ECOLOGY

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 WHY GREEN?
WHY SUSTAINABLE?

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EFFECTS OF MELTING ICE CAPS

ECOLOGY – S5 https://inhabitat.com/photo-of-frail-polar-bear-illuminates-the-
tragedy-unfolding-in-the-arctic/
PLASTIC IN THE OCEAN

https://www.chinadialogue.net/culture/10123-Plastics-are-
ECOLOGY – S5 making-our-oceans-sick/en
PLASTIC IN THE OCEAN

https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/plastic-trash-animals-
ECOLOGY – S5 photos_us_58ee9ec1e4b0b9e984891ddf
PLASTIC IN THE OCEAN

PLASTIC
ISLAND

• SEEN IN THE CARRIBEAN,

OFF THE COAST OF
HONDURAS.

• OVER A 100 M WIDE.

• THIS PLASTIC DID NOT

ORIGINATE FROM THE
BEACHES NEAR BY.

• THIS IS JUST A PART OF

80000 POUNDS OF
PLASTIC IN THE PACIFIC
OCEAN.

https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-11-24/underwater-
ECOLOGY – S5 photographer-captures-vast-garbage-patch-coast-honduras
DEFORESTATION

https://www.sudouest.fr/2014/06/30/deforestation-l-indonesie-fait-pire-que-le-bresil-1601289-706.php
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/picture/2013/may/01/koala-rescued-deforestation-australia-big-picture
DEFORESTATION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpbdoKpZL_4
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SINKING OF ISLANDS

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2125198-on-front-line-of-
ECOLOGY – S5 climate-change-as-maldives-fights-rising-seas/
 WATER POLLUTION

https://www.slideshare.net/victori98pt/the-costs-of-industrial-
ECOLOGY – S5 water-pollution-on-people-planet-and-profit-by-greenpeace
AIR POLLUTION

https://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/04/asia/china-beijing-blue-
ECOLOGY – S5 sky-disappears-after-military-parade/index.html
ARCHITECTURE

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ARCHITECTURE

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 WHY ARCHITECTURE?

• MATERIALS

• LOGISTICS

• CONSTRUCTION

• BUILDING SYSTEMS

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MINING

ECONOMIC IMPACT
OF ALUMINIUM MINES

• OPEN MINING DESTROYS

ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM.

• REMOVAL OF TOP SOIL

RESULTS IN LACK OF
VEGETATION, FLOODS,
WASTE WATER
CONTAMINATING FRESH
WATER SOURCES ETC.

• ALUMINIUM REFINERIES
PRODUCE TOXIC WASTES,
A LOT OF WHICH ARE
NOT DISPOSED PROPERLY.

http://chemistry123123.blogspot.com/2012/09/environmental-
ECOLOGY – S5 impact-of-extraction-of.html
MINING

http://chemistry123123.blogspot.com/2012/09/environmental-
ECOLOGY – S5 impact-of-extraction-of.html
CEMENT

PRODUCTION OF CEMENT
• ENERGY INTENSIVE PROCESS

• THE CHEMICAL PROCESS

RELEASES A LOT OF CARBON
DIOXIDE

• LARGE AMOUNT OF FOSSIL FUELS

ARE USED AS THE ENERGY
SOURCE.

https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/concrete-may-help-curb-air-pollution-says-study-4743670/

ECOLOGY – S5 https://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/cement-company-pay-17-million-clean-air-act-violations.html
LOGISTICS

https://www.transportesenegocios.pt/shipping-cortou-10-mas-
ECOLOGY – S5 emissoes-de-co2-desde-2007/
LOGISTICS

https://www.ucsusa.org/clean-vehicles/vehicles-air-pollution-
ECOLOGY – S5 and-human-health#.Wz7i7dIzZPY
CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING SYSTEMS

https://insurancedisputelawyers.com/category/construction-
ECOLOGY – S5 defects/
ENERGY CONCERNS

WHY ARE WE CONCERNED

ABOUT ENERGY
CONSUMPTION?
FUEL KG CARBON DIOXIDE PER
KG OF FUEL

COAL 2.3

PETROLEUM 3.3

NATURAAL GAS 2.8

DIESEL 3.2

LPG 3.0

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ELECTRICITY

1 KILO WATT HOUR

OF ELECTRICITY PRODUCES

0.35 KG OF CARBON DIOXIDE

0.0006 KG OF METHANE

0.002 KG OF NITROUS OXIDE

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 WHY GREEN?
WHY SUSTAINABLE?

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GREENHOUSE EFFECT

ECOLOGY – S5 https://byjus.com/biology/greenhouse-effect-gases/
DROUGHTS

https://thewire.in/environment/cape-town-charts-a-new-
ECOLOGY – S5 relationship-with-water-fearing-tourist-drought
HEAT WAVES

https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/05/23/twitteratis-react-
ECOLOGY – S5 to-ongoing-heatwave-in-karachi/
CYCLONES & STORMS

https://watchers.news/2017/12/04/very-severe-cyclonic-storm-
ECOLOGY – S5 ockhi-to-hit-maharashtra-india/
EFFECTS OF MELTING ICE CAPS

ECOLOGY – S5 https://inhabitat.com/photo-of-frail-polar-bear-illuminates-the-
tragedy-unfolding-in-the-arctic/
 WHY GREEN?
WHY SUSTAINABLE?

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 1. COMPOSITION OF THE EARTH (LAYERS)

2. COMPOSITION OF THE EARTH (SURFACE)

3. WATER BODIES ON EARTH

4. ATMOSHPERE AND ITS LAYERS

5. ATMOSHPERE AND ITS LAYERS

6. CLIMATE AND WEATHER

7. ECOSYSTEM – PROCESSES, TYPES,

COMPONENTS, FOOD CHAIN

PRESENTATIONS
8. ECOSYSTEM – PROCESSES, TYPES,
COMPONENTS, FOOD CHAIN

9. ECOSYSTEM – PROCESSES, TYPES,

COMPONENTS, FOOD CHAIN

10. BIOMES AND TYPES OF BIOMES

11. BIOMES AND TYPES OF BIOMES

12. BIOMES AND TYPES OF BIOMES

13. BIOSPHERE

14. POPULATION & COMMUNITY

ECOLOGY – S5 15. HABITAT

 ECOLOGY

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