Visualizing Environmental Science

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Cars and light trucks in operation in the

United States (million)

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2000

Year

2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2011

After decades of growth in the automobile industry, the

number of vehicles in the United States leveled off arround 2008.

Motor vehicles in the United States, 2000 to 2011

Joel Sartore/NG Image Collection

Based on data from Polk Automotive Research, “Automotive Industry Dashboard, July 2012.”

CHAPTER OUTLINE

Solid Waste 398

s Types of Solid Waste

s Disposal of Solid Waste

■ What a Scientist Sees: Sanitary Landfills

■ EnviroDiscovery: The U.S.–China Recycling

Connection

Reducing Solid Waste 404

s Source Reduction

s Reusing Products

s Recycling Materials

■ Environmental InSight: Recycling in the

United States

s Integrated Waste Management

Hazardous Waste 409

s Types of Hazardous Waste

■ EnviroDiscovery: Handling Nanotechnology

Safely

Managing Hazardous Waste 412

s Chemical Accidents

s Public Policy and Toxic Waste Cleanup

s Managing Toxic Waste Production

■ Case Study: High-Tech Waste

CHAPTER PLANNER✓✓

❑ Study the picture and read the opening story.

❑ Scan the Learning Objectives in each section:

p. 398 ❑ p. 404 ❑ p. 409 ❑ p. 412 ❑

❑ Read the text and study all figures and visuals.

Answer any questions.

Analyze key features

❑ What a Scientist Sees, p. 401

❑ Process Diagram, p. 403 ❑ p. 408 ❑

❑ EnviroDiscovery, p. 404 ❑ p. 410 ❑

❑ Environmental InSight, p. 407

❑ Case Study, p. 415

❑ Stop: Answer the Concept Checks before

you go on:

p. 404 ❑ p. 408 ❑ p. 411 ❑ p. 414 ❑

End of Chapter

❑ Review the Summary and Key Terms.

❑ Answer What is happening in this picture?

❑ Answer the Critical and Creative Thinking Questions.

Interpreting Data Questions

In what year did the number of cars and trucks peak?

Do you think the number will go up or down over the

next decade?