THE HUMAN INFLUENCES ON THE ENVIRONMENT -

MODULE 3 WORKSHEET

One word answer

1. Name the insect which is the carrier of malaria disease. ( 1 )

2. What do we call the process whereby the birth rate exceeds the
death rate? ( 1 )

3. Which chemical substance is used to kill animal and plant pests?

(1)

4. What is the destruction or removal of all natural bushes or trees

from tracts of land? ( 1 )

5. What is the gradual poisoning of our habitat by our own

irresponsible behaviour leads too? ( 1 )

Complete the following sentences

1. The path taken by the energy as it flows from one organism to

another in an ecosystem may be represented by a
………………………… (1)

2. The ……………………….. shape indicates that the amount of energy

in all the organisms at any given trophic level is less than that at the
previous trophic level. (1)

3. …………………….. Destruction leads to the reduction in numbers of

the organisms that depends on these trees for food or shelter. (
1)

4. Cane toads were introduced from South America into Australia to

eradicate a plague of ……………………….. that was destroying the
sugar cane crops. (1)

5. Alien
invader plant species have an adverse effect on the
…………………………. (1)
Paragraph

Write down five lines paragraph on the causes of water

pollution (5)