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I. Questions from lectures (88 percent). Answer each question as completely as possible. Percent value is noted in parentheses.

(9) What are some of the basic differences in the environmental concerns of the Dry West, the Agricultural Middle, and the Industrial Northeast?

(12). Describe how persons with each of the following worldviews would respond to a proposal to create a recreation area in central Indiana. This area would have both a prairie and a wetland restoration, as well as hiking trails. However, in addition a paper company would be allowed to maintain a thousand hectare tree farm, and an aggregate (sand and gravel) mining operation would be permitted to continue in one corner of the park.

1. Development
2. Preservation
3. Conservation

(5) A nation with an annual population growth rate of 7% will, if this growth rate stays the same, double its population in how many years?

(8) How does the Second Law of Thermodynamics (Energy) relate to a food chain ? Why do people in the poorer countries (LDCs) eat mostly a vegetarian diet?

(8) Explain the differences in the roles of Congress and the Executive agencies in making and carrying out environmental policy in the U.S.

(5) Define the carrying capacity of an ecosystem for a particular species.

(11) In a very general sense, what does it mean to "internalize externalities"? Specifically, use the example of an automobile to help explain this concept. I.e., what are the "externalities" for an automobile, and what does it mean for the manufacturer to "internalize" these? How could the purchaser "internalize"?

(6) Explain the difference between primary and secondary succession. Which is more typical of an ecosystem restoration, for example a prairie restoration?

(6) Explain how age distribution affects population growth by sketching age structure diagrams for

1. a) fast-growing nation
2. b) slow-growing nation
3. c) a nation with negative population growth

(4) Climate is described mostly in terms of what two factors?

(4) Describe the climate of a Tropical Rainforest.

(5) Why is soil in a tropical rainforest not adequate for large-scale agriculture?

(5) Explain the differences between an r-strategist species and a K-strategist species. Give an example of each.

II. Questions from presentations (12 percent).

(4) What negative environmental effect can people cause in mountainous terrain?

(4) The "good" ozone is in the ________sphere, and the "bad" ozone is in the ________sphere.

(4) Explain how the pollution of Cedar Lake affected that community.