Name: _Nursultan_______________

Are Humans Ruining the Environment?

Your Assignment:

Using the Web Quest provided to you by Miss Booth, conduct research through the hyperlinks you are given to investigate the man-made and natural threats to the environment.

  You must then decide for yourself if each example

           is man-made, natural, or if it could be a little bit of both.

Circle the correct answer:

A Natural Disaster is:        Man-made      Naturally occurring             Both

If you picked both, explain why. : naturally occuring_because__its happened by it self._________________________

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Invasive Species are:     Man-made      Naturally occurring             Both

If you picked both, explain why. : man-made___because China had many factories . So that happened._____________________________________

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Deforestation is:         Man-made      Naturally occurring             Both

If you picked both, explain why. : _________________________________________

Man-made___because people cut down the trees. so that happened_______________________________________________________________

Nutrient Runoff Pollution is:     Man-made     Naturally occurring          Both

If you picked both, explain why. : man-made
man-made ___people are polluting  our planet.______________________________________

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After you have finished your analysis, you must list specific examples of each threat to the environment that you have read about, heard about or experienced in first person.  Think about things you may have seen in a newspaper or heard on the evening news, things we may have talked about in class.  If you are having difficulty, feel free to do some of your own research on the Internet.