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Humans and the Environment

Humans and the Environment. Unit EQ: How do human activities affect the physical and biological features of the earth?. Diane Gioia – Bell’s Crossing Elementary.

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Humans and the Environment

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  1. Humans and the Environment Unit EQ: How do human activities affect the physical and biological features of the earth? Diane Gioia – Bell’s Crossing Elementary

  2. To Albert Schweitzer who said “Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.”’ -Rachael Carson’s dedication in Silent Spring • “We are the most dangerous species of life on the planet, and every other species, even the earth itself, has cause to fear our power to exterminate. But we are also the only species which, when it chooses to do so, will go to great effort to save what it might destroy.” -Wallace Stegner • The earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth. This we know… All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life, he does to himself… This earth is precious to Him [the Creator], and to harm the earth is to heap contempt upon its creator. -Chief Seattle Suquamish Tribe 19th Century

  3. How do mixing and dissolving of foreign substances impact the environment?

  4. Foreign Define Antonym Synonym Picture to help you remember

  5. Dissolving Define Antonym Synonym Picture to help you remember

  6. Substance Define Antonym Synonym Picture to help you remember

  7. Impact Define Antonym Synonym Picture to help you remember

  8. Define Environment Antonym Synonym Picture to help you remember

  9. Pollution • Making the environment unclean with wastes • Gases, chemicals, heat, garbage, and noise • Materials that cause pollution are pollutants

  10. Air pollution • Caused by burning fuels and trash • Industries cause such pollution • Causes lung disease and acid rain

  11. Water pollution • Industrial wastes, sewage, and chemicals dumped into water supply • http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/search/assetDetail.cfm?guidAssetId=56CAE996-65EF-41CA-9B32-4BB2739AC5E9

  12. Soil pollution • Some is caused by pollutants in the air or chemicals used to control pests • Burying toxic wastes can cause soil pollution as well

  13. Consequences of pollution • Acid rain • Endangering or extinction of animals • Contamination of environment • Poor air quality • Disease

  14. Questions • How are the types of pollution different? • What is pollution? • What are some causes of pollution?

  15. Questions • What are some ways pollution can affect the environment? • How can humans reduce pollution?

  16. Current conditions of the environment of the planetEarth http://www.eco-pros.com/planetearth.htm Click on the Earth to see how you can learn more.

  17. Pollution Human Impact Vocabulary Fossil Fuels Beach erosion Examples of Fossil Fuels Habitat loss Emissions Species Extinct Deforestation Endangered

  18. Population Increase Human Impact Vocabulary Alternative Fuels Conservation Population Decrease Reuse Reduce Recycle Regulations Preservation

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