MIND MAP

• Humans Impact on Their Environment

  • Pollution

    • Air

    • Water

    • Soil

    • It has health problems on humans and animals

  • Ozone Layer Depletion

    • This will increase radiation from the sun that we receive

    • It is caused by polluting air

    • CFC

      • Chlorofluorocarbon

      • This is a dangerous gas that can cause many problems

  • Deforestation

    • This destroys trees for commercial use

    • The problems of this would be that...

      • Destruction of ecosystems

      • Increased amounts of Carbon Dioxide

      • Strange weather patterns

  • Loss of Bio diversity

    • When habitats are destroyed it messes with ecosystems

    • When this happens plants and animals become extinct

      • We loose diversity in the ecosystem

  • Acid Rain

    • Erosion of infrastructure and much more can happen

      • People become sick

      • Farmland becomes unusable

    • It is caused with the burning of fossil fuels and CFCs

    • Acid rain happens when pollutants that enter the air get into rain

  • Desertification 

    • Irrigation of land is key to keeping the land fertile

    • A cause of desertification is overgrazing

    • This is where fertile land is overused and becomes a desert

  • Global Warming

    • Floods can become a problem is the temperature rises too much

      • The glaciers will melt

    • The Earth’s temperature rises here

    • This is caused by the greenhouse effect