How do we pollute our

environment?

List 5 ways
Air pollution – can you think of any
examples?
Water pollution – can you think of
any examples?
Land pollution – can you think of
any examples?
Impact on the Carbon Cycle
• List as many ways that human activity
may disrupt the Carbon Cycle

• Use your cycle diagram to help you

• Discuss
What are fossil fuels?

• Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons, primarily

coal, petroleum, fuel oil and gas.

• They formed from the fossilised remains

of dead plants and animals by exposure to
heat and pressure in the Earth's crust over
hundreds of millions of years
What’s the problem?

• The burning of fossil fuels by humans is the

largest source of emissions of carbon dioxide
, which is one of the greenhouse gases that
contributes to global warming.

• This means that the surface temperature of

the Earth will rise in response.
Fossil Fuels
What can we do?

List at least 5
Indicator species:
• Looking at Lichens
Lichens are the crusty organisms that grow in places
such as on rocks and bricks.

• You can also find them on gravestones and the side of

trees.

• They range in colour from grey-green to orange and red.

Lichens
• Sulphur dioxide gas is produced when fuels like coal and oil are burned.
• Some lichens are very sensitive to air pollution

• In areas of low air pollution:

-a large variety of different lichen species
-lichens tend to be big and fluffy

• In areas of high air pollution:

-very limited variety of lichen species
-lichens tend to be small and crusty

We can use lichens as an indicator species.

Explain what you think an indicator species is!

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