Chapter+Questions

__Chapter 1: Environmental Problems, Their Causes, The Sustainability__ 1. What are it's neighboring countries: Israel on the east, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west
 * 1) What is it's Location: a country in north-eastern Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, and the Red Sea to the east.

1. What are the major topography: Nile Valley and Delta, Wesatern Desert, Eastern Desert, Sinai Peninsula

1. Lanuage: The official language is Arabic, but English is widely spoken. 2. Is it an LDC or an MDC, what clues?:

3. Is there economic growth:

3. Is it sustainable:

4. What is it's ecological footprint: 1.5 and 43rd in ranking of all countries.

4. Are the people suffering from affluenza:

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 * __Chapter 3: Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work__**
 * 1) Describe a typical food web: Shows how each living thing is connected through their food.

2. What type of gross and net primary productivity is found: Construction of Egypt's nuclear power plant.

3. Descibe some producers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, decomposers, and scavangers: herbivores:Giant tortoise, pancake tortoise,Carnivores: Sand cats, Cross fox, omnivores: loons,ostriches

4. What are some of the human based effects on the nutrient cycles:

5. Are there any types of research being used to study it's ecosystem:

__**Chapter 4: Biodiversity and Evolution**__ 1. Are there any hotspots of biodiversity? ~ 2. Has any evidence(fossils) of evoluton been found?Describe it. ~ 3. What climate conditions have influenced the natural selection in the major biomes? ~desert biome; 4. Where there any major extinctions? ~ 5. Describe some unique indecators, keystone, foundation, nonnative, and specialty species? ~