Unit V: Sustaining Environmental Quality - Mr. Lowrie's Science Site

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Unit V: Sustaining Environmental Quality

Chapter 17: Environmental Hazards and Human Health

Section 1: What Major Health Issues Do We Face?
Section 2: What Types of Biological Hazards Do We Face?
Section 3: What Types of Chemical Hazards Do We Face?
Section 4: How Can We Evaluate Chemical Hazards?
Section 5: How Do We Perceive Risks and How Can We Avoid the Worst of Them?

Chapter 18: Air Pollution

Section 1: What Is the Nature of the Atmosphere?
Section 2: What Are the Major Outdoor Air Pollution Problems?
Section 3: What Is Acid Deposition and Why Is It a Problem?
Section 4: What are the Major Indoor Air Pollution Problems?
Section 5: What are the Health Effects of Air Pollution?
Section 6: How Should We Deal with Air Pollution?
Section 7: How Have We Depleted Ozone in the Stratosphere and What Can We Do About It?

Chapter 19: Climate Disruption

Section 1: How Is the Earth's Climate Changing?
Section 2: Why Is the Earth's Climate Changing?
Section 3: What Are the Possible Effects of a Warmer Atmosphere?
Section 4: What Can We Do to Slow Projected Climate Disruption?
Section 5: How Can We Adapt to Climate Change?

Chapter 20: Water Pollution

Section 1: What Are the Causes and Effects of Water Pollution?
Section 2: What Are the Major Water Pollution Problems in Streams and Lakes?
Section 3: What Are the Major Pollution Problems Affecting Groundwater?
Section 4: What Are the Major Water Pollution Problems Affecting Oceans?
Section 5: How Can We Deal with Water Pollution?

Chapter 21: Solid and Hazardous Waste

Section 1: What Are Solid Waste and Hazardous Waste, and Why Are They Problems?
Section 2: How Should We Deal with Solid Waste?
Section 3: Why Are Refusing, Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling So Important?
Section 4: What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Burning or Burying Solid Waste?
Section 5: How Should We Deal with Hazardous Wastes?
Section 6: How Can We Make the Transition to a More Sustainable Low-Waste Society?

Chapter 22: Urbanization and Sustainability

Section 1: What Are the Major Population Trends in Urban Areas?
Section 2: What Are the Major Urban Resource and Environmental Problems?
Section 3: How Does Transportation Affect Urban Environmental Impacts?
Section 4: How Important is Urban Land-Use Planning?
Section 5: How Can Cities Become More Sustainable and Livable?