{"id":21586,"date":"2023-06-07T21:51:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T21:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/an-issue-to-analyze-minimizing-negative-effects-of-human-population-growth-on-other-species\/"},"modified":"2023-06-07T21:51:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T21:51:23","slug":"an-issue-to-analyze-minimizing-negative-effects-of-human-population-growth-on-other-species","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/an-issue-to-analyze-minimizing-negative-effects-of-human-population-growth-on-other-species\/","title":{"rendered":"An Issue to Analyze: Minimizing Negative Effects of Human Population Growth on Other Species"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your Task: Write about a polar bear&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You will write a research paper on your species following the guidelines below.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your paper should be between 3-4 pages in length (double spaced, 12-point font, standard margins)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You may include a photograph of your species in your paper. Your photograph must include a caption and the source of the photograph must be cited.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your writing must be your own work and not AI-generated.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You will be paraphrasing sources that you find online. As such, you must use in-text citations throughout your paper. I recommend that you use the Google Doc built-in citation tool. (Go to TOOLS \u2192 CITATIONS).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I recommend using APA for your citations, but you may choose whichever format you prefer, as long as you are consistent.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You must present a list of your references on the final page of your paper.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Paper Guidelines:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<ol style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Find the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">scientific name<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> of your species (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Genus species<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">). You must use this one place in your paper, but can use the common name the rest of the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Research and describe your species\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ecological niche<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">; this includes what type of organism it is, appearance, size, its habitat, nutrition, any predators, etc<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Research and describe the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">characteristics of your species\u2019 population<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> including growth (or decline), density, fecundity, mortality, distribution and minimum viable size<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Investigate the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">probable causes<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> for the species\u2019 population decline. What role, if any, has<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> human population growth<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> played in this decline?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Conduct research to learn about <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">conservation efforts<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> to halt the decline of your species; if your species has recovered, describe efforts that have lead to its recovery<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What are <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">personal actions<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> that someone your age could take to help endangered species such as the one you researched?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Task: Write about a polar bear&nbsp; You will write a research paper on your species following the guidelines below. 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