WRITTEN REPORT IN

SCIENCE
(Population growth and carrying capacity)

• Carrying Capacity
- denotes the maximum number of
individuals of a given species that
an area’s resources can sustain
indefinitely without significantly
depleting or degrading those
resources.

The Carrying Capacity

of an environment may
vary for different
species:
1. The amount of resources available in the
ecosystem
2. Environmental conditions and amount of
living space

• OVERPOPULATION
- This refers to the condition where an
organisms numbers exceed the carrying
capacity of its habitat.

• EFFECTS OF OVERPOPULATION
- Fresh water for potable water is
inadequate
- Natural resources are depleted
- Deforestation and loss of ecosystem occur
- Changes in atmospheric composition and
consequent global warming
- Mass species extinction
- High infant and child mortality
- Starvation and malnutrition
- Clash over scarce resources and crowding
leads to increased levels of warfare
 • FACTORS THAT AFFECT POPULATION
1. Immigration- is the transfer of
individuals into a population from
another population
2. Emigration- is the transfer of individual
out of a population
3. Birth- refers to to the emergence of
animal or young of a human into the
outside world
4. Deaths- refers to the end of the life of a
person or organism

STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL

-english economist Thomas Malthus wrote an
essay on the Principle of Population. He said
that populations grow geometrically
IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON
BIODIVERSITY LOSS
• (GLOBAL WARMING)
- Is the rapid increase of temperature of the
atmosphere due to greenhouse gases

MAJOR HUMAN CONTRIBUTION OF

GREENHOUSE GASES
-Burning natural gas, coal and oil used for
vehicle engines
- Farming practices and land use that produce
high levels of methane and nitrous oxide
-Factories and industrial plants contribute
long lasting air pollution
-Deforestation produces carbon dioxide that
contributes to global warming

POPULATION GROWTH
-the rapid increase of human population
contributes more to the production of
greenhouse gases
POLLUTION
-the greatest contribution to air pollution
comes from the waste products by burning
fossil fuel like coal and natural gas

HABITAT DESTRUCTION
-forests, oceans, and wetlands are home to
animals and plants

CAUSES OF HABITAT DESTRUCTION

• Logging
-the act of trimming and transporting trees
• Agriculture
-wildlands are converted for agriculture and
farming
• Forest Fires
-it happens when humans illegally clear an
area of trees
OPPORTUNITIES TO AVOID NEGATIVE
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

1.Consider environmental factors in the early

stages of decision making
2. Reduce energy consumption and increase
use of renewable energy sources such as
hydropower and solar energy
3. Increase reusing and recycling materials,
decreasing resource consumption and waste
production

MARINE BIODIVERSITY
-the oceans and seas are our richest source of
biodiversity

FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY
-freshwater support many living organisms to
maintain life cycles
TERRESTRIAL BIODIVERSITY
-forest and mountain ecosystem have a high
level of biodiversity

WAYS TO MINIMIZE HUMAN IMPACT ON THE

ENVIRONMENT
• Forest Management
-is a kind of practice for stweardship and the
proper use of forest land in a sustainable
manner
• Soil Management
-is the constituent part of the ecosystem and
a substrate for the most of the earth’s flora
• Air Quality Management
-pertains different uses of innovative
processes and technologies to maintain
healthy air in the environment
• Marine Water and Freshwater Management
-we can do simple means in managing a good
quality of marine and freshwater resources