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SCI 207 Entire Course (New) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   SCI 207 Week 1 Lab 1
Introduction to Science (New) SCI 207 Week 1
Assignment Environmental Footprint SCI 207 Week
1 DQ 1 Biomes and Diversity SCI 207 Week 2
Assignment Evaluating Credible and Scholarly
Scientific Sources SCI 207 Week 2 DQ 1 Food and
Agriculture SCI 207 Week 2 Lab 2 Water Quality
and Contamination (New)
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SCI 207 Entire Course For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com     SCI 207 Week 1 Lab
1 Introduction to Science SCI 207 Week 1
Assignment Environmental Footprint SCI 207 Week 2
Lab 2 Water Quality and Contamination SCI 207
Week 3 Lab 3 Biodiversity
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SCI 207 Final Guide   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Focus of the Final
Lab Report Please read over the Sample Final Lab
Report before beginning this assignment (PDF can
be found in your online course). You are required
to write a complete laboratory report for Lab 2
Water Quality and Contamination using knowledge
gained throughout the course.
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SCI 207 Week 1 Assignment Environmental
Footprint For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com   Environmental Footprint. The purpose of
this assignment is to learn more about how
connected you are to the ecosystems and biosphere
that you inhabit. You will learn how your
everyday choices contribute to the human impacts
on our environment you have been learning about.
Most importantly, you will learn about
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  SCI 207 Week 1 DQ 1 Biomes and Diversity   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Week 1,
Discussion 1 Biomes and Diversity As you have
learned in the readings, extinction is a natural
selection process. You have also read that humans
are often responsible for accelerating this
process. Using at least two scholarly or
reputable resources and your textbook, address
whether or not we as humans
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SCI 207 Week 1 Lab 1 Introduction to Science
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m   Exercise 1 The Scientific Method In this
exercise, you will answer the questions based on
what you have seen in the videos throughout the
lab. Be sure to pay careful attention to the
videos you will not only need them to complete
this exercise successfully, but also to have a
firm understanding of the scientific method for
future labs.
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SCI 207 Week 1 Lab 1 Introduction to Science
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troduction to Science. Read Lab 1 Introduction
to Science. This lab includes several critical
thinking activities introducing the scientific
method, lab reporting, and data collection and
management. Then, utilize this information to
complete Exercise 1 and 2 on the Lab 1 Reporting
Form, completing all tables as you
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SCI 207 Week 2 Assignment Evaluating Credible and
Scholarly Scientific Sources For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Evaluating Credible
and Scholarly Scientific Sources Week Two
Assignment In this assignment, you will examine
three different sources - one source that would
be considered scholarly, one source that is
credible but not scholarly, and one source that
would not be considered credible for use in an
academic paper. After completing a worksheet on
each source, can you identify which is which?
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SCI 207 Week 2 DQ 1 Food and Agriculture   For
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Week 2, Discussion 1 Food and Agriculture In
the United States, we are fortunate to have an
abundant supply of food. However, this abundance
is largely due to advances in agricultural
technology, which have in turn created numerous
concerns surrounding our food sources. Provide at
least two modern examples of how the United
States has increased its food production. Using
at least two scholarly or reputable resources and
your textbook, discuss how these changes have
affected the environment, and what impact they
have on food safety?
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SCI 207 Week 2 Lab 2 Water Quality and
Contamination (New) For more classes
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Quality and Contamination Experiment 1
Drinking Water Quality Bottled water is a billion
dollar industry in the United States. Still, few
people know the health benefits, if any, that
come from drinking bottled water as opposed to
tap water. This experiment will look at the
levels of a variety of different chemical
compounds in both tap and bottled water to
determine if there are health benefits in
drinking bottled water.
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SCI 207 Week 2 Lab 2 Water Quality and
Contamination   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com     Outline of the
Final Lab Report. Review the Final Lab Report
instructions in Week Five of the online course or
in the Components of Course Evaluation section
of this guide as well as the Sample Final Lab
Report (PDF can be found in your online course).
I would also recommend you review Week Twos
Laboratory, Water Quality and Contamination,
before beginning this assignment. You are then to
write a complete outline for your Final Lab
Report.
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SCI 207 Week 3 Assignment Outline of the Final
Lab Report(New) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Introduction Body
Paragraph 1 - Background The rough draft of
the introduction should describe the background
of water quality and related issues using cited
examples. You should include scholarly sources
in this section to help explain why water quality
research is important to society. When outlining
this section, make sure to at least list relevant
resources in APA format that will be used in the
final paper to develop the background for your
experiment.
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SCI 207 Week 3 Assignment Outline of the Final
Lab Report   For more classes visit www.snaptutori
al.com     Outline of the Final Lab Report.
Review the Final Lab Report instructions in Week
Five of the online course or in the Components
of Course Evaluation section of this guide as
well as the Sample Final Lab Report (PDF can be
found in your online course). I would also
recommend you review Week Twos Laboratory,
Water Quality and Contamination, before
beginning this assignment. You are then to write
a complete outline for your Final Lab Report.
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SCI 207 Week 3 DQ 1 Age of Oil   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Age of Oil As you
know, our world is heavily dependent on oil. In
Chapter 6 of Contemporary Environmental Issues,
you have read that there is concern about the
possibility of reaching a peak in oil production.
Describe at least two alternatives to oil that
are currently available and discuss the barriers
that keep these alternatives from replacing oil
as our primary means of energy? Additionally,
utilizing at least two scholarly or reputable
resources and your textbook, discuss the role
that government plays in ensuring a transition to
such alternatives in a post peak-oil
world? Response
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SCI 207 Week 3 Lab 3 Biodiversity (New)   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Lab 3
Biodiversity Experiment 1 Effects of Water
Pollution on Plant Diversity Water pollution can
have severely negative effects on biodiversity
and ecosystems, particularly on plant
populations. In many cases, these pollutants are
introduced to the environment through everyday
human activity. In this experiment, you will
contaminate several water samples, as well as
purify a water sample. You will then evaluate the
effects of water pollution and purification on
the biodiversity of wildflowers.
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SCI 207 Week 3 Lab 3 Biodiversity   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com     Biodiversit
y. Read Lab 3 Biodiversity. This lab will allow
you to investigate how various organisms alter
their environments. Additionally, it will allow
you to assess the health of the ecosystem in
which you live through the germination of various
seed types. Then, utilize this information to
complete Experiments 1 and 2 on the Lab 3
Reporting Form, completing all tables as you
proceed. Make sure that all of the following
items
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SCI 207 Week 4 DQ 1 Climate and Air
Pollution   For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com   This atmospheric alteration may result in
a number of detrimental environmental impacts
including food insecurity, increased spread of
disease, more intense storms, and sea level rise.
As the United States is one of the largest
contributors to atmospheric carbon emissions,
what specific policies might the United States
enact to reduce its impact on global climate
change? Using at least two scholarly or reputable
resources and your textbook, discuss the economic
impacts of any proposed policy.  
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  SCI 207 Week 4 Lab 4 Energy Sources and
Alternative Energy (New)   For more classes
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Sources and Alternative Energy Experiment 1
The Effects of Coal Mining Coal mining,
particularly surface mining, leads to large areas
of land being temporarily disturbed. Mines
collect and conduct water that is in contact with
pyrite, a mineral that produces iron and sulfuric
acid when exposed to air and water. Limestone is
often used to mitigate
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SCI 207 Week 4 Lab 4 Energy Sources and
Alternative Energy   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com     Energy Sources and
Alternative Energy. Read Lab 4 Energy Sources
and Alternative Energy. This lab will allow you
to investigate the effects of acid mine drainage
through experimentation. Additionally, it will
allow for the exploration of solar energy through
the use of a solar cell motor. Then, utilize this
information and
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SCI 207 Week 5 Assignment Final Lab Report
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m   Abstract The abstract should provide a
brief summary of the methods, results, and
conclusions. It should very briefly allow the
reader to see what was done, how it was done, and
the results. It should not exceed 200 words and
should be the last part written (although it
should still appear right after the title page).
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SCI 207 Week 5 DQ 1 Waste For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   many countries are
banning plastic bags or taxing customers for
their use. Using at least two scholarly or
reputable resources and your textbook, discuss at
least two environmental problems caused by such
extensive plastic bag use. If you were in charge,
what plan might you propose to reduce or
eliminate their use? Discuss the economic impacts
of implementing your plan versus the financial
impacts of making no change in our current use.
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SCI 207 Week 5 Lab 5 Weather and Climate Change
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m   Lab 5 Weather and Climate Change Lab 5 -
Demonstration 1 Modeling the Water Cycle In this
experiment you will observe how entrapped water
moves from land to the atmosphere and determine
how weather conditions affect this movement.
POST-LAB QUESTIONS
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SCI 207 Week 5 Lab 5 Weather and Climate
Change   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om     Weather and Climate Change. Read Lab 5
Weather and Climate Change. This lab will allow
you to explore the water cycle through the
creation of an ecosystem model. Additionally, you
will observe how water moves throughout the
environment and is affected by weather patterns.
Then, utilize this information and your
eSciencelab kit to complete Experiments 1and 2 on
the Lab 5 Reporting Form. Make sure that all of
the following items are completed before
submission
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