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INTRODUCTION
OBJECTIuES
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The human activities that we are talking about are like agriculture,
burning or combustion, industrialization, urbanization and last but not
least, deforestation.
THE IMPACT OF
HUMAN ACTIVITIES
TOWARDS THE
ECOSYSTEM
DEFORESTATION CAUSED
: BURNING CAUSED : FARMING,
INDUSTRIALISATION AND
URBANISATION CAUSED :
-various types of
-soil erosion
pollutions
-landslides
-greenhouse effect -pollution
-flashfloods
DEFOKENTAT¦ON
Large agriculture of forests are cleared for extracting timber of fuel wood,
agriculture needs, and for the sake of urbanization. The impacts are
enourmous and outrageous. Let see what are the drawbacks of
deforestation.
Lanslide In Mexico
• Soil erosion flow is blocked. Thus, water flows inland and causes flash
floods in, flash floods and landslides
• When it rains for a long time especially during rainy seasons, the top layer
of soil loosens and slides down, thus causing landslides.
Soil erotion
• learing of trees causes the loss of tree leaves that protect the soil from a
massive impulsive force of heavy raindrops and also causes the loss of tree
roots that hold the soil in place.
• The wide exposure to the raindrops forces, give arise to soil erosion. Here,
the top layer of soil is easily being washed away by heavy rainfall. The
eroded soil, is then, deposited in rivers or streams.
Flash Flood
• During heavy rains, rainwater flows harshly into rivers because there is a
non-existence of retention of water by plant roots as well as proper water
catchments areas.
• Due to silting in the rivers, the water flow is blocked. Thus, water flows
inland and causes flash floods in low areas.
• In addition, soil erosion contributes in the depletion of minerals in the soil,
causing the land trouble to be used as a place of cultivation.
FAKM¦NG
• In order to fulfill the demands of today’s food supplement, large areas of
lands have been used and will be used for farming purposes.
• Excessive use of land for farming and stock rearing lead to infertile land
and may expose the soil to erosion by wind or heavy rainfalls.
• Inorganic fertilizers usage in farming also results to eutrophication.
NKBAN¦NAT¦ON
• Industrialisation give off industrial waste and heated waste water causing
water pollution and thermal pollution.
• Toxic gases released by industries contribute to a major concerning
problem ; air pollution.
FLOOD
MELTING OF POLES
THE TH¦NN¦NG OF OtONE LAYEK
The ozone layer protects the Earth from the ultraviolet rays sent down
by the sun. If the ozone layer is depleted by human action, the effects on
the planet could be catastrophic.
Ozone is a bluish gas that is formed by three atoms of oxygen. The form
of oxygen that humans breathe in consists of two oxygen atoms, O2.
When found on the surface of the planet, ozone is considered a
dangerous pollutant and is one substance responsible for producing the
greenhouse effect.
The highest regions of the stratosphere contain about 90% of all ozone.
In recent years, the ozone layer has been the subject of much discussion.
And rightly so, because the ozone layer protects both plant and animal
life on the planet.
The fact that the ozone layer was being depleted was discovered in the
mid-1980s. The main cause of this is the release of CFCs,
chlorofluorocarbons.
b)Use of technology
• Use modern equipments and
chemicals to control oil spills.
• Recycle rubbish
c) Education
• To increase the awareness and sensitivity
of the individual to the environment.
KEFEKENEEN
• Biology form 4 textbook.
• Focus Ace SPM Biology Reference boo