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GKC - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - Year 6

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  • Name types of pollution.
    AIR, WATER, VISUAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, SMELL, NOISE
  • When does pollution happen?
    WHEN PEOPLE HARM AND DESTROY THE ENVIRONMENT.
  • Mention 3 examples of endangered species and their reasons for becoming endangered.
    CROCODILES: THEIR SKIN IS USED FOR SHOES/ HANDBAGS. - RHINOS: THEY ARE KILLED FOR THEIR HORNS - ELEPHANTS: THEY ARE KILLED FOR THEIR IVORY
  • Define “ environment”.
    IT'S THE NATURAL SURROUNDING WHERE PEOPLE AND ANIMALS LIVE.
  • Why must people use resources carefully?
    BECAUSE IF RESOURCES ARE MISUSED THEY CAN BE USED UP OR THEY MAY HARM THE ENVIRONMENT.
  • What are resources?
    RESOURCES ARE NATURAL MATERIALS WHICH ARE USEFUL TO PEOPLE.
  • Name 3 renewable resources.
    WIND, SUN AND WATER.
  • What is “sustainable development”?
    IT IS THE PROTECTION OF RESOURCES FOR FUTURE USE AND LIMITING DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
  • What are natural resources?
    THEY ARE MATERIALS WE TAKE FROM THE ENVIRONMENT.
  • What is meant by “ endangered species”?
    THEY ARE SPECIES OF WILDLIFE THAT UNLESS SOMETHING IS DONE QUICKLY TO HELP AND PROTECT THEM, THEY WILL BECOME EXTINCT.