The Lab Workbook combines review activities and practical applications that relate to the content of the textbook chapters. Questions designed to reinforce the textbook content help students review their understanding of the terms, concepts, theories, and procedures presented in each chapter. Hands-on lab activities provide an opportunity to apply and extend knowledge gained from the textbook chapters. The lab activities are designed to be completed in the classroom or outdoors with instructor guidance and supervision. Chapters also include additional activities, such as critical thinking questions, research and writing tasks, and common industry calculations. These activities may be used as individual assignments or group projects.Pages can be printed on demand for assignment, or students can complete their assignments online using embedded form fields and then print or e-mail the responses for grading.

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Table of Contents

Abbreviated Contents

Natural Resources Systems, 1st Edition, Lab Workbook

• Front Matter
• 1 - Introduction to Natural Resources
• 2 - Workplace Skills
• 3 - Historical Perspectives of Natural Resources and Conservation
• 4 - Ecology and Earth
• 5 - Sustainability in the Environment
• 6 - Habitat Destruction
• 7 - Global Environmental Issues
• 8 - Population Dynamics
• 9 - What Is Soil?
• 10 - Soil Erosion, Leaching, and Pollution
• 11 - Controlling Soil Erosion
• 12 - Mining of Natural Resources
• 13 - Water Supply
• 14 - Water Quality
• 15 - Wetlands
• 16 - Weather and Climate
• 17 - Air Quality
• 18 - Interactions
• 19 - Endangered Species
• 20 - Fisheries
• 21 - Game Species
• 22 - Forests
• 23 - Forest Succession and Management
• 24 - Threats to Forests
• 25 - Grasslands and Rangelands
• 26 - Outdoor Recreation
• 27 - National Protected Areas
• 28 - Surveying and Cartography