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environmental problems

environmental problems

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English

9th - 12th Grade

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Hard

CCSS
6.NS.B.3, RI.11-12.4, RI.8.1

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Standards-aligned

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виктор попович

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6 Slides • 3 Questions

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Deforestation

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Deforestation implies chopping down the trees generally be it woods, any desolate land, or trees we see en route to school consistently. Normal timberlands are being destructed to involve the land for development, building houses, plants, logging, accounting for dairy cattle nibbling, extraction of oil, mining, developing of dams, or getting wood for making furniture and involving it as fuel. Timberland wood has been a fundamental requirement for us since the hour of human progress and still keeps on being the principal hotspot for some purposes in our everyday life. Trees help to keep up with the water cycle and give sanctuary to the organic entities. It happens in a space that is thickly populated by trees and is generally seen in woods like the Amazon rainforest. Backwoods cover practically 30% of the world’s territory.

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Deforestation occurs due to...

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People's activity

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Animals wildlife

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Nature disasters

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Pollution

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Pollution is the introduction of harmful materials into the environment. These harmful materials are called pollutants. Pollutants can be natural, such as volcanic ash. They can also be created by human activity, such as trash or runoff produced by factories. Pollutants damage the quality of air, water, and land. All living things—from one-celled microbes to blue whales—depend on Earth’s supply of air and water. When these resources are polluted, all forms of life are threatened.

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What does the word "Pollution" mean(from text)

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Overpopulation

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Overpopulation is a phenomenon where a species’ population exceeds the carrying capacity of its environment. Carrying capacity is the maximum population that an environment can support indefinitely.

Resources meant to support life are depleting faster than they are being restored. Overpopulation has led to intensive agriculture to cater to the considerable food demand, and clearing of forest cover to make way for land development projects. Pollution from overproduction has made the environment toxic. Habitats are being destroyed to accommodate the ever-growing human population..

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Multiple Select

Why is overpopulation of the planet a bad thing?

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More pollution

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Lack of resourses

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Less air

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Many people demand much food

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Lack of job for them

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