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Chapter 1
Environmental Science: A Global Perspective |
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Section 1.1:
Understanding Our Environment |
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Section 1.2: Using
Science to Solve Environmental Problems |
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Section 1.3: Making
Environmental Decisions |
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Chapter 2 Living
Things in Ecosystems |
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Section 2.1:
Ecosystems: Everything Is Connected |
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Section 2.2: How
Species Interact With Each Other |
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Section 2.3:
Adapting to the Environment |
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Chapter 3 How
Ecosystems Work |
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Section 3.1: Energy
Flow in Ecosystems |
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Section 3.2: The
Cycling of Materials |
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Section 3.3: How
Ecosystems Change |
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Chapter 4 Kinds
of Ecosystems |
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Section 4.1: Forests |
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Section 4.2:
Grasslands, Chaparral, Deserts, and Tundra |
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Section 4.3:
Freshwater Ecosystems |
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Section 4.4: Marine
Ecosystems |
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Chapter 5 Water |
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Section 5.1: Our
Water Resources |
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Section 5.2:
Freshwater Pollution |
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Section 5.3: Ocean
Pollution |
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Chapter 6 Air |
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Section 6.1: What
Causes Air Pollution? |
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Section 6.2: Effects
on Human Health |
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Section 6.3: Acid
Precipitation |
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Chapter 7
Atmosphere and Climate |
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Section 7.1: The
Atmosphere |
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Section 7.2: Climate |
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Section 7.3:
Greenhouse Earth |
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Section 7.4: The
Ozone Shield |
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Chapter 8 Land |
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Section 8.1: The
City |
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Section 8.2: How We
Use Land |
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Section 8.3: Public
Land in the United States |
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Chapter 9 Food |
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Section 9.1: Feeding
the People of the World |
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Section 9.2:
Agriculture and Soil |
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Section 9.3: Pest
Control |
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Chapter 10
Biodiversity |
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Section 10.1:
Biodiversity at Risk |
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Section 10.2: Public
Policy |
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Section 10.3: The
Future of Biodiversity |
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Chapter 11 Energy |
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Section 11.1: Fossil
Fuels to Electricity |
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Section 11.2:
Nuclear Energy |
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Section 11.3: A
Sustainable Energy Future |
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Chapter 12 Waste |
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Section 12.1: Solid
Waste: The Throwaway Society |
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Section 12.2: Solid
Waste: Options for the Future |
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Section 12.3:
Hazardous Waste |
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Chapter 13
Population Growth |
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Section 13.1: How
Populations Change in Size |
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Section 13.2: A
Growing Human Population |
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Section 13.3:
Problems Related to Population Growth |
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Chapter 14 Toward
a Sustainable Future |
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Section 14.1:
International Cooperation |
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Section 14.2:
Environmental Policies in the United States |
