Chapter 5: Science in Personal/Social Perspectives
Natural Resources, Population, Pollution, and Global Warming
This chapter focuses on how people's activities affect the environments where they live. It focuses on how our use of natural resources affects environmental quality, and how increases in population relate to resource use. This chapter is closely related to Chapter 5 of the Social Studies book: Time, Continuity, and Change. You will find more information on these subjects under the Social Studies tab for that chapter.
Climate Connections
An interactive world map that lets you explore 12 aspects of the relationship between people and climate across the globe.
Earth in Peril
Learn how human population affects the earth with this interactive map.
Global Trends Quiz
Test yourself on global trends for the developed world, developign world, and environmental change.
Smog City
An interactive game that lets you see how different factors like weather and population affect air quality.
Garbage Dreams
An interactive game that lets you practice city-wide recycling by buying recycling plants, trucks, workers, and even goats. Warning: so fun, it's hard to stop!