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ISC 213 Man And The Environment

NCE2 levelSciences34 topics

ISC 213 covers 34 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. The special role of the human animal, ecological concepts, the influence of man on the
  2. 0 HUMAN BEINGS AS HIGHER ANIMALS
  3. 1 Characteristics of primates; the similarities and differences with other animals;
  4. 2 Human beings and other primates, (differences in terms of skeletal structure, size of brain,
  5. 3 Application of basic intelligence skills e.g. observations, measurement and inquisitiveness.
  6. 0 INTRODUCTORY ECOLOGY
  7. 1 Concept of an ecosystem;
  8. 2 Major ecosystems in Nigeria: deciduous, savannah, and tropical forests;
  9. 3 Physical and biotic factors and uses of smaller ecosystems e.g. ponds, streams, farmland, etc;
  10. 4 Relationships between plants and animals, food chains, food webs;
  11. 5 People's use of land with reference to food production and food chains;
  12. 6 Carbon and nitrogen cycles;
  13. 7 Importance of fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides in food production;
  14. 8 Traditional and modem methods of food preservation
  15. 9 Associations: parasitism, symbiosis and commensalisms.
  16. 0 THE ROLE OF MAN IN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
  17. 1 Exploitation of resources by man, such as deforestation, desertification (Definition, causes,
  18. 2 Causes of environmental .pollution: biological (sewage), chemical (especially fertilizers
  19. 3 Environment as its being affected by pollution; land, air and water (rivers, lakes, the seas
  20. 4 Define environmental pollution- water, air and soil (types)
  21. 5 Causes of the environmental pollutants, their consequences and control.
  22. 6 Transfer of pollutants to the food chain, resulting in concentration in carnivores; the particular
  23. 7 Ozone layer: definition, importance, effects depletion and control measures,
  24. 8 Human activities and its effects on the environment.
  25. 0 CONSERVATION
  26. 1 Natural resources from living things and non living things and their uses in Nigeria such as
  27. 2 Conservation and recycling of natural resources
  28. 3 Role of conservation organizations at local national and international levels
  29. 4 Improvement and the management of environment.
  30. 0 POPULATION STUDIES, QUALITY AND VALUE OF LIFE
  31. 1 Population and environmental quality;
  32. 2 Population and quality of life,
  33. 3 Effects of urbanization on the environment.
  34. 0 FIELD TRIP

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The special role of the human animal, ecological concepts, the influence of man on the

This topic focuses on why human beings occupy a special place in the environment, the basic ecological concepts used to study environmental relationships, and the major ways human activities influence the environment. For the exam, you must be able to define key terms clearly, relate humans to ecological systems, and explain both the beneficial and harmful environmental effects of human actions.

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