Endangered Ecosystem

Chapter 9
Mrsm Mersing

By : Khaleed Saifullah Bin Nazri

Class : 4 Acturus

HUMAN ACTIVITIES THAT THREATEN THE

ECOSYSTEM
1. Deforestation
2. Burning of fossil fuels
3. Overuse of fertilizers in intensive farming
4. Dumping of domestic and industrial waste
Human activities affected the whole ecosystem causing
conflicts and arise in pollution in the world today.
We need to protect and reserved the ecosystem for our use
in the future. The negative effects are hasty, unplanned
development and mismanagement, thus cause problems to
the balance of the ecosystem such as air, water and land
pollution.
Greenhouse effects, global warming are warning to the
human beings to stop open deforestation and polluting to
the environments.
Negative effects:
a) These problems bring out negative effects to the
economic resources, health and survival of the
ecosystems.

Soil Erosion
Landslides
Flash Floods
Climatic Changes
The Loss Of Biodiversity
The Greenhouse Effect And
Global Warming

The Greenhouse Effect

Global Warming
Air Pollution

Burning Of Fossil Fuels

Deforestation

Eutrophication
Water Pollution

Overuse Of Fertillisers In
Intensive Farming

Water Pollution
Land Pollution

Water Pollution
Land Pollution

Dumping Of Domestic Waste

Dumping Of Industrial Waste

THE IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES

ON THE ECOSYSTEM
Deforestation and its effect
1. Rapid destruction of woodlands or removal or trees
from the forest are known as deforestation.
2. Mostly this occurs when people want to do agriculture
and development at the place.
3. Tropical rainforest, important ecological roles:
a) Rainforest are the oldest ecosystem on earth
and house almost half of the flora and fauna of
the world.
b) Contain many unique species which provide food,
medicine and other biological products. 70% of
the plants today are useful for treatments, can
only be found in the tropical rainforest s.
c) It regulates the climate by influencing wind,
rainfall, humidity, and temperature patterns.
d) It is also called carbon sink of the earth because
they absorbed vast amounts of carbon dioxide
during photosynthesis and at the same time
release oxygen into the atmosphere.
e) They also serve as water catchment areas.
4. In general, deforestation results in:
a) Soil erosion
b) Flash floods
c) Landslides
d) Disruption to the carbon dioxide and nitrogen
cycles
e) Severe climate changes
f) The loss of biodiversity
5. Forest absorbs about 87 tons of carbon dioxide per
hectare through photosynthesis every year, and at
the same time release an equal amount of oxygen
into the atmosphere.

DEFORESTATION CAUSES SOIL EROSION,

LANDSLIDES AND FLASH FLOODS.
Because of
Weak
Development
Planning.
Process of
Soil
Removing
And Thinning
Due To
Physical And
Climate
Processes
Cause
The
Soil Erosion
Lands To Be
Infretile

Cause
Be
Landslides
Absence Of
Root System
(Soil
Becomes
Unstable)
Cause When
There Is
Heavy Rain
For A Long
Period Of
Time,
Making The
Soil
Crumbles
Eroded Soil
Is Then
Carried Tby
Moving
Water And
Deposited At
The Bottom
Of The
Rivers.

Cause By
Eroded Soil
Deposited At
The Bottom
Of The River.
Act Together
With
Depletion Of
Water
Catchment
Flash Floods
Areas,
During Rainy
Seasons.

DEFORESTATION RESULTS IN
THE LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY
Deforestation has a devastating effect on the
biodiversity in the tropical rain forest, causing the
destruction of millions of species in the forest by
human activities, such as:

Removal Of Bases Of
Numerous Food Webs

Extinction Of Rare Species .

Example: The White Tiger, Orang
Utan And Elephants.

Loss Of Habitats

Extinction Of Flora And Fauna.

Loss Of Rare Species And Unstable
Ecosytem.
Reduces The Biodiversity.
Inbalance In The Enviromental System
Due To The Loss Of Floral.

Extinction Of
Countless Species And
Varieties.

Example of Extincted Animal

The Dodo, shown here in a 1651 illustration by

Jan Savery, is an often-cited example of modern extinction.

The Golden Toad was last seen on May

15,1989.Decline in amphibian populations is ongoing worldwide.

Deforestation disrupts the carbon and nitrogen

cycle

The Removal Of Plants

In The Rainforest
Disrupts The Natural
Cycle Of Nutrients.

The Level Of
Atmospheric Carbon
Dioxide In The Air Rises
As Less Carbon Dioxide
In The Air Is Removed
By The Plants During
Photosynthesis.

The Recycling Of
Nitrates And Other Ions
Slos Down.

The Level Of
Atmospheric Oxygen
Drops As Less Oxygen
Is Released By Plants
During Photosynthesis.

Tree Roots Binnd Soil

Particles Together,and The
Tree Canopy Cushions The
Force Of Rain Beating
Down On The Soil.
Defrostation, Therefore,
Causes The Loss of
Nutrients Through
Leaching And Run-offs.

Deforestation causes climate changes

Deforestation disrupts the normal weather patterns, creating
hotter, drier weather and causing global climatic changes.

 The removal of trees reduces transpiration, rain fall and the

rate at which plants absorbs carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere during photosynthesis.
This leads to an increase in the carbon dioxide level in the
atmosphere. High level of carbon dioxide prevents heat from
escaping from the atmosphere. This is known as the
greenhouse effect which is believed to lead to global
warming.
Forest clearing and burning of wood results in air pollution
and released more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Burning of tree in the tropics adds about 25% more carbon
dioxide to the atmosphere.

Burning of fossil fuels and its effects

The burning of fossil fuels adds about 75% of carbon dioxide
to the atmosphere.
An increase in carbon dioxide level is associated with the
greenhouse effect and global warming.