Bilingual,Environment

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Contents
Chaper 1 Environment and Ecosystem
Glossary
§1 What are Ecosystems ?
§2 Field Study
Chaper 2 What Makes up an Ecosystem ?
Glossary
§1 Abiotic Parts o f Ecosystems
§2 Biotic Factors in Ecosystems
§3 Lab Study
Chapter 3 Human Culture Affects Ecosystems
Glossary
§1 Tools Change Ecosystems
§2 Farming Changes Ecosystems
§3 You Solve I t
§4 Case Study
Chaper 4 Energy in Your Life
Glossary
§1 Energy Sources
§2 Measuring Energy Consumption
§3 Transportation
§4 Residential Energy Use
§5 Industry and Agriculture
§6 Field Study
§7 You Solve I t
Chapter 5 Global Patterns of

Energy Consumption
Glossary
§1 Energy Use in Developed Countries
§2 Energy Use in Less Developed Countries
Chapter 6 Soil: It Isn’t Just Dust
Glossary
§1 Soil Formation
§2 Soil Components
§3 Soil Pro f ile
§4 Soil Minerals and Nutrients
§5 Soil as an Ecosystem
§6 Food Chains and Energy
§7 Soil Erosion
§8 Soil Conservation
§9 Farmland Conservation
§10 Enriching the Soil
§11 Lab Study
Chaper 7 Food: A Gift of the Soil
Glossary
§1 Domesticated Plants
§2 Domesticated Animals
§3 From Farm to Supermarket
§4 Industrialized Agriculture
§5 You Solve I t
Chaper 8 Populations
Glossary
§1 What I s Population ?
§2 Growth and decline o f Pop ulations
§2 Crrying capacity of a Rcgion
§4 You solve I t
§5 Lab Study
§6 Field Study
Chaper 9 Creating a Balance
Glossary
§1 Stabilizing Population:

A Global Challenge
§2 Family-planning Programs: aGlobal View
§3 Human Populations and Food
§4 You Solve I t
Chaper 10 Your Water Supply
Glossary
§1 The Earth’s Waters
§2 The Water Cycle and You
§3 Water Sources f or People
§4 You Drink ing Water
§5 Case Study
§6 Lab Study
§7 Field Study
Chaper 11 The Atmosphere and Air Pollution
Glossary
§1 The Air You Breathe
§2 Pure and Polluted Air
§3 Great Breathing Disasters
§4 You solve I t
§5 Lab Study
§6 f ield Study