1st Edition
ISB 201: Insects, Global, & Sustain
School: Michigan State University (MSU )
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Pages: 2Biomass energies and biofuels. What are the pros and cons and how are they produced. -
Pages: 2How do we get our energy and what are alternative methods for electricity. How are these alternative possible. -
Pages: 2The history of CFC and how it destroys Ozone. Also describes the thinning of the Ozone and why that is. -
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Pages: 3What natural and human factors affect climate patterns and changes? The notes go into detail to explain how wind, water, and the structure of the earth contribute to the differences in climate. -
Pages: 2The difference between climate and weather and how atmosphere gasses affect both short term temperature and long term. -
Pages: 2Describes what a dead zone is and how they are created. This also discusses why they are such a problem and how can they be controlled or fixed. -
Pages: 2How water is controlled and identified in nature through both human activity and organically. -
Pages: 3The water cycle and the discussing it as a non-renewable resource. What can people do to protect this resource and to understand how to use it sustainably. -
Pages: 3How pests have been controlled in America since WWII through both pesticides and natural alternatives. -
Pages: 3What is soil and where did it come from? Explains the importance of soil in an ecosystem and what can be harmful to soil. -
Pages: 3The concerns brought on by invasive species. How did they get to America? What can they tell us about evolution? -
Pages: 2The theory of evolution and how organism have adjusted to changes in their environment overtime to ensure survival. -
Pages: 2The relationship between natural selection and sexual selection in nature. Notes give examples of how some traits are only beneficial for reproduction. -
Pages: 2the process of natural selection and how organisms use it to adapt in three different ways. -
Pages: 3The relationship between biotic potential, mutations, and adaptations. Explains in detail the different reproductive strategies of insects and how that contributes to their biotic potential. -
Pages: 3The criteria for success of insects and animals in the environment. -
Pages: 2Why insects are a great protein alternative and how this would help both the economy and the environment. Also explains the story of stuff and the limitations of America's current consumer system. -
Pages: 2What subsidies are and how they can help or hinder the environment. Full cost pricing as a solution and the other costs that go into producing a product. -
Pages: 2The science of Insects and the goods and services they producs and their affects on the environment. -
Pages: 2Sustainability and how people and environmental factors affect natural resources and their services.