Environmental Science





1.  Explain   the  meaning  of  the   following:  ecology,  biosphere,

     ecosystem, plant succession, limiting  factor. Give an example of

     each.



2. With  the help of  your counselor,  pick  an area of  10 acres* for

     study.



3.  Visit the  area four  times for  2 hours  each  time.  Do this  at

     different times on one day a week  for a month, or if at camp, on

     four different times of the day.

     [a]  Record the temperature, rain, and wind.

     [b]  List the animals you saw.  Tell what they were doing.

     [c]  List the plants you saw.



4.  Write about your study in 500 words or more showing:

     [a] How the climate, topography,  and geology have influenced the

          number and kinds of plants and animals.

     [b]  How the living and nonliving elements are interrelated.

     [c]  Why it is important that people understand this.



5. With  your counselor, plan and  carry out a  project  in ONE of the

     following:

     [a] The effect  of water-holding capacity of soil  on plant life.

          The relation of plant cover  to runoff. How both are related

          to the water and oxygen cycles.

     [b] The  influence  of  land  plant  life  on  temperature, light

           intensity,  wind velocity,  and humidity.  The influence of

           water plant  life on the  water environment. How  both land

           and water plants affect animal life.



6. Make  a report, in the  form of a short  talk to a Scout  group, on

     what you did in requirement 5.



7.  Show you understand the following:

     [a] The  causes of water pollution.  Tell what it does  to rivers

          and lakes.

     [b] The  causes  of land  pollution.  Tell  what it  does to  the

          environment.

     [c] The  causes  of  air  pollution.  Tell  what  it  does to the

          environment.

     [d] How some chemicals get into the tissues of animals miles from

          where they were used.



8. Describe what  you and others can do to  help solve a local problem

    of air pollution, water pollution, or litter.



9.  Describe the duties of three positions in environmental science.



     * City Scouts may pick an area in a large park, if a better place

       is not available.