewable Mineral Resources
      • Chapter 15: Nonrenewable Energy
      • Chapter 16: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
    • Unit V: Sustaining Environmental Quality >
      • Chapter 17: Environmental Hazards and Human Health
      • Chapter 18: Air Pollution
      • Chapter 19: Climate Disruption
      • Chapter 20: Water Pollution
      • Chapter 21: Solid and Hazardous Waste
      • Chapter 22: Urbanization and Sustainability
    • Unit VI: Sustaining Human Societies >
      • Chapter 23: Economics, Environment, and Sustainability
      • Chapter 24: Politics, Environment, and Sustainability
      • Chapter 25: Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability
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Unit III:  Sustaining Biodiversity


Chapter 9:  Sustaining Biodiversity:  Saving Species and Ecosystem Services
  • Section 1:  What Role Do Humans Play in the Loss of Species and Ecosystem Services?
  • Section 2:  Why Should We Care About Sustaining Species and the Ecosystem Services they Provide?
  • Section 3:  How Do Humans Accelerate Species Extinction and Degradation of Ecosystem Services?
  • Section 4:  How Can We Sustain Wild Species and Their Ecosystem Services?

Chapter 10:  Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity:  Saving Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services
  • Section 1:  What Are the Major Threats to Forest Ecosystems?
  • Section 2:  How Should We Manage and Sustain Forests?
  • Section 3:  How Should We Manage and Sustain Grasslands?
  • Section 4:  How Should We Manage and Sustain Parks and Natural Reserves?
  • Section 5:  What is the Ecosystem Approach to Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services?

​Chapter 11:  Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
  • Section 1:  What Are the Major Threats to Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services?
  • Section 2:  How Can We Protect and Sustain Marine Fisheries?
  • Section 3:  How Should We Manage and Sustain Marine Fisheries?
  • Section 4:  How Should We Protect and Sustain Wetlands?
  • Section 5:  How Should We Protect and Sustain Freshwater Lakes, Rivers, and Fisheries?
  • Section 6:  What Should Be Our Priorities for Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity?

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