Chapter 9: Endangered Ecosystem

9.1 Human Activities that Endangered an Ecosystem

9.2 Greenhouse Effect and Thinning of the Ozone Layer
9.3 The Importance of Proper Management of Development Activities and the Ecosystem
ENDANGERDED ECOSYSTEM

NAME : AIDA AMALINA BINTI ABD RAHIM

CLASS: 4 RAJIN

TEACHER’S NAME : PUAN ZURINAH

Content
Introduction
Objectives
Human Activities that Endangered an Ecosystem
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M odern extinctions/Main article: Holocene extinction/Further
information:
Deforestation
Deforestation disrupts the carbon and nitrogen
cycle
T he Removal Of Plants In  T he
Rainforest DisruptsT he Natural
Cycle Of Nutrients.
T he Level Of Atmospheric
Carbon Dioxide InT he Air Rises
As Less Carbon Dioxide InT he
Air Is Removed ByT he Plants
During Photosynthesis.
T he Level Of Atmospheric
Oxygen Drops As Less Oxygen Is
Released By Plants During
Photosynthesis.
T he Recycling Of Nitrates And
Other Ions Slos Down.
Tree Roots Binnd Soil Particles
Together,and The Tree Canopy
Cushions The ForceO f Rain
BeatingD ownO n The Soil.
D efrostation, Therefore, Causes
The Lossof Nutrients Through
Leaching And Run-offs.

Deforestation causes climate changes

 D eforestation disrupts the normal weather patterns, creating hotter, drier
weather and causing global climatic changes.
 The removal of trees reduces transpiration, rain fall and the rate at which
plants absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis.
 This leads to an increase in the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere.
H igh level of carbon dioxide prevents heat from escaping from the
atmosphere. This is known as the greenhouse effect which is believed to
lead to global warming.
 Forest clearing and burning of wood results in air pollution and released
more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
 Burning of tree in the tropics adds about 25% more carbon dioxide to the
atmosphere.
Burning of fossil fuels and its effects
 The burning of fossil fuels adds about 75% of carbon dioxide to the
atmosphere.
 An increase in carbon dioxide level is associated with the greenhouse effect
and global warming.
Greenhouse Effect and Thinning of the Ozone Layer