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1. Red Tide Essay Planning Use this planning guide to make sure you cover
all relev
Red Tide Essay PlanningUse this planning guide to make sure you cover all relevant
information to get maximum points. Students that submit a first publish earning 19-20
points will not need to submit a second publish.Be careful of copy and pasting information
into the planning guide. Safe Assign values need to be under 30%; most of that value comes
from the references.Each question is outlined in the boxes below. You can make boxes
larger or smaller. I have placed larger boxes in areas that should have a longer answer.A.
What are the organisms cause red tide? Are the red tides natural or unnatural? Why or why
not – support your answer with facts. DO NOT GOOGLE THIS QUESTION AND PASTE INTO
YOUR DOCUMENTB. What environmental pollutants cause the outbreaks? What are the
sources of these pollutants? Include information on how the pollutants relate to the nutrient
cycles (chapter 4 of textbook)C. How do you think Florida should address this issue? Give
examples of how it can be addressed using the 5 stages in addressing environmental
problems (page 15-16). Provide specific examples for each step.D. What can YOU do
immediately to reduce the effects of red tide? Give specific examples.5 references using MLA
or APA citation.Each section of the question can be a separate paragraph or you can divide
each section into multiple paragraphs.Paragraph 1: Part A What are the organisms cause
red tide? Are the red tides natural or unnatural? Why or why not – support your answer
with factsWhat are the organisms cause red tide?Source (author, year)Are the red tides
natural or unnaturalSource (author, year)Facts supporting red tides being naturalSource
(author, year)Facts supporting red tides being unnaturalSource (author, year)Paragraph 2:
Part B: What environmental pollutants cause the outbreaks? What are the sources of these
pollutants? Include information on how the pollutants relate to the nutrient cycles (chapter
4 of textbook)What environmental pollutants cause the outbreaks? List the specific
pollutants.Source (author, year)What is eutrophication? Review the eutrophication concept
map in the homework assignment folder.Source (author, year)What are the sources of these
pollutants?Source (author, year)Look at the nutrient cycles in chapter 4 – which nutrient
cycles are important in the case of red tide? (not all of them)Source (author, year)How do
the sources of the pollutants cause unbalance in the nutrient cycles?Source (author,
year)Paragraph 3: Part C: How do you think Florida should address this issue? Give
examples of how it can be addressed using the 5 stages in addressing environmental
problems (page 15-16). Provide specific examples for each step.What are the 5 stages in

2. addressing environmental problems?Source (author, year)How far is Florida in addressing
this environmental problem? (which of the stages have we completed?)Source (author,
year)How successful has Florida been in addressing this problem? Provide specific
examples for each step.Source (author, year)What are actions that could be done to reduce
the problem of red tides? Provide specific examples for each step.Source (author,
year)Paragraph 4: Part D: What can YOU do immediately to reduce the effects of red tide?
Give specific examples.What can YOU do immediately to reduce the effects of red tide?
Specific examples in your householdSource (author, year)5 references using MLA or APA
citation.