Do Now 7 Minutes. Topic 1.1: Our Island, Earth. On Monday, I asked you to read and react to the section on Love Canal, NY.

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1 Do Now 7 Minutes Topic 1.1: Our Island, Earth On Monday, I asked you to read and react to the section on Love Canal, NY. Any thoughts about what you read?

2 We re Number 1!!! New Jersey is the best! What is New Jersey #1 in? Population Density (1,210.1 people/sq. mi.) Population Density of Verona: 4802 people/sq. mi.

3 We re Number 1!!! Also #1 in most superfund sites. Def: A US federal government program designed to fund the cleanup of toxic wastes.

4 We re Number 1!!! Rank States by Superfund Sites Rank State # of Superfund Sites Area of State (sq. mi.) 1 New Jersey 116 8,729 2 California ,695 3 Pennsylvania 95 46,056 4 New York 93 56,556 5 Michigan 69 96,716 6 Florida 52 65,755 Justify why that s extra alarming.

5 We re Number 1!!! Rank States by Superfund Sites Rank State # of Superfund Sites Area of State (sq. mi.) 1 New Jersey 116 8,729 2 California ,695 3 Pennsylvania 95 46,056 4 New York 93 56,556 5 Michigan 69 96,716 6 Florida 52 65,755 Justify why that s extra alarming. New Jersey is the smallest of these states! Sources: Wikipedia for Square Mileage of States

6 We re Number 1!!! Rank States by Superfund Sites Rank State # of Superfund Sites 1 New Jersey Area of State per Superfund Site 2 California 98 1, Pennsylvania New York Michigan 69 1, Florida 52 1, The area-to-site ratio is really low.

7 We re sad now. How far do you need to travel to get to a superfund site? 20 miles? 10 miles? 5 miles? Try 2 miles.

8 Local Superfund Sites Local Superfund Sites Name Location Hazard Status Glen Ridge Radium Site Glen Ridge Soil Contamination Radioactive Waste Montclair/West Orange Radium Site Orange Valley Regional Ground Water Contamination Montclair/ West Orange West Orange /Orange Soil Contamination Radioactive Waste Contaminated ground water source unknown U.S. Radium Corp City of Orange Soil Contamination Radioactive Waste Unimatic Manufacturing Corp Fairfield PCB exposure (poisoning) Caldwell Trucking Fairfield Groundwater contamination septic waste Completed Remediation (09/2005) Completed Remediation (09/2005) ONGOING Essentially Complete ONGOING ONGOING Source:

9 What s the Point? We all live in a very interesting, and frightening place. Peoples actions from 1900 are still being dealt with today. This affects all of us on a local level.

10 Homework Submit your Parent/Guardian Surveys AND the Lab Safety Contract. (Any missing ones)

11 Terminology Vocabulary Chart being passed out now. Fill it out and follow along. How YOU will remember it and examples are going to be more important than the words themselves!!

12 Environment: Terminology All the living and nonliving things with which organisms interact.

13 Environmentalism: Terminology A social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world and people from undesirable changes brought about by human actions.

14 Terminology Environmental Science: The study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment.

15 Natural Resources: Terminology Materials and energy sources found in nature that humans need in order to survive. INSERT PICTURE HERE

16 Terminology Renewable Resources: Natural resources that are naturally replenished, or renewed, over short periods of time.

17 Terminology Nonrenewable Resources: Natural resources that are naturally replenished much slower than we use them up. Once depleted they are gone forever.

18 Sustainable: Terminology If a resource can be used at the same rate for the foreseeable future and not be depleted.

19 Terminology Dem Easter Island Heads Tho

20 Fossil Fuels: Terminology Nonrenewable energy sources such as oil, coal, and natural gas.

21 Ecological Footprint: Terminology The environmental effects an individual or population has in terms of total amount of land and water required to provide resources for themselves and to dispose of their waste.

22 Superfunds and You Knowing what you know about superfunds, Love Canal, and New Jersey, write a sample letter to your local Congressman about how you feel about the state s history with the environment. Include at least five of the vocabulary words we learned in class and underline them when you have used them.