6th Grade Social Studies: World Geography and Global Issues SS060501

Unit 5: Human/Environment Interaction Lesson 1

Identifying Global Problems Relating to Human/Environment Interaction

Sample Answers
What global problem was the focus
What is one reason it is a global problem?
of the year?

More than 70 percent of the world's marine

2004 Ocean pollution fisheries are fished up to or beyond their
sustainable limit.
When roads and buildings replace natural land
cover, urban air temperatures can exceed those
2005 Loss of green space in cities
of the surrounding countryside by as much as
4fF (5C).
The consequences of desertification and
Desertification and other dry land
2006 drought include food insecurity, famine and
issues
poverty.

Effects that climate change was

Climate change can cause rising sea levels that
2007 having on polar ecosystems and
can affect low lying coasts and islands.
communities

Greenhouse gas emissions have led to climate

2008 Greenhouse gas emissions
change.

Globally, there will be more extreme weather

2009 Climate change including drought, flooding, disruption and
destruction of plant and animal species.

A total of 17,291 species are known to be

2010 Biodiversity
threatened with extinction.

We need trees because they playa key role in

2011 Destruction of forests
our battle against climate change.

How a Green Economy can help We have a lot of environmental problems that
2012
lower environmental risks could be reduced with a Green Economy.

2013 Food waste and food loss Every year 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted.

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