Take home Test- Environmental Ethics 5

  Directions:• Answer the questions for each article. Write 1 paragraph for each answer, which is a min" rel="nofollow">inimum of 5 significant sentences. (That is a total of 9 questions/ 9 paragraphs.) Type your answers and submit to Canvas. Do NOT type your answers on this handout; type in" rel="nofollow">in a separate document. • Make sure that your answers clearly state which question you are answerin" rel="nofollow">ing. • Use at least 10 of the vocabulary words listed below in" rel="nofollow">in your answers, and underlin" rel="nofollow">ine them. If you do not underlin" rel="nofollow">ine them, you will not have a second chance to do so. • Each question is worth 10 poin" rel="nofollow">ints and the vocabulary words 1 each, for a total of 70 poin" rel="nofollow">ints. • Do not plagiarize the origin" rel="nofollow">inal words of the authors, and do not write the same words and ideas as another student; you must do your own analysis and your own work. • Don’t forget to edit your writin" rel="nofollow">ing to make sure you have complete sentences and clear grammar before you submit it to Canvas. Vocabulary words:• irrigate• encroach• precarious• arid• drought• saturated• sparse• fragile• desertification• reforestation• conservation/ conservationists/ conserve• microcosm• dam• illusions• myth• diverted• plummet• overgrazin" rel="nofollow">ing• crucialFresh Water 1. How is the author’s front yard in" rel="nofollow">in southern Appalachia different from the water situation at his previous residence in" rel="nofollow">in Arizona? 2. What brought the author to the Bajo Piura Valley in" rel="nofollow">in Peru, and how was the reality quite different from what he had expected? 3. Explain" rel="nofollow">in what the author means by “Water is the ultimate commons.” Also, explain" rel="nofollow">in how Ecuador has been a leader in" rel="nofollow">in takin" rel="nofollow">ing action to conserve water.Outlook: Extreme4. How did water issues affect the main" rel="nofollow">intenance of early civilizations? Give 2 specific examples and explain" rel="nofollow">in their problem and outcome. 5. Explain" rel="nofollow">in why some areas will get more water and others will get less. 6. Explain" rel="nofollow">in how water problems escalate political in" rel="nofollow">instability. Australia’s Dry Run7. Explain" rel="nofollow">in Malcolm Adlin" rel="nofollow">ington’s situation as the author describes it. 8. Explain" rel="nofollow">in this history of how this “low-nutrient ecosystem” came to be in" rel="nofollow">inhabited and why it is causin" rel="nofollow">ing problems now. Include in" rel="nofollow">information about “Goyder’s lin" rel="nofollow">ine”. 9. Explain" rel="nofollow">in Mick Punturiero’ s situation as the author describes it.• Bonus +5 poin" rel="nofollow">intsWrite about one item from this unit that in" rel="nofollow">interested you. State the item you are referrin" rel="nofollow">ing to (author, etc.) and your response to that item. (It is the same requirements as previous answers- 1 paragraph, which is a min" rel="nofollow">inimum of 5 significant sentences.) Do not forget:• Use at least 10 of the vocabulary words listed below in" rel="nofollow">in your answers, and underlin" rel="nofollow">ine them. If you do not underlin" rel="nofollow">ine them, you will not have a second chance to do so.