Station 1: Acid Rain

Acid rain:

Name the two chemicals that contribute most to acid rain.

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2.

What acids do these two chemicals form when they meet with rain water?

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2.

Sentences describing the effects of acid rain on statues and forests:

How does acid rain contribute to water pollution?

Station 2: Global Warming

2 greenhouse gases: _________________________ and __________________________

Two effects of global warming:

Picture:

Station 3: Habitat Destruction

Definition of habitat destruction:

Brainstorm:

Definition of biodiversity:

Picture:

Three examples from the article, “Where is it Happening?”

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Using page 154, define conservation.

Describe 2 strategies for conservation.

Describe on challenge to conservation.

Definition of deforestation:

Thinking back to the carbon cycle, how does deforestation contribute to an increasing greenhouse gas layer and therefore global climate change?

Station 4: Biological Magnification

Definition of biological magnification: ______________________________________________________

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****Be careful!! Ask yourself, “Is water a trophic level?”****

Listen to the song, “Big Yellow Taxi” by the Counting Crows. Copy the following table on your paper. Give the line from the song that addresses each of the following environmental issues.Environmental Issue Line from Song

Habitat Destruction

Deforestation

Biological Magnification

Station 5: Invasive Species

Definition of invasive species: ________________________________________________________

After watching the video on lionfish, what happens with native species can’t compete with non-native (invasive) species?

Research, using the internet, 5 invasive plants or animals affecting North Carolina

Station 6: Ozone Layer

Go to http://www.epa.gov/spdpublc/science/missoz/index.html and click on “illustrated panels” and then “begin the story” so you can read “On the Trail of the Missing Ozone.”

1. What is the ozone layer and what is its purpose?

2. What is the biggest enemy of the ozone layer?

3. How do you abbreviate the word in number 2?

4. What types of products contain “ozone’s biggest enemy”?

5. How do these chemicals damage the ozone layer?

6. What are three things that can result from a hole (thinning) in the ozone layer?

7. Describe some ways companies are trying to reduce the use of CFCs?

Station 7: Human Population Growth

Complete the worksheets on human population growth