Environmental issues 3.

Rise in Standard of Living

1.pollution 4. Lack of Urban Planning
2. global warming 5. Lower House Tax Rates
3.climate change 6. Rise in Population Growth
4.deforestration 7. Consumer Preferences
5.overpopulation
6.urban sprawl Effects:
7. ocean dumping 1. Increase in Public Expenditure
8. ocean acidification 2. Increased Traffic
9.resource depletion 3. Health Issues
10. genetic engineering 4. Environmental Issues
5. Impact on Social Lives

10 ISSUES OF CONCERN
causes of global warming: 1. Air
2. Water
3. Waste
4. Land and Clean up
5. Health and Safety
6. Climate Change
7. Green living and Sustainabiity
8. Emergencies
9. Chemicals and Toxins
10. Pesticides and Agriculture

Duties of Environmental Engineers

impacts of deforestration:
causes effects and solutions of overpopulation:
 Prepare, review, and update environmental
investigation reports
 Design projects that lead to environmental
protection, such as water reclamation
facilities, air pollution control systems, and
operations that convert waste to energy
 Obtain, update, and maintain plans, permits,
and standard operating procedures
 Provide technical support for environmental
remediation projects and for legal actions
 Analyze scientific data and do quality-
control checks
 Monitor the progress of environmental
improvement programs
 Inspect industrial and municipal facilities
and programs in order to ensure compliance
with environmental regulations
 Advise corporations and government
agencies about procedures for cleaning up
contaminated sites

5 Levels of Organization
1. Organisms
2. Populations
cause and effects of urban sprawl: 3. Communities
cause: 4. Ecosystems
1. Lower Land Rates 5. Biosphere
2. Improved Infrastructure
The Earth is made up of interconnected spherical 4. Freshwater Ecosystems
layers that contain: 5. Marine Ecosystems
• Air
• Water types of forest ecosystems:
• Soil 1. Tropical Rainforest
• Minerals 2. Temperate Forest
• Life 3. Boreal Forest

What sustains life on Earth? • Location of each biome is primarily

1. One-way flow of high-quality energy beginning determined by:
with the sun Temperature (varies with both latitude and
2. Cycling of matter or nutrients elevation)
3. Gravity - holds on to the atmosphere and enables Precipitation
the movement and cycling of chemicals through the Biogeochemical cycles
air, water, soil, and organisms. 1. The Carbon Cycle
2. The Water Cycle
2 major categories of ecosystems: 3. The Nitrogen Cycle
1. Terrestrial Ecosystems 4. The Phosphorus Cycle
2. Aquatic Ecosystem
CAUSES AIR HAZARD
Abiotic 1. Emissions from industries and manufacturing
Water activities
Air 2. Burning Fossil Fuels
Nutrients 3. Household and Farming Chemicals
Rocks
Heat EFFECTS OF THE AIR HAZARD
Solar energy 1. Health
Biotic 2. Acid Rain
Living and once living biological components— 3. Ozone Depletion
plants animals and microbes.
-Dead organisms, dead part of CAUSES OF LAND POLLUTION
organisms, and waste products of organisms 1. Manufacture and use of pesticides
2. Production, storage and use of petroleum
products
3. Historic Mining

Components of Ecosystems EFFECTS OF LAND POLLUTION?

 Abiotic chemicals 1.Earthquakes
 Photosysthesis 2.Soil erosion
 Producers (autotrophs) 3.Drought
 Consumers (heterotrophs) 4.Floods
 Aerobic Respiration 5.Volcanic activity
 Decomposers 6.Land slide
7.Subsidence
Limiting factors
1. freshwater ecosystem solution to land pollution
2. field ecosystem 1. Only using hazardous substance when absolutely
3. marine ecosystem necessarily.
2. Applying safe practice when using and storing
types of ecosystems: hazardous substances.
1. forest ecosystems 3. Transporting hazardous substances safely like it
2. Grassland Ecosystems is being properly sealed.
3. Tundra Ecosystems 4. Disposing of hazardous substances correctly.
5. Regulate the use of pesticides and fertilizers in
agricultural activities.
6. Create dumping ground away from residential
areas.

CAUSES OF WATER POLLUTION

1.Industrial waste
2.Sewage and waste water
3. Marine dumping

EFFECTS OF WATER POLLUTION

1. Death of aquatic (water) animals
2. Disruption of food-chains
3. Diseases
4. Destruction of ecosystems

solution to water pollution

1.Avoid using the toilet as a wastebasket. Most
tissues, wrappers, dust cloths, and other paper
goods should be properly discarded in a
wastebasket. The fiber reinforced cleaning products
that have become popular should never be
discarded in the toilet.
2.Avoid using a garbage disposal. Keep solid wastes
solid. Make a compost pile from vegetable scraps.
3.Run the dishwasher or clothes washer only when
you have a full load. This conserves electricity and
water.
4.Use the minimum amount of detergent and/or
bleach when you are washing clothes or dishes. Use
only phosphate free soaps and detergents.
5.Minimize the use of pesticides, herbicides,
fertilizers. Do not dispose of these chemicals, motor
oil, or other automotive fluids into the sanitary
sewer or storm sewer systems. Both of them end at
the river.