 Main idea: Human activity can have a negative impact on the air.  Examples?? Types of activities or their impact?

 Air Pollution-  Smog=chemicals that combine w/ oxygen in the ozone. Found in cities. Cause breathing problems.  Smog City 2 Smog City 2  Smog pictures Smog pictures  Thoughts on smog in Korea or where you have lived?

 Air Pollution continued-  Acid rain=chemicals in pollution combine w/rain.  Kill fish, eat away at surfaces and kill plant life. Acid rain picsAcid rain pics  Destroying the ozone damages Earth’s ability to block damaging rays from the sun that cause skin cancer.

 Greenhouse affect  Gases in the atmosphere trap the sun’s warmth.  Pollution may be strengthening the effect…..  Global warming  May be caused by burning?  Coal, oil and natural gas. Video clipVideo clip

 Main idea: Some human activity damages our environment.  Lithosphere=earth’s crust  Topsoil important part of lithosphere  Crop rotation-changing what is grown year to year helps to protect topsoil.

 Deforestation-cutting down forests w/o replanting.  Causes loss of topsoil, extinction of plants and animals, less oxygen and more carbon dioxide  Video clip Video clip

 Main Idea: Water pollution poses a threat to a vital and limited resource.  Hydrosphere=Earth’s surface water and ground water.  Conservation= careful use of a resource, to avoid waste.

 Irrigation=how H2O is distributed to crops.  Often wasteful bc much evaporates or soaks into the ground before getting to the crops.  Pesticides used to kill insects often poison the water and soil.

 Biosphere=collection of plants and animals that live on Earth.  Made up of many ecosystems=a place shared plants and animals that depend on one another for survival.  Biodiversity=the variety of plants and animals living on the planet.  Is shrinking due to pollution and deforestation