Environmental Science Merit Badge Workbook This workbook can help you but you still need to read the merit badge pamphlet. This Workbook can help you organize your thoughts as you prepare to meet with...

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Environmental Science Merit Badge Workbook This workbook can help you but you still need to read the merit badge pamphlet. This Workbook can help you organize your thoughts as you prepare to meet with your merit badge counselor. You still must satisfy your counselor that you can demonstrate each skill and have learned the information. You should use the work space provided for each requirement to keep track of which requirements have been completed, and to make notes for discussing the item with your counselor, not for providing full and complete answers. If a requirement says that you must take an action using words such as "discuss", "show", tell", "explain", "demonstrate", "identify", etc, that is what you must do. Merit Badge Counselors may not require the use of this or any similar workbooks. No one may add or subtract from the official requirements found in Scouts BSA Requirements (Pub. 33216 – SKU 653801). The requirements were last issued or revised in 2020 • This workbook was updated in June 2020. Scout’s Name: __________________________________________ Unit: __________________________________________ Counselor’s Name: ____________________ Phone No.: _______________________ Email: _________________________ Workbook © Copyright 2020 - U.S. Scouting Service Project, Inc. - All Rights Reserved Requirements © Copyright, Boy Scouts of America (Used with permission.) This workbook may be reproduced and used locally by Scouts and Scouters for purposes consistent with the programs of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) or other Scouting and Guiding Organizations. However it may NOT be used or reproduced for electronic redistribution or for commercial or other non-Scouting purposes without the express permission of the U. S. Scouting Service Project, Inc. (USSSP). http://www.USScouts.Org • http://www.MeritBadge.Org Please submit errors, omissions, comments or suggestions about this workbook to: [email protected] Comments or suggestions for changes to the requirements for the merit badge should be sent to: [email protected] ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Make a timeline of the history of environmental science in America. 1500s 1600s 1700s 1800s 1900s Environmental Science Scout's Name: ____ ____ ________ _____ 2000s Identify the contribution made by the Boy Scouts of America to environmental science. Include dates, names of people or organizations, and important events. Date People/Organizations Event 2. Define the following terms: 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. Population: Community: Ecosystem: Biosphere: Environmental Science - Merit Badge Workbook Page. 2 of 18 Environmental Science Scout's Name: ____ ____ ________ _____ Symbiosis: Niche: Habitat: Conservation: Threatened species: Endangered species: Extinction Pollution prevention: Brownfield: Ozone: Watershed: Environmental Science - Merit Badge Workbook Page. 3 of 18 Environmental Science Scout's Name: ____ ____ ________ _____ Airshed: Nonpoint source: Hybrid vehicle: Fuel cell: 3. Do ONE activity in seven of the following categories (using the activities in this pamphlet as the bases for planning and carrying out your projects): c a. Ecology c 1. Conduct and experiment to find out how living things respond to changes in their environments. Discuss your observations with your counselor. c 2. Conduct an experiment illustrating the greenhouse effect. Keep a journal of your data and observations. Discuss your conclusions with your counselor. c 3. Discuss what is an ecosystem. Tell how it is maintained in nature and how it survives. Environmental Science - Merit Badge Workbook Page. 4 of 18 Environmental Science Scout's Name: ____ ____ ________ _____ c b. Air Pollution c 1. Perform an experiment to test for particulates that contribute to air pollution. Discuss your findings with your counselor. c 2. Record the trips taken, mileage, and fuel consumption of a family car for seven days, and calculate how many miles per gallon the car gets. Determine whether any trips could have been combined ("chained") rather than taken out and back. Using the idea of trip chaining, determine how many miles and gallons of gas could have been saved in those seven days. c 3. Explain what is acid rain. In your explanation, tell how it affects plants and the environment and the steps society can take to help reduce its effects. c c. Water Pollution c 1. Conduct an experiment to show how living things react to thermal pollution. Discuss your observations with your counselor. c 2. Conduct an experiment to identify the methods that could be used to mediate (reduce) the effects of an oil spill on waterfowl. Discuss your results with your counselor. c 3. Describe the impact of a waterborne pollutant on an aquatic community. Write a 100-word report on how that pollutant affected aquatic life, what the effect was, and whether the effect is linked to biomagnification. Environmental Science - Merit Badge Workbook Page. 5 of 18 Environmental Science Scout's Name: ____ ____ ________ _____ c d. Land Pollution c 1. Conduct an experiment to illustrate soil erosion by water. Take photographs or make a drawing of the soil before and after your experiment, and make a poster showing your results. Present your poster to your patrol or troop. (Per National, “troop” means “unit”.) c 2. Perform an experiment to determine the effect of an oil spill on land. Discuss your conclusions with your counselor. c 3. Photograph an area affected by erosion. Share your photographs with your counselor and discuss why the area has eroded and what might be done to help alleviate the erosion. c e. Endangered Species c 1. Do research on one endangered species found in your state. Find out what its natural habitat is, why it is endangered, what is being done to preserve it, and how many individual organisms are left in the wild. Prepare a 100-word report about the organism, including a drawing. Present your report to your patrol or troop. c 2. Do research on one species that was endangered, or threatened, but which has now recovered. Find out how the organism recovered, and what its new status is. Write a 100-word report on the species and discuss it with your counselor. c 3. With your parent's and counselor's approval, work with a natural resource professional to identify two projects that have been approved to improve the habitat for a threatened or endangered species in your area. Visit the site of one of these projects and report on what you saw. Environmental Science - Merit Badge Workbook Page. 6 of 18 Environmental Science Scout's Name: ____ ____ ________ _____ c f. Pollution Prevention, Resource Recovery, and Conservation c 1. Look around your home and determine 10 ways your family can help reduce pollution. Practice at least two of these methods for seven days and discuss with your counselor what you have learned. c 2. Determine 10 ways to conserve resources or use resources more efficiently in your home, at school, or at camp. Practice at least two of these methods for seven days and discuss with your counselor what you have learned. c 3. Perform an experiment on packaging materials to find out which ones are biodegradable. Discuss your conclusions with your counselor. c g. Pollination c 1. Using photographs or illustrations, point out the differences between a drone and a worker bee. Discuss the stages of bee development (eggs, larvae, pupae). Explain the pollination process, and what propolis is and how it is used by honey bees. Tell how bees make honey and beeswax, and how both are harvested. Explain the part played in the life of the hive by the queen, the drones, and the workers. Environmental Science - Merit Badge Workbook Page. 7 of 18 Environmental Science Scout's Name: ________________________ Environmental Science - Merit Badge Workbook Page 8 of 18  2. Present to your counselor a one-page report on how and why honey bees are used in pollinating food crops. In your report, discuss the problems faced by the bee population today, and the impact to humanity if there were no pollinators. Share your report with your troop or patrol, your class at school, or another group approved by your counselor.  3. Hive a swarm OR divide at least one colony of honey bees. Explain how a hive is constructed  h. Invasive Species  1. Learn to identify the major invasive plant species in your community or camp and explain to your counselor what can be done to either eradicate or control their spread.  2. Do research on two invasive plant or animal species in your community or camp. Find out where the species originated, how they were transported to the United States, their life history, how they are spread, and the recommended means to eradicate or control their spread. Report your research orally or in writing to your counselor.  3. Take part in a project of at least one hour to eradicate or control the spread of an invasive plant species in your community or camp. Before you choose requirement 3g(3), you will need to first find out whether you are allergic to bee stings. Visit an allergist or your family physician to find out. If you are allergic to bee stings, you should choose another option within requirement 3. In completing requirement 3g(3), your counselor can help you find an established beekeeper to meet with you and your buddy. Ask whether you can help hive a swarm or divide a colony of honey bees. Before your visit, be sure your buddy is not allergic to bee stings. For help with locating a beekeeper in your state, visit www.beeculture.com and click on " Resources," then select "Find Help" and "Find a Local Beekeeper." Environmental Science Scout's Name: ________________________ Environmental Science - Merit Badge Workbook Page 9 of 18 4. Choose two outdoor study areas that are very different from one another (e.g., hilltop vs. bottom of a hill; field vs. forest; swamp vs. dry land). For BOTH study areas, do ONE of the following: a. Mark off a plot of 4 square yards in each study area, and count the number of species found there. Estimate how much space is occupied by each plant species and the type and number of non-plant species you find. Study Plot Location 1: ________________________________ Number of Species: _____________________________ Plant Species Space each occupies Non-Plant
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Ans 1. Timeline of the history of Environmental science in America
· 1500s
In 1500s, Americans used forests and environmental resources to make shelter, clothing and for transportation, and clothing. They were depending on the plants and animals for food and when these food and environmental resources exhausted at one place where they were staying then, they migrated or shifted to new territories
· 1600s
In early
1600s, European settlers arrived in America and grasped the abundant natural resources. In 1626, Plymouth Colony made a law to regulate the cutting and sale of timber on colony lands. In 1639, Newport, RI restricts the hunting of deer and permit it only for six months in a year. In 1681, William Penn passes the verdicts that for every five acres of forests clearing one acre area must be left forested.
· 1700s 
In 1700s due to the limited consumption of the natural resources the explorer, the mountain men and the Fur trappers, push the frontier boundary of the country westward. Later, in 1760s the industrial revolution started with the power resources like coal, fossil fuels and water which along with development also causes major environmental pollution.
· 1800s
In 1830s, different authors and artists like George Catlin, Henry David created the awareness about environment in the society, new national parks were developed and in the year 1849 the United States Department of Interior was established. In 1863, as a milestone of the American parks’ movement- Central Park was established in New York. Later, in 1875 different clubs for environmental protection and wildlife conservation were established like the Boone & Crockett Club, Appalachians Mountain Club etc. In 1872, the first national park- the Yellowstone Park was made and Tree planting was adapted as a tradition in schools. In 1875, the AFA - American Forestry Association was established to restricts the authorised cutting of trees present on the government land. In 1885, large Forest Preserves was created in New York and Niagara Falls was opened as the first state park of eastern US. In 1890, Sequoia National Park and, Yosemite and General Grant National Parks in California. In 1891, Creative Act that publicly protects the owned forests and the Forest Reserve Act were made. In 1892, Adirondack Park was established in New York which is the largest park with more than 6 million acres of area, in the contiguous 48 states and a constitution was made to keep these forests forever wild. In 1897, Forest Management Act for proper use of national resources like timber, grazing, mining etc.
· 1900s
In 1900s, Different campaigns spreaded awareness in the society about impact of human activities on the environment. In 1901, a federally protected wildlife refuge was established at Pelican Island, Florida along with the first wildlife sanctuary. In 1904 William T. Hornaday, was awarded the BSA Hornaday award for protecting the migratory birds. Later, in 1905 U.S. Forest Service was established and Gifford Pinchot was elected as its first chief. In 1906 the American Antiquities Act to protect national monuments and archaeological sites was made. In 1909, the North American Conservation Conference was held and attended by Mexico, Canada, United States etc. In 1910, Glacier National Park was founded in Montana. In 1911, this club received the Forestry merit badge and in 1914 created the create the William T. Hornaday Award and Conservation merit badge. In 1916, National Park Service was established with foundation of Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and Zion National Park in Utah. In 1921, wilderness belt was proposed along the mountain ranges of the eastern US. Later, in 1932 the dust bowl of drought and storms strikes the Great Plains. Then in 1948, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and World Conservation Union was established. In 1964, Wilderness Act, in 1965 the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act and ICOMOS for conservation of the world's historic sites and cultural landscapes was made. In the year 1968, the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act was made. In 1970, the first Earth Day was celebrated. In 1972, UNESCO (United...
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