Ecosystem Course Works Samples For Students

Introduction to environmental studies

Three integrated elements of sustainability
The three integrated sustainability elements include the social, environmental and economic elements. They are identified to be interconnected.

What is an example of an initiative or decision that benefits people, the environment, and economic growth?

Some of the core items that are core in the environment include air and water. Careful purification of water and air is an initiative that is a beneficiary to the economic and environmental growth.

Population growth

How many people are currently on the planet?
According to United Nations statistics, the world population is approximately 7.04billion
What is the single most significant discovery/change in humanity’s way of living on the planet that has sparked the exponential ...

- Develop a hypothesis on which pot you believe will contain the highest biodiversity.

Hypothesis = If one pot has direct exposure to sunlight it will have the highest level of growth and production.

- Based on the results of your experiment, would you reject or accept the hypothesis that you produced in question 1? Explain how you determined this.

Accept/Reject = I would accept the hypothesis based solely on that the direct sunlight provided the growth need. The plant with direct sunlight is full in the pot and vibrant. The plant away from direct sunlight looks as though it is struggling. The plant is leaning into the sunlight which shows it really does need ...

Introduction

In the mobile world in recent times, there are different forms of mobile phones. Advancement in technology has now influenced several people’s decision in purchasing the type of mobile phones which are otherwise known as Smartphone. Smart phones are one of the most common types of phones that are being used globally now. These sets of phones if you look at them always resemble a minicomputer in terms of the hardware and the software that is associated with it.

Since a Smartphone is a complex entity that can’t just be described easily, this paper would be focusing on taking a part ...

Directions:

- Save your report often as you fill it out, so as not to lose information.
- Use the report form as a single document, do not turn in separate reports for each lab
- Use the ‘Save As’ option to save your file as a Word 97 .doc file
- Save your lab report with this name: Last name, First initial, underscore V1. Thus Charles Darwin would save his Unit 1 Virtual Lab Report as DarwinC_V1.
- Submit this report as a single ...

Q1) Distinguish between each of the following:

- Ecologist and environmentalist (give a Canadian example of each): An ecologist is a person who studies the complex relationships between living organisms and their surroundings. These surroundings can be living like human beings, plants, animals, etc. or non-living like the climate. They are concerned about maintaining the integrity of ecosystems as a whole. Ecology is a very vast field and covers areas like food chains, biomes, etc. Pierre Dansereau is a well-known Canadian ecologist. Environmentalists, on the other hand, are concerned with protecting the environment from harmful human actions. David Suzuki is a famous Canadian environmentalist.

- Primary Succession and Secondary Succession: Succession ...

Experiment 1: Interdependence of Species

Post Lab Questions

1. Hypothesis: Removal of one species alters the status of the entire ecosystem. It was confirmed in the experiment. When each of the species was removed, all the other species had to be adversely affected.

2. All species were removed at different times beginning with lichen, then tree, flower, bees and eventually humans respectively.

3. Since each of the species depends on one another, the elimination of any of them had a great effect on the rest. For instance, the removal of lichens adversely affected the tree, flower, bees and humans. It is the chief source of ...

1.0 Introduction

Historically, civil engineering is one of the oldest practices in engineering, and still remains the broadest professional field combined with scientific principles. Many early structures, facilities, and transportation aspects were the result of the greatest engineering minds, then branching out into materials science, soil mechanics, waterworks, environment, mechanics and other subgenre fields. However, a particular discipline thriving in one geographical area may not necessarily thrive in another. This explains why sustainable design in the United Kingdom prefers to keep its design sustainability a step ahead for all aspects of civil engineering design (Sherwin, 2012). Since civil engineering umbrellas a multitude of engineering ...

Biodiversity in earth’s ecosystem is one of the most affected whenever disasters, especially the ones that are results of humans’ neglectful acts take place (Dennison, 2009). By definition, an ecosystem is basically a community composed of both living and non-living things regardless of their size. Some concrete examples of ecosystems are the Sahara Desert and basically all the natural forests (e.g. rainforests) and protected areas in the entire planet—all of these could be considered as an ecosystem as long as they could generate and sustain life.
Ecosystems and rainforests serve an important role in sustaining life because ...

Abstract

As a senior manager of a computer company that competes with Apple, Inc., this paper will conduct a SWOT analysis of Apple Inc. that could help me with my own strategies. The Analysis will identify roughly five factors of Apple’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats, and will explain why each factor is relevant. It will go into explaining why each example its strength, weakness, opportunity, or a threat. After the analysis, a strategy there will be proposal as well as a product introduced to take advantage of Apple’s vulnerabilities that will help increase my firm’s market share (AIU, 2014).

Introduction

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PART 1

1.0 Introduction

Historically, civil engineering is one of the oldest practices in engineering, and still remains the broadest professional field combined with scientific principles. Many early structures, facilities, and transportation aspects were the result of the greatest engineering minds, then branching out into materials science, soil mechanics, waterworks, environment, mechanics and other subgenre fields. However, a particular discipline thriving in one geographical area may not necessarily thrive in another. This explains why sustainable design in the United Kingdom prefers to keep its design sustainability a step ahead for all aspects of civil engineering design (Sherwin, 2012). Since civil engineering umbrellas a multitude ...

Introduction

Land fragmentation is the process by which land is divided into smaller portions to suit the need of the communities around and the parties involved. However, many biologists know that there are many possible effects related to the loss of habitat. Any time the habitat is fragmented; there is very serious impact on the land surface. The habitat is where animals live. The organisms also thrive in such enabling environments (Berry, 1999).

Whenever, the community changes the way they use land, species have difficulties because their habitat is destroyed. When the habitat is also destroyed or overused, organism have ...

The process of exploiting the environment by humans leads to environmental problems. Leon (2012) says that humans treat rivers as sewers by polluting the rivers and disrupting the ecosystem. The process of de-forestation decreases the number of plants that absorb carbon dioxide translating to enormous amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Leon (2012) cites the coal mining industry in pursuit of economic development degrade the environment.

The state of current technology necessitated by the modern culture perpetrates activities that deteriorate the quality of the environment (Leon, 2012).The Biosphere II experiment demonstrates that the atmosphere does not have a ...

The theory of corporate social responsibility has been on a steady increase of late as businesses seek to promote their brands by engaging in social responsibilities in the communities. Therefore, corporate social responsibility by a business can be termed as the initiatives taken by the corporates as they take the responsibility of the adverse effects that the corporate may have on the community in terms of impact on social welfare and environment. It is also known as corporate citizenship where the corporate incur costs in the short term that do not necessarily bring economic benefit to the firm but instead seek ...

Environment is the surrounding natural manifestations, which are an integral part that enhances the life of all living things. It is the platform on which live thrives hence the need for human attention thus leading to environmental studies. This discipline is charged with the responsibility of addressing all issues pertaining to the surrounding natural life. Environmental studies involve a wide view; therefore, this paper gives short answers to questions on various dimensions pertaining to the environment.

- The two major environmental worldviews are the deep ecological and the Western world environmental views. The western world environmental view holds that the ...

The social system which is based on individual rights is referred to as Capitalism. In the political scenario it refers to the system of freedom, and in the legal field it refers to the system of objectivity in laws. The economists call it a free market economy where there are free flow of goods and services. Socialism on the other hand refers to a state that is centrally planned and the economy and other means of production are controlled by the government. This e essay is meant to discuss the key tenets of socialism and capitalism and also focuses on the ...

Impacts of Petroleum Exploration, Extraction and Transport

Oil shale may be defined as those rocks that usually contain a high proportion and percentage of organic matter such as kerogen. Oil shale is mainly characterized by the low calorific value as well high ash and even mineral content. Oil usually produces energy, which serves a very crucial purpose to our planet. Energy is regarded as the lifeblood of the planet earth and its occupants, thereby, being categorized as among the essential commodities that normally powers the intentions to expand the global economy (Burnham, Stubblefield, & Campbell, 1980). In the 1950s, natural gas and oil became the primary sources of liveliness ...

Introduction:

Sagarmatha was open to foreign tourists in 1950 after many decades of isolation. Annual tourist visit in the beginning was very less until government realized the potential of the region and started investing in it (World Tourism Organization, 2008). Since then, the majestic mountain ranges have become the centre of attraction for many visitors, attracting a number of tourists each year for trekking and mountaineering activities. The objective of this paper is to analyse the impact on the economy of Sagarmatha after the evolution of tourism industry through STEEP analysis. The analysis will attempt to cover key trends in each ...

Analysis of World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

The organization’s set up should always be working within the mission in which it’s established. This will enable the organization delivers and be objective. The mission of the organization should be believed in by all the staff members; hence the results will be delivered. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) operates in a wide range of activities which go beyond conservation. The organization is a nonprofit institution that has been in operation for the last 50 years, making it a leader in the wildlife conservation industry.

The organization do have operations in 100 countries and have the support of over 1.2 million ...

Summary

This is an article based on exclusive research on increases in the relative abundance of mid-tropic level fishes concurrent with declines in apex predators in the subtropical North Pacific between 1996 and 2006. The topic of study is based on a sample of 13 most profuse species caught in the deep-set Hawaii situated in the long-line fishery for the past decade from 1996 to 2006. This is aimed at provision of evidence of a change among the top North Pacific subtropical predators.

The catch rates for apex predators like blue shark, bigeye and albacore, spearfish, as well as striped marlin reduced ...

Define the terms ecology, ecosystem, and biosphere.

Ecology may be referred as the study of how organisms interact in their environment including both the physical (abiotic) and the living (biotic) aspects of the environment. Ecosystems endure through the (abiotic) and (biotic) relations within them. It also studies the community and the population, and assesses cause and effects of the reactions of communities and populations to change in environment.

On the other hand, an ecosystem may be referred to as a community of organisms that interrelate with each other and the non-living elements for sustainable adaptation and development to varying conditions. There many different forms of ecosystems that ...

Affiliation

Google Android Vs Apple’s IOS Operating Systems

An operating system is software that enables the computer to carry out its operations and tasks as commanded by the user. There are two types of operating systems that more or less perform the same function but their background or composition varies due to the manufacturer and competitive task performance. These are the Apple’s IOS and Google Android’s operating systems (Begun, 2011). The Apple IOS operating system was designed and manufactured after going through a series of evolution by the company Apple Inc. The Google Android operating system was manufactured ...

Water Resource Plan

Water is the major fundamental element for the existence of all life forms. Water has a molecule that is composed of one atom of oxygen and two atoms of hydrogen. It exists in three different states: gaseous state, solid state and liquid state. It is mostly in its liquid state and it is mainly found in large water bodies such as lakes, oceans, seas, rivers, dams, and ponds. Clean water is vital for the survival of life be it for animals, human or even plants. Due to its function as a universal solvent, water has a major role in the world economy ...