Sci-256 Week One Worksheet

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Environmental Science and Human Population Worksheet

Using the textbooks, the University Library, or other resources, answer each of the following questions in 150- to 300-words. Be sure to provide references for the sources you use.

|Question |Response |

| |In ecological terms, the carrying capacity of an ecosystem is the size of the population |

|Is the current growth rate of the human population sustainable? Explain, |that can be supported indefinitely upon the available resources and services of that |

|using the concept of carrying capacity. |ecosystem. Living within the limits of an ecosystem depends on three factors: the amount |

| |of resources available in the ecosystem, the size of the population, and the amount of |

| |resources each individual is consuming. (Sustainability Indicators 101, 1998-2010) |

| |Due to an increase of births, longer living lifespans because of healthy eating and |

| |physical life styles, and the advancement of medication; the human growth population is |

| |not only booming, but also will eventually outweigh the earths carrying capacity. |

| |In the 1960s and 1970s, the environmental movement focused its attention on pollution and |...