Environmental Controversy Resources and Pollution Paper   This week’s environmental controversy focuses on bottled water in terms of its health, safety, and financial issues. People disagree on whether government or private groups should be designated to promote healthier water. What is your position? Review the background information. Then using the references along with resources from […]

Earth Science Learning Mineral Identification Lab Report Mineral Identification Lab In this lab, you will identify unknown minerals by their physical properties. To get started, printout the worksheet or fill it using Excel. If you write in the answers, make sure you write legibly. There are nine samples for identification but you will be graded […]

Population Effect Essay   Refer to the population clock and take note of the increase of our population per day and per year. Think about how our lifestyle patterns, consumption of goods, and regions that we inhabit affect the environment. The relationship between our increase of population and degradation may seem to be direct and […]

The US Election the Most Highly Contested Elections Globally Discussion This discussion will allow us to discuss how predictions about the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections were inaccurate due to sampling related issues and gain an appreciation for the complexity of designing appropriate samples.     Your task: Review this week’s course materials. Pay particular attention […]

Which of these is a reason that the poles are colder than the Equator?   greenhouse effect is more significant near the Equator   increased beam spreading at higher latitudes due to Earth being spherical   there are more volcanoes near the Equator which release heat   Question 21   At which position in the […]

Plate Tectonics and the Age of the Ocean Crust Please note:   The Internet Problems are designed to completed individually; however, students may discuss difficult questions in Open Discussion. Answers should be in your own words. The goal for all the assignments is to demonstrate knowledge of both the question and the answer.   Based […]

Construction Environmental Science Paper   Report on some ways that you have witnessed workers in Construction expose themselves and other workers to respirable silica hazards. Share your post on the discussion     

Introduction. “Global warming” refers to an increase in Earth’s annually averaged air temperature near the surface. Thermometer readings are collected from many thousands of weather stations around the world—over land and ocean—and then used to produce a global average temperature for each year. The resulting series of annual averages of global temperature from 1880 to […]

When undertaking a Hazard Analysis the severity and probability must be determined. What are the concerns when trying to determine if a severity is either critical or marginal and the probability is either frequent or probable? Selecting the wrong one may result in a major hazard being ignored or a minor one being given priority […]

January 19th at 23:00 PM (Local), an earthquake, magnitude 3.5, is experienced with an epi-center 5 miles from the response location. This is an unusual occurrence, with no prior recorded earthquakes in this area in recorded history. NDJ is an industrial concern in your county that has experienced significant impact from this event. NDJ processes […]