Topic
Geology / Geography / Oceanography / Atmospheric Sciences
Study-set
Scientific American Environmental Study Set 1

Exam 21: Climate Change- When the Trees Leave: Scientists Grapple With a Shifting Climate- Alternatives to Fossil Fuels

Exam 1: Environmental Literacy and the Goal of Sustainability - on the Road to Collapse: What Lessons Can We Learn From a Vanished Viking Society45 Questions

Exam 2: Science Literacy and the Process of Science- Science and the Sky: Solving the Mystery of the Disappearing Ozone84 Questions

Exam 3: Information Literacy:toxic Bottles on the Trail of Chemicals in Our Everyday Lives- Human Populations and Environmental Health64 Questions

Exam 4: Human Populations- One Child China Grows Up: a Country Faces the Outcomes of Radical Population Control57 Questions

Exam 5: Environmental Health- Eradicating a Parasitic Nightmare: Human Health Is Intricately Linked to the Environment- Consumption and the Environmental Footprint51 Questions

Exam 6: Ecological Economics and Consumption- Wall to Wall, Cradle to Cradle: a Leading Carpet Company Takes a Chance on Going Green58 Questions

Exam 7: Managing Solid Waste- a Plastic Surf: Are the Oceans Teeming With Trash- Ecology61 Questions

Exam 8: Ecosystems and Nutrient Cycling- Engineering Earth: an Ambitious Attempt to Replicate Earths Life Support Systems Goes Awry66 Questions

Exam 9: Population Ecology- the Wolf Watchers: Endangered Gray Wolves Return to the American West56 Questions

Exam 10: Community Ecology- What the Stork Says: a Bird Species in the Everglades Reveals the Intricacies of a Threatened Ecosystem- Biodiversity and Evolution65 Questions

Exam 11: Evolution- a Tropical Murder Mystery: Finding the Missing Birds of Guam64 Questions

Exam 12: Biodiversity- Palm Planet: Production of a Common Household Ingredient Is Wreaking Havoc on Wildlife Across the Globe44 Questions

Exam 13: Reserving Biodiversity- a Forest Without Elephants: Can We Save One of Earths Iconic Species- Water Resources50 Questions

Exam 14: Freshwater Resources- Toilet to Tap: a California County Is Employing a Controversial Method to - Supply Drinking Water71 Questions

Exam 15: Water Pollution- Into the Gulf: the Makings of a Dead Zone, Far Upstream- Food Resources38 Questions

Exam 16: Feeding the World - a Gene Revolution: Can Genetically Engineered Food Help End Hunger56 Questions

Exam 17: Agriculture- Farming Like an Ecosystem: Creative Solutions to Feeding the World- Conventional Energy: Fossil Fuels50 Questions

Exam 18: Coal- Bringing Down the Mountain: in the Rubble, the True Costs of Coal58 Questions

Exam 19: Oil and Natural Gas- the Bakken Oil Boom: Is Our Next Big Fuel Source Our Dirtiest- Air Pollution: Consequences of Using Fossil Fuels66 Questions

Exam 20: Air Pollution- the Youngest Scientists: Kids on the Frontlines of Asthma Research64 Questions

Exam 21: Climate Change- When the Trees Leave: Scientists Grapple With a Shifting Climate- Alternatives to Fossil Fuels62 Questions

Exam 22: Nuclear Power - the Future of Fukushima: Can Nuclear Energy Overcome Its Bad Rep61 Questions

Exam 23: Sustainable Energy for Stationary Sources- Fueled by the Sun: a Small Island Makes Big Strides in Renewable Energy- Sustainable Living in Community64 Questions

Exam 24: Urbanization- the Ghetto Goes Green: in the Bronx, Building a Better Backyard62 Questions

Exam 25: Environmental Policy56 Questions

Exam 26: Counterfeit Cooling: in the Global Effort to Thwart Climate Change, Some Lessons Are57 Questions

Exam 27: Learned After the Fact60 Questions

Exam 28: Optional Chapters Available in Launchpad61 Questions

Exam 29: Mineral Resources and Mining67 Questions

Exam 30: Rare Earth Elements: a Bevy of Unfamiliar Minerals Are Crucial for Our Everyday63 Questions

Exam 31: Technologies-But They Come With a Slew of Problems- Soil and Grassland Resources64 Questions

Exam 32: Restoring the Range: the Key to Recovering the Worlds Grasslands May Be a Surprising One63 Questions