Lecture 2

Question 1

what are the 6 key issues Paul Martin thinks we have?

Answer 1

1. Challenges facing Canada on economic management and environmental protection
2. The state of the political system and public participation
3. The state of national unity
4. The state of the health-care system
5. Canada’s foreign policy and relationship with the United States.
6. Resolving our treatment of aboriginals

Question 2

what are environment canads priorites?

Answer 2

1. Canada’s natural environment is conserved and restored for present and future generations
2. Canadians are equipped to make informed decisions on changing weather, water and climate conditions
3. Threats to Canadians and their environment from pollution are minimized

Question 3

where is the biosphere located?

Answer 3

at the interface regions of geosphere and hydrosphere

Question 4

energy cycles:

Answer 4

solar energyd rives photosyntehsis

Question 5

what are examples of matter cyclcles

Answer 5

carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphrous, and sulfure cycles

Question 6

chemical fate and transport in atmosphere:

Answer 6

level relies on contaminant volatility

Question 7

chemical fate and transport in hydrosphere:

Answer 7

is governed by contaminant solubility

Question 8

chemical fate and transport in geosphere

Answer 8

movement of pllutants via groundwater and affected by geology of the geosphere