Unit 4 Individual Project SCI201-2004B-16 $40

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Which choice have you selected? _________

 

Instructions

Select one of the two choices below and address all the topics listed under your choice with information you will learn from the provided resource. Above list the section you have chosen.

 

You MUST paraphrase all content. Paraphrasing means putting all ideas in your own words. Review these resources on paraphrasing before beginning this assignment.

CTU Writing Center: Paraphrasing: https://careered.libguides.com/ctu/writing/paraphrase

· Video: The right and wrong ways to paraphrase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SObGEcok06U

 

Choice 1: Desertification

Visit the GreenFacts Initiative web-page on Desertification: https://www.greenfacts.org/en/desertification/index.htm#8

This webpage has 9 different sections discussing various aspects of Desertification. Using only this webpage, complete the following four activities putting your information directly in this document.

1. Read through all nine sections.

2. Select three sections, excluding sections 1 and 9, and summarize those sections in three separate paragraphs by paraphrasing the content. Include the title of the section you are summarizing above each paragraph.

 

Section Title:___________________________________________________

Section Summary:

 

Section Title:___________________________________________________

Section Summary:

 

 

Section Title:___________________________________________________

Section Summary:

 

 

3. Summarize section 9, the conclusion, in one paragraph.

 

 

 

 

4. In one paragraph, discuss what you found most interesting in your chosen sections and how Desertification may impact your life.

 

 

 

 

 

Choice 2: Desertification and the Soil

Watch this video, and address the following 4 topics. Each response must be at least one paragraph in length.

http://www.geographyalltheway.com/myp/myp-biomes/desertification.htm

 

1. Describe soil and its roles in agriculture. Address how long it takes for soil to form and the challenges of arid soil.

 

 

2. Describe how human activities cause desertification including desertification’s impacts on soil and the role of modern agriculture in causing Desertification.

 

 

 

 

2. Discuss who is impacted by desertification including which continents are impacted and the role of an increasing population.

 

 

 

 

3. Describe at least two approaches to reduce the problem of Desertification.

 

 

 

4. Discuss what you found most interesting and how Desertification may impact your life.

 
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