Food and Agriculture

Step 1: Download and print the Unit 7 worksheets.

• Click here to download the textbook worksheets as a PDF file.
• Click here to download the Step 5 lab assignment as a PDF file.
• Click here if you need instructions on downloading worksheets.

Then read Chapter 7 in your textbook (Principles of Environmental Science, 5th edition, by Cunningham and Cunningham) and answer the questions on your worksheets.

• Click here to check your answers.
• Click here to see the Unit 7 Learning Objectives.

OPTIONAL: For each chapter in Principles of Environmental Science, the publisher's website includes additional information, tutorials, self-tests, and web links. This is an additional source of information to help students learn and synthesize the information presented in each Chapter. (Use of the publisher's website in this course is strictly optional.)

Step 2: For 12 assignment points, do the “Remote Sensing Internet Activity.” This is a web-based activity that can be completed at home. The link to the instructions for this activity is available below. You will submit your answers via an online submission form. Your instructor will grade your answers and return them in a few days.

• Click here for the instructions for "Remote Sensing Internet Activity."

Step 3: For 12 assignment points, do the “Remote Sensing of Vegetation - Internet Activity.” This is a web-based activity that can be completed at home. The link to the instructions for this activity is available below.You will submit your answers via an online submission form. Your instructor will grade your answers and return them in a few days.

• Click here for the instructions for "Remote Sensing of Vegetation - Internet Activity."

Step 4: For 12 assignment points, do the “Remote Sensing Case Studies” activity. This is a web-based activity that can be completed at home. (However, because it contains very large image files, you may wish to do this activity on campus.) The link to the instructions for this activity is available below. You will submit your answers via an online submission form. Your instructor will grade your answers and return them in a few days.

• Click here for the instructions for "Remote Sensing Case Studies."

Step 5: Optional. Learn more about food and agriculture in the news.

• Click here for Food and Agriculture News

Step 6: Prepare for the Unit 7 Exam. Study your completed worksheets, and take the online self test. Remember to study the geographical regions and countries from your Unit 7 worksheets!

• Click here to see the multiple-choice SELF TEST for Unit 7.

Step 7: Come in to the Biology Learning Center to take your Unit 7 Exam. The exam will consist of 40 multiple-choice questions, including map questions about the geographical regions and countries from your Unit 7 worksheets.

http://dtc.pima.edu/blc/105/
All contents copyright © 2004-2009. All rights reserved.
Email comments to nan.schmidt@pima.edu