Module 4: Biosphere Post-Instruction Assignment Questions Please answer the following questions as you complete each lesson within the Module. Which areas of the world are predicted to receive increased precipitation, and which are expected to receive less precipitation? When considered together with warming temperatures, where will freshwater resources most likely become stressed with these predictions? Draw a diagram indicating the flux of molecules through the carbon and water cycles.Explain how humans interact with the nitrogen cycle.Name three types of biodiversity on Earth. Provide examples of species biodiversity in your neighborhood.List three ecosystem services that benefit humans; then consider how modern humans are affecting them.List the factors that are contributing to the loss of biodiversity in the Gulf of Mexico.Explain how soil profiles develop. Module 5: Ecology and the Biosphere Post-Instruction Assignment Questions Please answer the following questions as you complete each lesson within the Module. Name all five levels of ecological research and the role of each in ecology. How do the biotic and abiotic elements of the environment interact? What are the roles of biotic and abiotic components of the environment? Why do we study the geographic distribution of living things and the abiotic factors that affect their distribution?Which abiotic factors are more important for plant growth and distribution, and which are more important for animal growth and distribution?Name one characteristic unique to each major terrestrial biome. Which abiotic and biotic factors are important in distinguishing the different regions of the ocean?How do freshwater biomes differ from saltwater biomes?Make a list of abiotic factors influencing aquatic biomes. How many also affect terrestrial biomes?How have humans changed the climate and what can we do to prevent further climate changes?Describe how human activity has affected levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Make a list of greenhouse gases and their effects on the climate.

Final Applied ProjectAs a culminating assessment in this laboratory course, you will complete a final applied project. Your final applied project will emphasize experimental design and the scientific method. The project will be a research plan that you construct for a specific issue related to the physical sciences. This research plan should be about 1-2 pages in length.During or at the end of the last week of the term, you will submit the research plan to the Assignments Folder for grading. At two earlier times during the term, your instructor will interact with you on specific parts of the project. At the end of week 3, you should submit Part 1 to your instructor for approval. At the end of week 5, you should submit Part 2 to your instructor for approval. No grades are assigned for these earlier submissions; only the final research plan, Part 3, will be graded and counted towards your course grade.There are three main steps necessary for completion of the final applied project:Part 2: Review current research knowledge.Describe how you could perform a review of current research on the subject/issue. Identify which UMUC Library/database sources could be useful in your research review. What criteria will you use in the selection of review sources from the web?Do the results of your research review lead you to suspect that your initial hypothesis is correct, or does it suggest that you should modify your initial hypothesis in some way? If so, restate or revise. Are there gaps in the current research that further research/experimentation/observation might fill and shed light on your hypothesis?

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