Changes to the Environment (Piedmont/Coastal Plains)

Changes to the Environment

(Piedmont and Coastal Plains)

S3L2.a, S3L2.b

• I can describe the impact humans have on the environment.

Essential Question

• How does pollution affect the plants and animals in the Piedmont and Coastal Plains habitat?

Piedmont Pollution Problem

• The problem in the piedmont is air pollution.

• Factories, cars, trucks, businesses, and homes put out a lot of smog into the air.

• The amount of smog and air pollution we have in Atlanta isn’t safe for humans, animals or plants. 

Multiple Choice

True or False

Air pollution is a big problem in the Piedmont habitat.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False

The amount of smog and air pollution in Atlanta IS safe.

• True

• False

Coastal Plains Pollution Problem

•    One of Georgia’s biggest pollution problems took place on the Ogeechee River in 2011. The King America Finishing textile (cloth making) plant dumped chemicals like formaldehyde, ammonia and hydrogen peroxide into the river. Water pollution is a growing problem for the coastal plains of Georgia.

Multiple Choice

True or False

Water pollution is a growing problem for the coastal plains of Georgia.

• True

• False

(Coastal Plains) How Changing the Environment Affect the Plants & Animals

• Because of the chemical spills from King America’s factory, more than 38,000 fish, alligators, turtles and birds were found dead along the Ogeechee river banks. 

Multiple Choice

True or False.

As a result of the chemical spills from King America’s factory more than 38,000 fish, alligators, turtles and birds were found dead along the Ogeechee river banks.

• True

• False

(Coastal Plains) How Changing the Environment Affect the Plants & Animals

•  Dead animals were being found as far as 70 miles downriver from where the chemicals were dumped. The animals that lived in the river were poisoned by the chemicals. 

(Coastal Plains) How Changing the Environment Affect the Plants & Animals

• Entire species were wiped out and the ecosystem of the Ogeechee River will be forever changed.

• The river was also used for drinking water for hundreds of thousands of Georgians. They had to find other sources of water to use. 

Poll

I understand the impact humans have on the environment.

• Yes! I understand!

• I'm getting there! I will review on my own.

• I don't understand and will review with my teacher.