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Man's Impact On His Environment - Coggle Diagram
Man's Impact On His Environment
Negative Impacts on the Environment
Depletion of Natural Resources
Fossil Fuels
Energy Source for Vehicles
Obtained deep in the ground
Once depleted, cannot be replaced
Coal
Oil
Gas
Metals and Minerals
Obtained from the ground
Make things
Utensils
Jewellery
Machines
Trees in Forests
Cut down to obtain wood
Make things
Furniture
Paper
Fish
Caught by Man for food
Overfishing may cause them to be endangered or extinct
Deforestation
Is...
Clearing of large areas of forested land
Cutting and Burning down trees
Carried out...
To provide land
Allow people to dig up fuels and minerals
For wood
Process
Trees are cut down
Organisms lose their home
Organisms exposed to predators and the weather
May Die
Treen stumps and smaller plants are cleared by burning
Loss of Living Things
Carbon Dioxide is given off
Global Warming
No more plants with roots
Cannot hold the soil together
Erosion takes place
Difficult for new trees and plants to grow
Fewer trees to absorb water from the ground
Less rain
Air becomes dry
Pollution
Caused by releasing pollutants into the environment
Pollutants make the environment
Dirty
Harmful to live in
Can affect the land, the air and water bodies
How does Man interact with his environment?
Depends on the environment for Natural resources
Natural Resources
Air
Forests
Fossil Fuels
Metals
Land
Minerals
Water
Sunlight
Allow Man to obtain energy, food and materials