•CAN YOU RECALL THE

TYPHOONS THAT HIT

THE DIFFERENT
REGIONS OF THE
COUNTRY IN YEARS OR
DECADES AGO?
 •WHAT IS
ENVIRONMENT?
• THE NATURAL WORLD, AS A
WHOLE OR IN A PARTICULAR
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA,
ESPICIFICALLY AS AFFECTED
BY HUMAN ACTIVITY

• SYNONYMS : HABITAT,
TERRITORY, DOMAIN
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS
THE MOST PRESSING
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS IN THE
PHILIPPINES?
 •IS THE
DESTRUCTION
OF BIG AREAS
OF FORESTS
• THE PHILIPPINES IS AMONG THE
COUNTRIES WITH THE FASTEST
LOSS OF FOREST COVER AROUND
THE WORLD
• IT RANKS 4TH WORLD’S TOP 10
MOST THREATENED FOREST
HOTSPOTS
• IF THE 157,400 HECTARES PER
YEAR RATE OF DEFORESTATION
CONTINUES, OUR REMAINING
FOREST COVER WILL BE WIPED
•IS A SUDDEN
FLOOD OF
GREAT
VOLUME,
• ILLEGAL LOGGING IS
ANOTHER FACTOR BELIVEVED
TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO
THE STAGGERING DEATH TOLL
IN THE CITIES OF ILIGAN AND
CAGAYAN DE ORO DURING
SENDONG 2011. MANY VICTIMS
WERE SWEPT AWAY BY HUGE
LOGS THAT ROLLED DOWN
DENUDED MOUNTAINS FACING
THE TWO CITIES
• IS DEFINED AS THE EXTRACTION OF
VALUABLE MINERALS OR OTHER
GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS FROM THE EARTH
FROM AN ORE BODY, LODE, VEIN, SEAM OR
REEF WHICH FORMS THE MINERALIZED
PACKAGE OF ECONOMIC INTEREST TO THE
MINER IN THE ABSENCE OF LAND RIGHTS,
MINING LICENSE, MINERAL TRANSPORTATION
PERMIT.
•HAPPENS WHEN SOIL
AND ROCK ARE MOVED
FROM ONE PLACE TO
ANOTHER BY WIND,
WATER AND GRAVITY
 WHAT
CAUSES OF
SOIL
EROSION.?
• DEFORESTATION
• BUILDING OF ROCKS
• AGRICULTURE
• URBANIZATION
• MINING
• FROM OIL TANKERS WITH EQUIPMENT
FAULTS
• FROM NATURE AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON
LAND
• FROM WATER SPORTS
• FROM DRILLING WORKS CARRIED OUT IN
THE SEA
 • IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IT HAS
BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED THAT 27%
OF THE WORLD’S REEFS HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED.
11% HAS BEEN COMPLETELY LOST
16% HAS BEEN DAMAGED
 •ARE DIVERSE
UNDERWATER
ECOSYSTEMS BUILT
FROM CALCIUM
CARBONATE SECRETED
BY CORALS
•MEANS ANY ALTERATION OF
THE PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL
AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
OF WATER, AIR AND LAND
RESSOURCES
•MEANS ALTERATION
OF THE PHYSICAL,
CHEMICAL AND
BIOLOGICAL
PROPERTIES OF THE
ATMOSPHERIC AIR
• MEANS ANY ALTERATION OF
THE PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL,
BIOLOGICAL, OR
RADIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
OF A BODY OF A WATER
RESULTING IN THE
IMPAIRMENT OF ITS PURITY
OR QUALITY
 •IS THE EXCESSIVE
SOUND THAT CAUSES
HEARING LOSS,
STRESS, FATIGUE,
IRRITABILITY,
TENSION,
 • IS CHIEFLY CAUSED BY
CHEMICALS IN PESTICIDES,
SUCH AS POISONS THAT ARE
USED TO KILL AGRICULTURAL
PESTS LIKE INSECTS AND
HERBICIDES THAT ARE USED
TO GET RID OF WEEDS.
 WHAT ARE THE
POSITIVE AND
NEGATIVE IMPACTS
ALL OF THESE IN
PEOPLE’S HEALTH?
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•I WILL NOT…
•I WILL DO…..
•CHOOSE THE
CORRECT
ANSWER
FROM THE
BOX
• 1. MEANS ANY ALTERATION OF THE
PYHSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL
ROPERTIES OF WATER, AIR AND LAND
• 2. IS DEFINED AS THE EXTRACTION OF
VALUABLE MINERALS OR OTHER
GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS FROM EARTH .
• 3. IS A SUDDEN FLOOD OF GREAT VOLUME,
USUALLY CAUSED BY A HEAVY RAIN
• 4. DIVERSE UNDERWATER ECOSYSTEMS
BUILT FROM CALCIUM CARBONATE
SECRETED BY CORALS
• 5. IS THE EXCESSIVE SOUND THAT CAUSES
HEARING LOSS, STRESS, FATIGUE,
IRRITABILITY, TENSION AND HIGHBLOOD
• 6. MEANS ANY ALTERATION OF THE PHYSICAL,
CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL OR RADIOLOGICAL
PROPERTIES OF A BODY OF WATER RESULTING IN
THE IMPAIRMENT OF ITS PURITY OR QUALITY
• 7. ARE DIVERSE UNDERWATER ECOSYSTEMS BUILT
FROM CALCIUM CARBONATE SECRETEDD BY CORALS
• 8. HAPPENS WHEN SOIL AND ROCK ARE MOVED FROM
ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER BY WIND, WATER AND
GRAVITY
• 9. IS CHIEFLY CAUSED BY CHEMICALS IN PESTICIDES
UCH AS POISONS THAT ARE USED TO KILL
AGRICULTURAL PETS
• 10.THE NATURAL WORLD, AS A WHOLE OR IN A
PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHICAL AREA ESPICIFICALLY AS
AFFECTED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY
•MAKE A POSTER
TO SAVE THE
PHILIPPINE
ENVIRONMENT