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Objectives
Identify the characteristics of an ecosystem. Describe the components of a healthy environment. Identify the consequences of overpopulation and pollution.
Ecosystems
Ecosystem: a system made of living things and their surroundings. Every living thing is apart of an ecosystem.
Lake + Fish + Parasites = Ecosystem Earth + People + Lake = Ecosystem
Ecosystems - Interactions
Ecosystems - Interactions
Ecosystems - Interactions
Ecosystems - Interactions
Living things take water/nutrients they need and return the materials needed by other living things.
EXAMPLE: You inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. Plants take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen.
Ecosystems - Interactions
Ecosystems - Interdependency
RESPOND: What would happen if half of the plants/trees died in the world?
Ecosystems - Interdependency
ANSWER: - Less oxygen & more carbon dioxide.
- You would have to adjust to less oxygen. - Extra carbon dioxide would make the climate warmer. - Chain reaction
Homeostasis: the tendency of any living thing to maintain a balance in its inner system.
Living things are able to adjust to changes in environment. EXAMPLE: cold shiver warm-up
Elements - Water
RESPOND
What are some other elements provided by the environment necessary for life/health?
ANSWER
Air
Nutrients (food and minerals) Light Etc
Overpopulation
Overpopulation: the point at which the population of an area is so large that it can no longer be supported by available resources.
THINK ABOUT IT: Why is overpopulation becoming a greater concern in today's world?
Overpopulation
Life Expectancy: the average length of life a person is expected to live.
1900s 47 years 2007 78 years
Overpopulation
As life expectancy increases, so does the population!
Overpopulation
Assignment
Environmental Pollution
Objectives
Identify the main cause of environmental pollution. Describe the environmental consequences of air pollution. Identify health problems caused by various types of pollution.
Water Pollution
Water Pollution
What would life be like w/o water for drinking, bathing, cooking, washing clothes.
Many people suffer from lack of healthy water everyday. Entire populations of some countries suffer from life-threatening health problems caused by unhealthy water.
Water Pollution
Water Pollution Video Click Here (7:45)
Assignment
Find an article on the Willamette River (in Oregon) that discusses water pollution. The subject is up to you, but the focal point of the article must be about pollution or a result about pollution.
DUE THURSDAY
Air Pollution
Causes: - toxic gases - particles from automobiles - factories - power-generating plants,
Air Pollution
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) blames air pollution for at least 2,000 new cases of cancer each year.
Ozone Layer: completely surrounds the planet & protects from UV rays Ozone Layer is Depleting
Air Pollution
Air Pollution Click Here (2:35)
Air Pollution
Green House Effect: the trapping of heat from the sun by certain gases in the atmosphere called green house gases.
Carbon dioxide Water vapor Methane Ozone Others
Global Warming: long-term increase in temperature that is related to air pollution and green house effect.
Land Pollution: spoiling of land so that it is unfit to be inhabited by living things. Space: used for housing of people, prevents other purposes.
Hazardous Waste: dangerous to the health of living things or that are harmful to the environment. Causes death, cancer, disease, unhealthy side-effects. Examples:
- Lead - Paint - Automobile Fluids - Batteries - Plastic Bags - Nuclear Waste - Mercury - Paint Removers - Pesticides - Herbicides - Balloons
Noise Pollution
Noise Pollution
TV Radio Cars / Trucks Heavy Equipment Concerts Projector Air Conditioner Heater Airplanes / Helicopters
Noise Pollution
Assignment
Pg. 555 Review #1, #2, #4
Unit II
Public Health
Objectives
Define public-health.
Describe four public-health activities. Compare the public-health concerns of developed and developing countries.
Discover what major role public-health issues are in your community, and find out where to get help for a public-health.
Public Health
Public Health: the health of a community as a whole; the organized efforts of a community to promote the health and wellbeing of all its members.
Public Health
Sanitation (1st community wide effort) - pure drinking water - sewage disposal & treatment systems - waste-disposal sites - clean working & living conditions
Hygiene: Washing hands is the best way to prevent the spread of disease. Quarantine: separating the sick from the non sick (people, plants, animal, crops). Immunization & Antibiotic Treatments
Local/State Agencies
Public health activities usually carried out by local/state. Each state has a board of health.
Board makes laws/regulations that direct public health activities (example pg. 562).
National Agencies
Primary: United States Department of Human Resources. Made up of 3 agencies.
THE WHO
Primary Health Organization of UN Created After WWII (deal w/devastation & Disease brought to Europe) Today's Goals: are worldwide prevention of disease and attaining level of health that permits people of the world to lead socially and economically productive lives. Also involved in fighting AIDS.
Private Organizations
Assignment
Review Page 566 #1, #2, #3, #5
Due Tomorrow