Humans and the Environment Unit EQ: How do human activities

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Humans and the Environment

• Unit EQ
• How do human activities affect the physical and
  biological features of the earth?

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• To Albert Schweitzer who said Man has lost the
  capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end
  by destroying the earth. -Rachael Carsons
  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

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

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

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Air pollution

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

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Water pollution

• Industrial wastes, sewage, and chemicals dumped
  into water supply
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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

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Consequences of pollution

• Acid rain
• Endangering or extinction of animals
• Contamination of environment
• Poor air quality
• Disease

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Questions

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

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Questions

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

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Current conditions of the environment of the
planetEarth

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Pollution
Fossil Fuels
Beach erosion
Examples of Fossil Fuels
Habitat loss
Emissions
Species
Deforestation
Extinct
Endangered
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Population Increase
Conservation
Alternative Fuels
Population Decrease
Reuse
Reduce
Regulations
Recycle
Preservation