Environment - Couverture souple

Raven, Peter H.; Berg, Linda R.; Aliff, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0471444944 ISBN 13 : 9780471444947

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2003

Synopsis

Work more effectively and gauge your progress as you go along! This Study Guide that is designed to accompany Raven's "Environment, 4th Edition" includes study outlines, key terms, and practice questions in a variety of formats (multiple choice, matching, short answer, and discussion/critical thinking). The key to a sustainable future lies with the students. It is their passion, their understanding of the issues, and most of all their choices that will shape the future of our planet. As it has through three previous editions, Peter Raven and Linda Berg's "Environment" gives students all the skills and tools they need to make the right choices for a sustainable environment! Covering the enormous environmental challenges facing our world today, this Fourth Edition helps readers think critically about these challenges and understand the concepts that underlie environmental problems.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Help is on the Web!

There is more to Environment, 4e by Raven and Berg than what you see in this text. An enhanced book–specific Web site will help you further examine critical environmental issues. The Web site offers a variety of activities to help you succeed in your course and additional tools that will help you make environmentally responsible choices.

Online resources include:

• Environmental Debates provide the opportunity to learn about two sides of a contentious issue affecting the environment.
• Activity Links identify the most useful Internet links related to the environment and present short exercises that invite you to use these links to increase your understanding of the material.
• Take a Stand activities encourage you to think critically and carefully weigh the short– and long–term advantages and disadvantages of a particular position relating to an environmental situation.
• Research Projects provide you with specific suggestions for topics, reading materials, research techniques, and activities.
• Case Studies highlight key issues in environmental science and lead you to related Web sites for further information.
• How to Make a Difference shows how to get involved in environmental issues and lists environmental organizations that you can join.
• Student Lounge offers valuable study tips and writing tips that will help you get a better grade.
• Quizzes and Essays test your understanding of each chapter with multiple–choice, true/false questions, and short–answer essay questions. You can email your answers and responses directly to your instructor.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0471444944
• ISBN 13: 9780471444947
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 452
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible