B17 Biodiversity and Pollution

What do we mean by greehouse gases?

• Gases responsible for global warming

• Gases you find in a garden green house

What do the greenhouses gases do?

• Absorb heat radiated from the Earth and keep it inside their bonds.

• Asborb heat radiated from Earth and release energy in all directions warming the earth

Can you explain how the green house effect works?

In what ways do humans increase the amount of green house gases?

• Burning fossil fuels

  Deforestation

  Farming cattle

• Deforestation

  Using biofuel for cars

What are the effects of global warming?

• Sea levels decreasing

  Plants growing bigger

• Melting ice caps

  Sea level risings

  Habitats changing

Why does waste management increase?

• Because of the increase of human popultation

• Because of the increase in cars on the road.

The diagram outlines a process called Eutrophication. Can you explain what is happening?

Can you explain what we mean by air pollution?

Can you explain what we mean by land pollution?

Can you explain what we mean by water pollution?