S.HS.ENV. Environmental Science ContentS.HS.ENV.1. Compare and contrast the rate elements cycle through the ecosphere, describing natural and human influences on reaction rates: S.HS.ENV.10. Analyze biological diversity as it relates to the stability of an ecosystem.
S.HS.ENV.11. Relate habitat changes to plant and animal populations and climate influences:S.HS.ENV.11.1. Variations in habitat size
S.HS.ENV.11.2. Fragmentation
S.HS.ENV.12. Compare and contrast legislation and international agreements associated with protecting habitats, ecosystems, and species:S.HS.ENV.12.2. Surface Mining Control and Reclamation ActQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Minerals
S.HS.ENV.12.5. Marine Mammals ActQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Oceans
S.HS.ENV.13. Illustrate how changes in wind patterns or ocean temperatures can affect weather in different parts of the world:S.HS.ENV.13.1. El NinoQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Oceans
S.HS.ENV.13.2. La NinaQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Oceans
S.HS.ENV.13.3. Santa Ana windsQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Oceans
S.HS.ENV.14. Identify natural and anthropogenic sources of primary, secondary, and indoor air pollutants and the resulting environmental and health effects.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Minerals
S.HS.ENV.15. Explain the formation of acid rain and describe the resulting effect on soil, plants, water, statues, etc.
S.HS.ENV.16. Identify causes for the thinning of the ozone layer and evaluate the effectiveness of the Montreal Protocol for reducing ozone depletion.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Climate
S.HS.ENV.17. Debate climate change as it relates to natural forces, greenhouse gases, and human changes in atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, and relevant laws and treaties.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Climate
S.HS.ENV.18. Identify sources, uses, quality, conservation, and global distribution of water.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Minerals Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Oceans
S.HS.ENV.19. Create models to show surface and groundwater flow in a local drainage and explain how surface and ground water are related.
S.HS.ENV.2. Explain how the chemical components of biological and physical processes fit in the overall process of biogeochemical cycling such as photosynthesis, respiration, nitrogen fixation, or decomposition.
S.HS.ENV.20. Contrast point source and non-point source water pollutants.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Minerals Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Oceans
S.HS.ENV.22. Examine legislation associated with the protection of water:S.HS.ENV.22.1. Clean Water Act
S.HS.ENV.22.2. London Dumping Convention of 1972
S.HS.ENV.25. Analyze best management practices of the agriculture business:S.HS.ENV.25.4. Irrigation practices
S.HS.ENV.27. Evaluate solid waste management practices:S.HS.ENV.27.1. Recycling
S.HS.ENV.3. Analyze and evaluate the use and availability of renewable and nonrenewable energy resources:S.HS.ENV.3.2. Solar
S.HS.ENV.3.3. Biomass
S.HS.ENV.3.4. Biofuels
S.HS.ENV.3.5. Hydropower
S.HS.ENV.3.6. Natural gas
S.HS.ENV.3.7. Wind
S.HS.ENV.3.8. Geothermal
S.HS.ENV.4. Evaluate environmental and economic advantages and disadvantages of using nonrenewable and renewable energy.
S.HS.ENV.5. Differentiate various means of generating electricity in terms of the transformation of energy among forms, the relationship of matter and energy, and efficiency/production of heat energy.
S.HS.ENV.6. Explain how technology has influenced the sustainability of natural resources over time:S.HS.ENV.6.2. Fossil fuels
S.HS.ENV.7. Relate logistic, exponential, and irruptive population growth to population dynamics including:S.HS.ENV.7.1. Natural selection
S.HS.ENV.7.2. Predator/prey relationships
S.HS.ENV.7.3. Reproductive strategiesQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Meiosis
S.HS.ENV.8. Create food web diagrams to explain how adding and/or removing a species from an ecosystem may affect other organisms and the entire ecosystem.
S.HS.ENV.9. Evaluate the leading causes of species decline and premature extinction:S.HS.ENV.9.1. Habitat destruction and degradation
S.HS.ENV.9.3. Pollution