How can you make your environment a good place to stay?

Making an environment a good place to stay should start within our own environment,
which is called us as our house or home. But it requires attitude, values, responsibility and
commitment. If all or if not most of the households’ environment are good place to stay then
the environment on that particular community can be a good place to stay. The kind of
environment depends on the kind of people living on it. But the term a “ good place to stay “
vary from the different perspective of a person. We have our own definition of a good place to
stay based on our own understanding and needs. In general good place to stay is the place
where all the rights of an individual can be exercised and received.
As for me I can make my environment a good place to stay by making it safe at all times
in our home I helped with my parents in maintaining the safety of our house so that we could
not meet an accident or encounter anything that could harm us. Another thing that I consider
to make it a good place to stay is its cleanliness even I am just a child the term cleanliness was
already inculcated on my mind because it is a big advice by my mother she valued it like the
quotations goes as cleanliness is next to Godliness. Cleanliness is our safety with the different
diseases around like what we are experiencing now a days the covid 19 global pandemic, thus
cleanliness is highly regarded as our main intervention.
I also consider convenience as one of factor to consider to say that your environment is a good
place to stay. I helped in maintaining the convenience in our home by making each parts and
the things on it organize based on the daily needs and consumption of our family. I see to it
that we can conveniently move around and access every part of our house.
These are some aspects that I usually consider in making our environment good place to
stay but the most important for me is I am doing my part to make our own environment a good
place to stay by making it really a home where love, happiness and blessings of the Lord can be
felt that is a true good place to stay.
In making the environment as a whole as a good place to stay what I can do basically
and the one that I valued most also is the preservation of our natural resources, preserving and
respecting the life of our mother earth which is all our only home. If our world is not that good
place to stay we cannot also say that our own place is a good place to stay no matter how we
try it because we are all connected in Earth.
Discuss the causes of diversity, advantages and its disadvantages. Since the cause are identified, what
are the top leading cause for you and justify.

ANSWER

Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth, in all its forms and all its interactions

CAUSES

1. Habitat Loss and Fragmentation

2. Over-exploitation for Commercialization

3. Invasive Species

4. Pollution

5. Global Climate Change

6. Population Growth and Over-consumption

7. Illegal Wildlife Trade

8. Species extinction.

ADVANTAGES

 Economic—biodiversity provides humans with raw materials for consumption and production.
Many livelihoods, such as those of farmers, fishers and timber workers, are dependent on
biodiversity.
 Ecological life support—biodiversity provides functioning ecosystems that supply oxygen, clean
air and water, pollination of plants, pest control, wastewater treatment and many ecosystem
services.
 Recreation—many recreational pursuits rely on our unique biodiversity, such as birdwatching,
hiking, camping and fishing. Our tourism industry also depends on biodiversity.
 Cultural—the Australian culture is closely connected to biodiversity through the expression of
identity, through spirituality and through aesthetic appreciation. Indigenous Australians have
strong connections and obligations to biodiversity arising from spiritual beliefs about animals
and plants.
 Scientific—biodiversity represents a wealth of systematic ecological data that help us to
understand the natural world and its origins.
 Biodiversity provides functioning ecosystems that supply oxygen, clean air and water, pollination
of plants, pest control, wastewater treatment and many ecosystem services. Recreation—many
recreational pursuits rely on our unique biodiversity , such as birdwatching, hiking, camping and
fishing.
  it helps to keep the environment in a natural balance.

DISADVANTAGES

 More biodiversity means more animals and plants hence the population and living of humans
can be restricted
 Excess of wild animals can harm the humans or each other. There will be more conflicts over
territory or water.
 The establishment of the forest or an accceptable environment for so many different animals
may be costly.
 Technological advancement might also slows down.

Since the cause are identified, what are the top leading cause for you and justify.

ANSWER

1. Climate change is affecting the habitats of several species, which must either adapt or migrate
to areas with more favourable conditions. Even small changes in average temperatures can have
a significant effect upon ecosystems. Other species might increase in population thus balance in
the ecosystem will be destroyed.

From a human perspective, the rapid climate change and accelerating biodiversity loss risks
human security (e.g. a major change in the food chain upon which we depend, water sources may
change, recede or disappear, medicines and other resources we rely on may be harder to obtain as the
plants and forna they are derived from may reduce or disappear, etc.).

2. Pollution is a major threat to biodiversity, and one of the most difficult problems to overcome;
Pollutants do not recognize international boundaries. For example, agricultural run-off, which
contains a variety of fertilizers and pesticides, may seep into ground water and rivers before
ending up in the ocean. Atmospheric pollutants drift with prevailing air currents and are
deposited far from their original source. This can also destroy the balance in the ecosystem that
may result to the increase biodiversity
Make a diagram of the rock cycle and discuss briefly in 500 words

ANSWER

The first process in the rock cycle is the weathering, it is a process of breaking down rocks into
smaller and smaller particles without any transporting agents at play. Factors like temperature
extremities, biological involvement of nature and water plays the main role. It can be broken down into
chemical, physical and biological influencing agents. At physical means mainly change of temperature
rapidly or at extreme levels causes weathering. IT happens when rocks freeze and thaw. Another
scenario is when tectonic plates pressure changes suddenly causing fissures. Usually occurs in rocky or
mountainous places. On the otherhand in chemical means it usually occurs with rainwater trying to
react with the rock minerals and create other minerals or chemical compounds. Usually happens in
damp and warm places since reactions take place at higher temperatures. There are three major
reactions are happening that is through Hydrolysis- Acidic reaction, soluble salt, and clay formation. Next
is through Oxidation- Formation of rocks rich in iron in the presence of oxygen. And also through
Solution- CO2 in the presence of rainwater can dissolve limestones to give new stones.

The living world contributes to rock breakdown by : boring through rocks for protection,
cracking rocks under pressure while growing, breaking down rocks o build houses, and releasing acid in
order to extract nutrients from rocks for survival. Erosion and Transport is the second part of rock
cycle . The only difference between weathering to erosion is the presence of agents like water and wind.
In the previous one, water was only present as a factor for reactions to take place while in erosion, it
acts as a transporting agent too.Various events like attrition, abrasion and solution, wind transportation
give rise to caves, new tributaries, and cracks in big rocks while wind transportation gives rise to thinned
down rocks. Deposition of Sediment is also a process of breaking down rocks.Sediment is the constant
deposition or settling down of small particles of sand, pebbles, etc. that is broken down from rocks. It is
usually done by- Wind and water- Water in the rivers and glaciers from mountains slowly erode sand
particles and create layers of sediments. This happens through Biological Influence where living
organisms die and get sedimented under great pressure to form rocks. Evaporation is also consider
where chemicals like CaCO3 and NaCl are sedimented in troughs and seashores to create limestones and
rock salts respectively.

The next step to the process of sedimentation is burial and Compaction. The process is very
simple. Once the sand particles are sedimented, they create layers which are soon covered by another
layer of new sediments and the process goes on. This gives rise to pressure on the sedimented layers
below. Meanwhile, the minerals in the water act as a slow cohesive agent between the particles. Thus,
soft layers turn into solid rocks with minerals inside. Next Crystallization of Magma ,it can be both sticky
or less viscous. It depends on factors like temperature and amount of dissolved gas.

The reverse of the previous process is melting. As soon as the rocks reach the bottom of the
earth, the more the temperature rises and so does the pressure. Soon, they melt and give rise to melted
rocks called lava. This, in turn, is erupted only to cool down at the surface to form rocks. Some rocks do
not erupt and are forced to change characteristics to give rise to new forms of rock. UpliftThe process of
forming a crust of earth upwards due to natural forces causing movements in the tectonic plates is
called uplifting. This is how mountains rise higher while new islands come up in the middle of the
oceans. In the process of Deformation and Metamorphism,the constant pressure and sudden
movements put some sedimentary and igneous rocks under great pressure.