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Botkin and Keller Chapter 3 Reading Guide

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Environmental Science
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1 APES- Chapter #3- Guided Reading Assignment The Big Picture: Systems of Change Name: ____________________________ Period: _______ Due Date: ______________ Summarize the ?Trying to Control Flooding of the Wild Missouri River? Case study Define the following and give examples of each: System: Open System Closed System Feedback Negative Feedback Positive Feedback What is the difference between positive and negative feedback systems? Exponential Growth (show an example problem) What is the main point concerning exponential growth? Is exponential growth good or bad? Explain. Doubling Time (show an example problem) Environmental Unity

Botkin and Keller Chapter 3 Reading Guide Key

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1 APES- Chapter #3- Guided Reading Assignment The Big Picture: Systems of Change Name: ____________________________ Period: _______ Due Date: ______________ Summarize the ?Trying to Control Flooding of the Wild Missouri River? Case study People considered the river to be something that was a steady state system and something that could be controlled. This was not the case and it still flooded despite the engineering and money put into the dams and levees. This shows us that it is very hard to try to control nature. Define the following and give examples of each: System: a set of components, or parts, that function together as a whole. Ex. Human body, sewage treatment plant, river
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