Description:
| Aims: To provide a global perspective of the communities and ecosystems of the world and the role of these systems in the flow of energy and matter.
Learning Outcomes: After taking this course the student should be able to:
* identify the main flows of energy through the biosphere;
* explain how minerals cycle in the environment and how soils form;
* describe the main features of aquatic environments and terrestrial biomes;
* describe the effects that humans have on the environment.
Skills: Learning and studying T/F/A, Written communication T/F/A, Information technology T/F, Information handling & retrieval T/F/A, Working independently T/F.
Content: The flow of energy through the biosphere; the global biogeochemical cycles; soils and aquatic environments; the major terrestrial biomes (tundra, northern coniferous forests, temperate deciduous forests, temperate grasslands, and tropical forests). The impact of humankind on the environment, with particular emphasis on pollution.
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