Environmental Issues

Deforestation StandardsSS6G1 The student will locate selected features of Latin America and the Caribbean.a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Amazon River, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre Mountains, and Atacama Desert. SS6G2 The student will discuss environmental issues in Latin America.a. Explain the major environmental concerns of Latin America regarding the issues of air pollution in Mexico City, Mexico, the destruction of the rain forest in Brazil, and oil-related pollution in Venezuela. SSWG7 The student will describe the interaction of physical and human systems that have shaped contemporary Latin Americag. Analyze the impact of deforestation on Latin America and explain actions being taken.

DEFORESTATION

Economics

Politics

Demographics +

Environment

Culture

GEOGRAPHY

HISTORY

Deforestation

What?

Where/How?

Why?

Deforestation

Deforestation

Deforestation

Deforestation

Deforestation

Problems?

Brazil - Deforestation

Main issues?

Brazil - Deforestation

Air Pollution Europe Standard

SS6G9 The student will discuss environmental issues in Europe.a. Explain the major concerns of Europeans regarding the issues such as acid rain in Germany, air pollution in the United Kingdom, and the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.

Air Pollution Europe

Economic, demographic, political, cultural,

dimensions

Air Pollution Europe

Air Pollution Europe

Air Pollution Europe

Air Pollution Europe

Air Pollution Europe

Air Pollution Europe

Greenhouse Gases Standards

SS6G2 The student will discuss environmental issues in Latin America.a. Explain the major environmental concerns of Latin America regarding the issues of air pollution in Mexico City, Mexico, the destruction of the rain forest in Brazil, and oil-related pollution in Venezuela. SS6G9 The student will discuss environmental issues in Europe.a. Explain the major concerns of Europeans regarding the issuessuch as acid rain in Germany, air pollution in the United Kingdom, and the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine. SS7G10 The student will discuss environmental issues across Southern and Eastern Asia.b. Describe the causes and effects of air pollution and flooding in India and China. SSWG5 The student will describe the interaction of physical and human systems that have shaped contemporary South Asia, Southeastern Asia, and Eastern Asia.e. Analyze the impact of population growth in the region on both the region and on other regions of the world; include China, India, and Japan SSWG8 The student will describe the interaction of physical and human systems that have shaped contemporary Canada and the United States.f. Analyze how transportation and communications improvements led to the growth of industry in the United States and the consequences of such growth, especially environmentally, for both Canada and the United States

Greenhouse Gases

What?

Where/How?

Why?

Greenhouse Gases

Compound

Formula

Contribution(%)

Water vapor and clouds H2O 36 – 72%

Carbon dioxide CO2 9 – 26%

Methane CH4 4 – 9%

Ozone O3 3 – 7%

Greenhouse Gases

Greenhouse Gases

Greenhouse Gases

Greenhouse Gases

Greenhouse Gases

Economic, demographic, political, cultural,

dimensions

Greenhouse Gases

The divide of the core—periphery—semi-

periphery