ENVIRONMENT

SOCIAL SCIENCE
What is an Environment?
• Environment is everything that is around us. It
can be living or nonliving things. It
includes physical, chemical and other natural
forces.
• Living things live in their environment. They
constantly interact with it and adapt themselves to
conditions in their environment.
• In the environment there are different interactions
between animals, plants, soil, water, and other
living and non-living things.
Why Is Our Environment Important?
• Humanity's entire life support system depends on the
well-being of all the species living on earth. This is
commonly referred to as the biosphere, a term coined
by Vladimir Vernadsky, a Russian scientist in the
1920s.
• Biosphere refers to one global ecological system in
which all living things are interdependent. Within the
overall biosphere or ecosystem, there are smaller
ecosystems like the rainforests, oceans, the desert
and the tundra.
• The environment is an important issue even
when society is faced with economic crises,
wars, and unending social problems. It
matters because Earth is the only home that
humans have, and it provides air, food, and
other needs.
The Environment of the Philippines
• The Philippines is prone to natural disasters,
particularly typhoons, floods, landslides, volcanic
eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis, lying as it
does astride the typhoon belt, in the active volcanic
region known as the “Pacific Ring of Fire,” and in
the geologically unstable region between the
Pacific and Eurasian tectonic plates.
• The Philippines also suffers major human-caused
environmental degradation aggravated by a high
annual population growth rate, including loss of
agricultural lands, deforestation, soil erosion, air
and water pollution, improper disposal of solid and
toxic wastes, loss of coral reefs, mismanagement
and abuse of coastal resources, and overfishing.
Possible Careers
• Archaeological Technician
• Archaeologist
• Architect
• Ecologist
• Economist
• Geologists
• Biological Technician
• Hydrogeologist
• Environmental Consultant
TEST
1-5 What is an environment?
6-8 It includes ________, ________ and other _________.
8-10
In the environment there are different interactions between _______,
______, soil, water, and other living and non-living things.
11 Who named the biosphere in the 1920’s
12 there is an active volcanic region known as the “_____________”
13-14 Two examples of environmental degradation in the Philippines
15-20 Possible Careers
ANSWERS
1-5 What is an environment?
• 6-8 It includes physical, chemical and other natural forces.
In the environment there are different interactions between animals,
plants, soil, water, and other living and non-living things.
11 Vladimir Vernadsky named the biosphere in the 1920’s
12 there is an active volcanic region known as the “Pacific Ring of
Fire”
13-14 Two examples of environmental degradation in the Philippines
• loss of agricultural lands, deforestation, soil erosion, air and water
pollution, improper disposal of solid and toxic wastes, loss of coral
reefs, mismanagement and abuse of coastal resources, and
overfishing.
15-20 Possible Careers