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2. Make a timeline of the history of environmental science in
America: Environmental Science Merit Badge 1. TIMELINE 3. BEFORE
EUROPEAN SETTLERS ARRIVED IN NORTH AMERICA, AMERICAN INDIANS USED
FORESTS AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES FOR CENTURIES. AT TIMES,
TRIBES OVERUSED CERTAIN FORESTED AREAS. IF A FOREST BECAME OVERUSED
OR TOO HEAVILY DAMAGED TO SUPPORT A TRIBE, THE GROUP WOULD MOVE ON
AND THE FOREST, LEFT ALONE , WOULD RECOVER. Environmental Science
Merit Badge REQUIREMENT 1: TIMELINE AS MORE SETTLERS ARRIVED IN
NORTH AMERICA, THEIR NEED FOR NATURAL RESOURCES GREW. WHEN THEY RAN
OUT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN A SETTLED AREA, PEOPLE MOVED WESTWARD
AND BEGAN THE CYCLE AGAIN. SETTLERS BELIEVED THEY COULD ALWAYS MOVE
FARTHER WEST TO FIND MORE SPACE AND MORE RESOURCES. 4.
Environmental Science Merit Badge REQUIREMENT 1: TIMELINE 1626
Plymouth Colony passed a law to control the cutting and sale of
timber. 1639 Newport Rhode Island Restricted deer hunting to six
months of the year. 1681 William Penn decreed that one acre must be
left forested for every five acres of forest that were cleared. 5.
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TIMELINE DDT was a pesticide used on crops to kill mosquitoes. At
the time people where afraid of getting malaria from mosquitoes.
People thought DDT did not hurt any animals because it did not
effect humans, but they were wrong. 14. Environmental Science Merit
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REQUIREMENT 1: TIMELINE 23. 1910 The Boy Scouts of America was
incorporated 1914 First tree-planting project was held in New York
Planted 12,000 Boy Scout war gardens 1938 Philturn Rocky Mountain
Scout Camp established 35,857 acres of land near Cimarron, New
Mexico (conservation) 1940-1949 Philmont Scout Ranch established
Additional gift from Waite Phillips, 1941 Contiguous to former
Philturn Rocky Mountain Scout Camp Total combined acreage: 127,000
Councils and campsites by 1949 543 councils 831 campsites 288,545
acres 1970-1979 Scouting Keep America Beautiful Day June 5, 1971
Scouts collected more than a million tons of litter 1980-1989 First
Scouting for Food National Good Turn, 1988 More than 60 million
food items were collected 2000-2009 ArrowCorps5, 2008 In
cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service 3,600 Scouts and adult
volunteers participated $5.6 million worth of improvements made to
national parks The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve,
2009 Present Day Thousands of Eagle Scout projects, service days,
etc Environmental Science Merit Badge BSA CONTRIBUTION TO
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 24. Outdoor Code As an American, I will do my
best to - Be clean in my outdoor manners. Be careful with fire. Be
considerate in the outdoors. Be conservation minded. Environmental
Science Merit Badge BSA CONTRIBUTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 25.
The Principles of Leave No Trace 1. Plan Ahead and Prepare 2.
Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces 3. Dispose of Waste Properly
(Pack It In, Pack It Out) 4. Leave What You Find 5. Minimize
Campfire Impacts 6. Respect wildlife 7. Be considerate of other
visitors Environmental Science Merit Badge BSA CONTRIBUTION TO
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 26. Nature study is the key activity in
Scouting. The aim in Nature study is to develop a realization of
God the Creator, and to infuse a sense of the beauty of Nature."
Environmental Science Merit Badge BSA CONTRIBUTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCE 27. Met Lord Baden-Powell in 1906 and shared ideas LBP read
Setons book The Birch Bark Roll of the Woodcraft Indians Early
fascination with wolves. Hunted Lobo in New Mexico Co-founded BSA
through merger of YMCA, Sons of Daniel Boone, and Woodcraft Indians
in 1910 Setons work is in large part responsible for the American
Indian influences in the BSA One of Americas earliest and most
influential conservationists Environmental Science Merit Badge BSA
CONTRIBUTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 28. Define the following
terms in your workbook: Environmental Science Merit Badge 2. DEFINE
TERMS 29. Population Community Ecosystem Biosphere Symbiosis Niche
Habitat Conservation Threatened species Endangered species
Extinction Pollution prevention Brownfield Ozone Watershed Airshed
Nonpoint source Hybrid vehicle Fuel cell Environmental Science
Merit Badge ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE TERMS 30. Population -a group of
the same organism in an area. Community -many populations living
and interacting together. Ecosystem -the interaction between all
living and non-living things in an area. Environmental Science
Merit Badge ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE TERMS 31. Our living world where
all trees, bugs, and animals live. The biosphere extends to any
place that life (of any kind) can exist on Earth. Environmental
Science Merit Badge 2. BIOSPHERE 32. A close and often long- term
interaction between two or more different biological species.
Environmental Science Merit Badge 2. SYMBIOSIS 33. The way of life
and the particular area within a habitat occupied by an organism.
Environmental Science Merit Badge 2. NICHE 34. A place where plants
and animals naturally live. It provides what the animals and plants
need to survive like food, water and shelter. Environmental Science
Merit Badge 2. HABITAT 35. Practices that protect animals, plants
and the environment. Environmental Science Merit Badge 2.
CONSERVATION 36. Any species (including animals, plants, fungi,
etc.) which are likely to become an endangered species within the
foreseeable future. THREATENED SPECIES 37. An animal or plant
species in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant
portion Of its range. ENDANGERED SPECIES 38. The end of an organism
or species. Environmental Science Merit Badge 2. EXTINCTION 39.
Activities that reduce the amount of pollution generated by a
process, whether it is consumer consumption, driving, or industrial
production Environmental Science Merit Badge 2. POLLUTION
PREVENTION 40. Brownfield sites are abandoned or underused
industrial and commercial facilities available for re-use.
Environmental Science Merit Badge 2. BROWNFIELD 41. Atmospheric
Ozone is produced when ultraviolet radiation interacts in the
stratosphere. Ozone in the atmosphere is naturally produced and
destroyed at a constant rate. Ozone protects the earth from harmful
UV radiation which damages skin, eyes, and the immune system of
life forms. Ozone makes life on earth possible. Ground-level Ozone
is a major pollutant and green house gas. Environmental Science
Merit Badge 2. OZONE 42. A watershed is the area of land where all
of the water that is under it or drains off of it goes into the
same place. Environmental Science Merit Badge 2. WATERSHED 43. An
airshed can be compared to a watershed. an airshed is a geographic
area where air pollutants from sources "upstream" or within the
area flow and are present in the air. Environmental Science Merit
Badge 2. AIRSHED 44. Nonpoint source (NPS) a source of pollution,
discharged over a wide land area, not from one specific location
such as a pipe discharge. Example: rainwater runoff Environmental
Science Merit Badge 2. NONPOINT SOURCE 45. A vehicle that uses two
or more distinct power sources to move the vehicle. Environmental
Science Merit Badge 2. HYBRID VEHICLE 46. A device that converts
the chemical energy from a fuel into electricity through a chemical
reaction with oxygen or another oxidizing agent. Environmental
Science Merit Badge 2. FUEL CELL 47. Describe An Ecosystem in your
workbook 3. A. ECOLOGY 48. Environmental Science Merit Badge 3. A.
ECOLOGY (3) DISCUSS WHAT IS AN ECOSYSTEM, TELL HOW IT IS MAINTAINED
IN NATURE AND HOW IT SURVIVES. 49. An ecosystem is a community of
living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in conjunction with
the nonliving components of their environment. Environmental
Science Merit Badge 3. A. ECOLOGY (3) DISCUSS WHAT IS AN ECOSYSTEM,
TELL HOW IT IS MAINTAINED IN NATURE AND HOW IT SURVIVES. 50.
Acidity is a property measured on a scale called the pH scale with
a range of 0 to 14. Pure water has a pH of 7. Rain is naturally
slightly acidic, with a pH of about 5.6, this is because carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere reacts with water vapor to become
carbonic acid. Environmental Science Merit Badge 3. B. AIR
POLLUTION (3) EXPLAIN WHAT IS ACID RAIN. 51. Sul f ur di oxi de and
ni t r ogen oxi des ar e t he pr i mar y causes of aci d r ai n.
When vehi cl es and power pl ant s t hat bur n f ossi l f uel s emi
t sul f ur di oxi de and ni t r ogen oxi des i nt o t he ai r , t
hese gases i nt er act wi t h wat er vapor t o f or msul f ur i c
and ni t r i c aci ds. These acids then mix with rain and fall to
Earths Environmental Science Merit Badge 3. B. AIR POLLUTION (3)
EXPLAIN WHAT IS ACID RAIN. Acid rain can deplete the soil of the
nutrients that plants need to grow. When acid rain falls, it
filters down through the soil and dissolves soil nutrients and
other materials, moving them down to layers out of reach of plant
roots. 52. Plants and Trees Reduces crop production, damage to
seeds Reduces quality of crops Plants may die from acid rain or be
weakened so that they are more easily harmed by other kinds of
stresses in the environment, such as cold temperatures, insect
damage, or droughts. Aquatic Ecosystems Acid rain damages aquatic
ecosystems by changing the pH of the water and depleting nutrients.
Many aquatic organisms may die when acid rain falls into lakes and
ponds. Affects marine food chain, damage to fisheries result
Materials corrosion of metals (such as bronze) and the
deterioration of paint and stone (such as marble and limestone).
These ef fects significantly reduce the societal value of
buildings, bridges, cultural objects (such as statues, monuments,
and tombstones), and cars. Environmental Science Merit Badge 3. B.
AIR POLLUTION (3) TELL HOW ACID RAIN AFFECTS PLANTS AND THE
ENVIRONMENT. 53. Acid rain is a worldwide problem because the gases
that make it may be produced in one state or country and be blown
to another state or country by winds. Environmental Science Merit
Badge 3. B. AIR POLLUTION (3) TELL HOW ACID RAIN AFFECTS PLANTS AND
THE ENVIRONMENT. 54. Environmental Science Merit Badge 3. B. AIR
POLLUTION (3) WHAT ARE THE STEPS SOCIETY CAN TAKE TO HELP REDUCE
THE EFFECTS OF ACID RAIN?
