Lab Exercise 17 Environmental Crisis.pptVIP

? 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. ? 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Lectures by Chris C. Romero, updated by Edward J. Zalisko PowerPoint? Lectures for Campbell Essential Biology, Fourth Edition – Eric Simon, Jane Reece, and Jean Dickey Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology, Third Edition – Eric Simon, Jane Reece, and Jean Dickey Exercise 17: Is There An Environmental Crisis? Working With the Numbers Global Ecology / Global Warming? Human population growth Effect on global ecology Evidence of problems with the biosphere: Food production Air quality Habitat loss ? 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 19.5a Time (months) Population size (N) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 Figure 19.5 Exponential growth of a rabbit population Figure 19.6a Year 1915 1925 1935 1945 0 2 4 6 8 10 Breeding male fur seals (thousands) Figure 19.6 Logistic growth of a seal population Exponential growth Logistic growth Time Carrying capacity 0 Number of individuals Figure 19.7 Comparison of Exponential and Logistic Growth Evidence of problems with the biosphere: Food production Air quality Habitat loss Increasing World Food Production? What farming techniques help increase food production? (question I) Air Quality / Greenhouse Gases CO2 - produced by industrial activity, modern lifesyle CO2 balance: respiration == photosynthesis Burning fossil fuels and destruction of vegetation ? inc. CO2 production Methane – grazing animals Nitrous oxide Water vapor Ozone (O3) Global Warming____________________ Naturally occurring cycle? Or caused by humans? Global Temperature increase: 1.33*F Exercise 17: Environmental Crisis? Activity 1: Human population growth Activity 2: Can We Continue to Feed Ourselves? Thomas Malthus (mid-1800’s) predicted that in time starvation world result. Examine the world’s grain production (per capita) Activity 3: It’s Getting Hot World carbon dioxide production is increasing (fossil fuels, destruction of vegetation, etc.)