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Clerical:
Lecture notes thru Soil Resources ARE covered by Exam #4.
Quizzes 13-16 are due by 3:00pm today, 4/21/11.
Exam #4 will be given in class Tuesday (4/26/11). The Exam #4 Study Guide is posted. Don't forget your #2 pencil.
Homework #8 - Watch NOVA's "Power Surge" online
Themes of the Day:
- Soil Resources - on Exam #4
- Waste Management - on Exam #5
- Air Pollution - on Exam #5
Soil Resources Discussion - on Exam #4
- Soil is not the same as dirt. (Insult a soil scientist by telling him/her that he/she works with dirt)
- Soils develop as the result of weathering over hundreds or thousands of years
- Soil Profiles
- Soil Classification
- Soil Moisture
- Soil Erosion
- Effects of Land Use
- Soil Management Techniques
- Contour Plowing
- Terracing
- Multiple Crops
- Urban Vegetation - Before and After
- Effects of Off-Road Vehicles
- Bioremediation of Soils
Group Projects - Waste Management and Air Pollution - on Exam #5
- Prepare a short (10-15 slide) presentation (please use Google Presentations rather than PowerPoint) that describes a case study of Waste Management or Air Pollution in the USA
- Where is the study located? (Use Google Earth and the clipping tool to give an overview of location and regional features.)
- What sort of contamination/environmental hazard is/was it? How was it detected? How does/did it threaten humans or the environment? Relate your case study to material from your textbook (Chapter 16 figures, Chapter 17 figures).
- What is the cause of the contamination/pollution? Was it natural or human-induced? If the latter, who was responsible for it?
- What is the geology/geography of the area and how does it affect the contamination/pollution?
- How was (is) the contamination/pollution (being) remediated/cleaned up?
- What environmentally sound practices/laws could have been undertaken before the problem arose that would have avoided the threat?
Some other resources that may be helpful:
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