Earth in Balance – Mind Map Assignment

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Earth issues

forest

Without trees, the soil wash or blow away which causes vegetation growth problems.

A solution is cutting a tree must be replaced by planting young trees to replace the older ones that were cut.

Trees are important to the water cycle. They absorb rain fall and produce water vapor that is released into the atmosphere. Trees also lessen the pollution in water, according to the North Carolina State University, by stopping polluted runoff

Deforestation causes loss of species.Seventy percent of the world's plants and animals live in forests and are losing their habitats to deforestation, according to National Geographic.

A solution to not losing species can be by making stricter laws of having a limit to cutting certain number of trees to save habitats of the species.

It is also cut to create ingredients for highly prized consumer items, such as the oil from palm trees

More land is needed for housing so forests are being cut more to provide more land for humans

The deforestation can cause weather changes due to lack of trees which means less rain and more chance for droughts.It also causes less oxygen in the atmosphere.

Cutting down trees in order to make paper and other materials can impact forests and lead to deforestration

water

The waste produce produce by animals is washed away into the rivers when it rains. It gets mixed up with other harmful chemicals and causes various water borne diseases like cholera, diarrhea, jaundice, dysentery and typhoid.

when it rains, the chemicals from pesticides mixes up with rainwater and flow down into rivers and canals which have serious damages for aquatic animals

Burning fossil fuels causes acid rain and this rain falls in water bodies and contaminate them with harmful acid.

Oil spills can cause water pollution as water and oil do not mix and it creates a layer of oil in the surface of the water making oxygen unavailable for marine species

The garbage produce by each household in the form of paper, aluminum, rubber, glass, plastic, food if collected and deposited into the sea in some countries.

A solution to the problem can be Anti-pollution laws and regulations which will stop garbage being thrown in water bodies

The sewage and waste water that is produced by each household is chemically treated and released in to sea with fresh water. This leads to numerous diseases from the sewage water.

A solution to this can be proper sewage system where the sewage water is not dumped into fresh water and even if it is, there should be proper treatment to have clean water.

Many industries throw toxic chemicals in lakes and water bodies which contaminate the water

air

Acid rain is an effect of air pollution as harmful gases such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide release from fossil fuels and mix with rain clouds and form acid rain

Global warming is one of the effects of air pollution as global warming heats up the environment and the air pollution causes more heat to be trapped in the atmosphere

Mining causes a large portion of dust to be released in the atmosphere to cause air pollution

Agricultural activities such as the use of pesticides and fertilizers cause pollution in the air

Burning fossil fuels like coal releases carbon monoxide into the environment causing air pollution

A solution for this would be using cleaner energy sources such as solar energy or wind energy which will have no negative affects

Carbon dioxides from factories can release harmful gases in the environment to pollute it

A solution to carbon dioxide released from factories can be by carbon capping to permit the amount of greenhouse gases being emitted to the environment

CFC gases from aerosols and refrigerators causes this gas to be spread in the atmosphere and releasing harmful gases

land

An impact of land degradation can be health effects on humans as toxic chemicals on land can cause problems such as skin cancer

Sewage treatment can also pollute land as the waste sent to land fills which pollute the land

Construction activities can destroy land as it can leave waste materials in the soil such as cement, wood or bricks

The misuse of agricultural equipments can destroy land causing land degradation

A solution to prevent the harm on land for agricultural activities can be by reducing the amount of pesticides and fertilizers in agricultural activities

Mining activities can cause harm to land as it takes the nutrients away from the soil

Soil erosion causes parts of the land to be taken away and deposited on another side of the river bank causing land to be wasted.

Due to a bunch of garbage being deposited on an everyday basis, a large portion of the land becomes degraded and unused.

a solution to prevent garbage deposition can be through waste management such as combustion or recycling or plasma gasification which is when the waste’s molecular bonds are broken down as for the intense heat in the vessels and the element