Easter Island

Lincoln High School APES Botkin & Keller- 8th Edition Chapter #1- Key Themes in Environmental Sciences Guided Reading Name: _____________________________________ Due Date: __________________ 1. Read the separate ?Mangrove Swamp? case study found on the course website. Explain how the issue with Maitri Visetak and the Mangrove Trees illustrate a major concept of environmental concerns. 2. What does the Amboseli Case study illustrate about environment science? 3. Why do estimates of how many people the planet can support range from 2.5 billion to 40 billion? Explain. 4. What are the 6 interrelated themes of environmental science? * * * *?* * 5. What is considered to be THE underlying issue of the environment? Explain why.