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Man and his impact on the enviroment - Coggle Diagram
Man and his impact on the enviroment
How does Man interact with his environment
Depends on natural resources
Occur naturally on earth
Example
Sunlight
Air
Forest
Fossil fuels
Land
Water
Minerals
Important for man to obtain
Energy
Food
Materials
Has
Positive impact
Negative impact
What is the negative impact of Man's activities on his enviroment
Depletion of natural resources
Fossil fuels
Used as an
energy source
for
Vehicles
Factories
Obtained from
deep in the ground
Formed by the remains of living things millions of years ago
Once they are
depleted
, cannot be replaced
Metals and minerals
Obtained
from the ground
Make things
Machines
Utensils
Jewllery
Once depleted, cannot be replaced
Trees in forest
Cut down to obtain wood
Used to make things
Furniture
Paper
If number of trees that are cut down exceeds the number of trees that are replaced,
Forest can get depleted
Fish
Caught by man for food
Overfishing can cause depletion of fish
Fishing rate exceeds the rate of reproduction of fish
Population will decrease
Become
Endangered
Extinct
Deforestation
Clearing of large areas of forested land by cutting and burning down trees
Carried out
To provide land for people for farming and building
to allow people to dig up fuels and minerals from the ground
For wood which can be used to make paper and furniture
Process of deforestation