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*Environment means surroundings in which people, animals and plants develop and exist
*Ecology is the branch of biology investigating relationships between living beings and their
environment
People are the greatest polluters of our environment produce much waste
- Concequences: soil is washed away by the rain and blown away by the wind
nothing can be grown there and
animals lose their homes
Farmers pollute soil they use pesticides to kill certain insects and fertilizers to have better
harvest
Building dams causes floods and disappearance of many animals and plants
Nature as a polluter:
Volcanoes produce too much dust and ash and damage life around
Floods contaminate soil and destroy lives destroy infrastructures, city, town, lifes
Tornado, huricane and avalanche
Ozone layer:
Ozone hole:
It protects us from UV rays which can cause:
Its caused by:
blindness,
chemicals released into
skin cancer,
atmosphere by people
they can break down our immune system
natural disasters as floods,
fires, volcanoes infectious diseases