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Environmental science : how the world works and your place in it / Jane L. Person.

By: Publication details: Dallas ; Toronto : J. M. LeBel Enterprises Inc., c1989. Description: viii, 466 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0920008410
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 577.27 PER
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Contents;

Unit I: Introduction to ecology - The basics
1.1 Ecology - A study of relationships
2.1 Succession - Changing ecosystems
3.1 Food chains and webs in the ecosystem
4.1 The flow of energy through an ecosystem
5.1 Cycles in the ecosystem

Unit II: The atmosphere
1.1 Composition of air
2.1 Weather patterns
3.1 Sources of pollution
4.1 Chemicals that pollute the air
5.1 The effects of air pollution
etc.

Unit III: Food for the table - Changes through science and technology
1.1 Food . . . Before the big Mac
2.1 Agriculture - The development of technology
3.1 The good earth - Black gold
4.1 The soil disappears
5.1 Can technology feed the world's hungry?
etc.

Unit IV: Water - The essential fluid
1.1 Aquatic environments
2.1Rivers

Unit V: Energy - Past, present, and future
1.1 Energy - The rest of the story
1.2 Fossil fuels - Energy for a nation
1.3 Achieving energy independence
1.4 Difficult choices

Glossary : p. 455-462 . _ Index : p. 465-466.

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