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How Humans Can Hurt or Help the World

How Humans Can Hurt or Help the World. Created by Erin Waltman Fall 2007. The world around us is…. Forests Lakes, oceans,and rivers Mountains Rain forests Deserts. Animals and plants live in the environment. We are humans. We share the world with plants and animals.

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How Humans Can Hurt or Help the World

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  1. How Humans Can Hurt orHelp the World Created by Erin Waltman Fall 2007

  2. The world around us is… • Forests • Lakes, oceans,and rivers • Mountains • Rain forests • Deserts

  3. Animals and plants live in the environment.

  4. We are humans. We share the world with plants and animals.

  5. Humans do many things than can either… • Help the world OR • Hurt the world

  6. Building a road through a forest ruins animals’ homes. The animals could be injured or without food. This HURTS the environment.

  7. Many species of animals are disappearing from the Earth because people are shooting them. This is called extinction, and it HURTS the environment.

  8. When people throw trash on the ground, it can make its way to animals’ homes and hurt them. This HURTS the environment.

  9. Cutting down trees in forests where animals live ruins their homes. This HURTS the environment.

  10. Coral reefs are home to many of the world’s ocean animals. When swimmers and divers touch coral reefs, part of it dies. This HURTS the environment.

  11. Saving the rainforests is good for the animals and plants that come out of them. This HELPS the environment.

  12. Recycling paper and other materials saves trees from being cut down. This saves animals’ homes. Recycling HELPS the environment.

  13. What have we learned about how humans help or hurt the environment?

  14. Shooting animals ___ the environment. • Helps • Hurts • HURTS

  15. Throwing trash on the ground ___ the environment • Helps • Hurts • HURTS

  16. Recycling paper ____ the environment. • Helps • Hurts • HELPS

  17. Cutting down trees ___ the environment. • Helps • Hurts • HURTS

  18. Saving rain forests ___ the environment. • Helps • Hurts • HELPS

  19. Building roads through forests hurts the environment by ___. • Saving paper • Hurting animals or ruining their homes • Wasting gas B) Hurting animals or ruining their homes

  20. Swimmers and divers kill ___ by touching them. • Forests • Animals • Coral reefs • Coral reefs

  21. The End

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