Course Activity: Comparing Energy Resources
Part D
Management of natural resources can affect the sustainability of human populations. For example, consider an effort to decontaminate a small village’s water supply. This effort is projected to increase the carrying capacity from an initial population of 400 people (P = 400) to 450 people (K = 450) during the course of 10 years (x = 10). Use the simulation to determine the growth rate r of the population in this village. Round your answer to the nearest whole number. (Hint: Use the tool's zoom feature to get a closer look at the curve.)
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Part E
Technological advancements can help make consumption and management of natural resources more sustainable, as discussed in part C. As technology enhances renewable, sustainable energy sources, how will this likely affect the carrying capacity and growth rate of the human population over time?
Part F
Read this below about biodiversity, and then answer the following question.
“The Midwest is helping to pioneer the biofuel movement in the United States. Burning biomass—a natural resource—for fuel doesn’t emit additional CO2 into the atmosphere. However, biofuel production reduces the area’s biodiversity because corn, which is a primary source of biomass, is overplanted. Grasslands and fields once inhabited by a large variety of flowers, grasses, insects, and pollinators are being cleared as the demand for corn increases. The impact of eliminating these species and decreasing the area’s biodiversity then spreads as other plants and crops that relied on the insects and pollinators are threatened. These negative consequences can then magnify throughout the ecosystem.”
If an ecosystem is no longer able to sustain its biodiversity, what potential impact could that fact have on the carrying capacity and growth rate of the human population over time? As you answer, think about how the energy is transferred through an ecosystem.
Part G
Write one to two paragraphs describing the relationship between the management of natural resources, the sustainability of the human population, and biodiversity. Use your work from parts A through F to guide you.
In order to maintain the ecosystem carrying capacity and ensure the long-term existence of humanity, natural resource management should work to improve sustainability and biodiversity.
The sustainability of both human populations and wildlife depends significantly on how natural resource management is carried out. The carrying capacity of the ecosystem and the rate of population growth are both impacted by the depletion of natural resources.
The sustainability of natural resources can be improved by technological developments, particularly in the field of renewable energy. The ability of the ecosystem to support life and its biodiversity could both be impacted by the development of biofuels.
The entire food chain may be impacted by biodiversity loss, lowering the amount of resources available to the human population. In order to maintain the ecosystem's carrying capacity and ensure the long-term existence of humanity, natural resource management should work to improve sustainability and biodiversity.
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Answer:
The organisms like prokaryotes acts as decomposers of the environment and and they recycle nutrients back into the soil.
These nutrients are taken back from the soil by the plants (Eukaryotes) and then from plants these nutrients are transferred to the other animals.
So, of the prokaryotes will not recycle the nutrients back into the soil, then it will not be available to the other organisms as food.
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