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Mapeh - ALL ABOUT ENVIRONMENT Flashcards

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Defined as the sociological group in a large place sharing one environment. It includes the individual and family. Refers to a group of living things

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Community

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A state of complete physical, mental, and social well being and not just the absence of disease or infirmity.

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Health

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WHO

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World Health Organization

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The immediate surrondings of living things

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Environment

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Focuses on how different environmental factors affect the well being of a person

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Environmental Health

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Defined as the art and science of maintaining, protecting, and improving the health of all the members of the community through organized and sustained community efforts.

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Community Health

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WHO (2020) Characteristics of a healthy community include

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1.A clean and safe physical environment.
2.An environment that meets everyone’s basic needs.
3.An environment that promotes social harmony and actively involves everyone.
4. An understanding of local health and environment issues.
5. A community that participates in identifying local solutions to local problems.
6. A community whose members have access to varied experiences, means of interaction and communication.
7. Accessible and appropriate health services and facilities.
8. The promotion and celebration of historical and cultural heritage.
9. A diverse and innovative economy.
10. A sustainable use of available resources for all.

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refers to the awareness of one’s role in keeping o community and the environment healthy

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Personal environmental responsibility

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refers to your awareness of what is currently happening around you and being able to critically reflect on how to respond to them.

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Social consciousness

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5Rs

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refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle

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Avoiding accumulating wastes

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Refuse

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Minimizing waste

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Reduce

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using the same material for the same purpose

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Reuse

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turning what would otherwise be waste material into something that could be used for a purpose other than it was originally intended

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Repurpose

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processing waste material so that it could be converted into a product which can be used again.

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Recycle

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16
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Protect the environment 2 ways

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Proper Waste Disposal
Use of 5Rs

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is the responsible removal and transfer of wastes.

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Proper Waste Disposal

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Why is Waste Segregation important

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-some wastes are biodegradable, which means that these decompose and return the
environment naturally.
Materials that do not decompose easily are non-biodegradable be done for non-biodegradable waste, as well as using biodegradable waste for such waste.
Segregating waste into these two types increases the rate at which recycling can useful things as fertilizer.
waste segregation allows people to properly manage wastes.
Some non-biodegradable waste can still be reused or recycled for other purposes.
If waste is segregated, there is less cost to dispose of the non- biodegradable waste, as biodegradable waste can be used as fertilizer.
Hazardous wastes come from hospitals and manufacturing facilities, such as factories.
This kind of waste is poisonous or dangerous to humans, and if these mix in with other wastes, they will contaminate the environment.

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Example of Proper Waste Disposal

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Waste segregation

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different types of pollution (5)

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Air P
Water P
Noise P
Land P
Light P

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A mining activity - which is designed to extract minerals from the ground - that is undertaken without the permission of the authorities of a state. Such permission is needed to ensure that environmental destruction from pollution is minimized

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Illegal Mining

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is a method of fishing where cyanide, a poison, is used to kill marine animals, such as fish, which are then harvested.

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Cyanide fishing

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What is Cause and Effect? (Global Warming & Climate Change)

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Global Warming - Cause
Climate Change - Effect

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is a method of fishing where dynamite is thrown into the water, killing any fish nearby. The blast also destroys and kills coral and other underwater organisms, and is thus very destructive

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Dynamite Fishing

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refers to the decrease of areas which would naturally be forested, with those areas being used for such activities as agriculture, mining or urban development.

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Deforestation

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refers to the destruction and possible mass death of the world’s cord reefs, which shelter marine life. This is caused by many factors, such as cyanide and dynamite fishing, climate change, water pollution, and careless tourism.

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Coral reef degradation

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Coral reef is compose of

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Calcium

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Precipitation meaning

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Rain

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Flow of water

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Surface/runoff

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Small cracks on the ground

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Aquifers

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threaten our quality of life

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Environmental Issues

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The movement of chemical pesticides from the intended place to another, cause by wind or other tactors. Can cause accidental exposure of human, animals or plants to pesticides.

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Pesticide Drifting

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is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest land uses, such as arable land, urban areas, logged areas, or wasteland

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Deforestation

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Can cause a variety of risks to our carbon dioxide, traps heat in the health, ranging from altering patterns of infectious diseases to lower atmosphere causing thedeaths in extreme temperatures.

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Climate Change

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emissions from these activities, particularly carbon dioxide

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greenhouse gases

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refers to the gradual rise in the overall temperature of the atmosphere of the Earth

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Global Warming

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