CHAPTER 5 Flashcards
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is the sum total of conditions and influences -complex physical,
chemical and biotic factors, that make up the surroundings of a living organism
necessary for its progress and development.
Environment
Everything in this world is related
and interdependent with one another. The use and abuse of one will greatly affect each
other causing imbalance and threat to the environment.
A. Interdependence or interconnectedness
create and promote
environmental stability. Science explains the cycle of life and the indispensable necessity
of variance in creation. This explains the theory of symbiosis wherein things are
necessary and exigent in the maintenance of the existence of another.
Diversity and Stability
is the only thing that is permanent in the
world.”It isconstant and its effect in the ecological system is disturbing reason
for governments of different countries to enact laws that safeguard and protect the
environment.
Change
Nature has its own way of replenishing and maintaining
itself.
Balance of Nature
Everything which has beginning has its end. Natural
resources though abundant and have replenishing capabilities can be depleted when
abused and over exploited.
Finiteness of Resource
“The waste you throw will return a greater waste to you,”. It gives us a better
understanding that everything must go somewhere.
Material Cycle
The world seems to be getting smaller and smaller
everyday.
Carrying Capacity
beautifully describes what man is, his duty and
responsibility.
Stewardship
is the rise of the world’s temperature resulting to change
in climate.
Global Warming
comes from the emissions of diesel and gasoline by
motor vehicles and various industries
Carbon Dioxide
comes from agricultural and decaying trash
Methane
comes from biomass burning, intensive agriculture,
emissions of motor vehicles and industrial activities
Nitrous Oxide
comes
from aerosols and industrial coolants such refrigerator, airconditioner
- Hydrofluorocarbons, Perfluorocarbons, Sulfur Hexaflouride.
What year did 154 countries including the Philippines signed the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
June 1992`
It is an undesirable change in the physical, chemical
and/or biological characteristics of air, which will adversely affect plants,
animals, human beings and even inanimate materials.
Example:
a. Industrial Plant Emissions.
b. Motor Vehicles.
Air Pollution
Introduction of harmful substances into the soil that
makes it unable to sustain life as it normally should.
Example
Excessive Application of Pesticides
Too Much Application of Inorganic Fertilizers.
Garbage.
Land Pollution
A status when water contains harmful substances
such as bacteria and poisonous chemicals that it cannot naturally get rid of.
Water Pollution
The presence of sound so loud, so sudden or so
unpleasant that id t becomes an assault on the body, particularly the sense of
hearing causing mental or physical harm.
Noise Pollution
The presence of sound so loud, so sudden or so
unpleasant that id t becomes an assault on the body, particularly the sense of
hearing causing mental or physical harm.
Noise Pollution.
any material that can be broken down naturally by occurring
organism such as bacteria and fungi in air, water, and soil.
Biodegradable
decayed organic material for use as soil conditioner or fertilized.
Compost
biological degradation under controlled conditions.
Composting
refuse from households, as distinguished from industrial
waste, agricultural waste, hospital waste, etc. which may be classified as
biodegradable.
Domestic Waste
