Factors that Cause Threat of

Extinction to Animals and Plants

One of the main reason why plant and animal species are
facing the threat of extinction is human activities and
natural disaster.

Human
activities

Development
Logging Hunting Pollution
of land

* Water pollution
* Air pollution
* Land pollution
 Logging
Many habitats
The forest are cleared of species are
destroyed
and the hills are cut to
build homes and other Many plants
development projects. Flash floods and animals
died.
Destruction
caused by the
excessive
logging:
Creating an
Landslides imbalanced in
nature.

Soil erosion
 Development of Land
Example of development projects:
The hill and forest Digging, breaking and d
To cater for food
The housing area is is cleared to rilling of soil to obtain
demand due to the
built for the needs of build roads, high minerals such
increase in human
the population. ways and rails. as tin, coal and copper.
population.

Placement Agriculture Highways Mining

 Hunting
Human hunt and kill animals for their meat and certain of their
body part for making commercial item.

Coat from Tiger skin Turtle eggs Leather shoes

animal skin
 Hunting
Illegal and excessive hunting cause these animals to
face the threat of extinction.

Crocodile skin Elephant tusk Rhinoceros Horn of a deer

horn
 Hunting
Animals Part of body hunted Used for
Elephant Tusk Beautiful craft
Tiger Skin Making coats, craft
Deer Meat Food
Turtle Eggs Food
Rhinoceros Horn Medicine, craft
Crocodile Hide Shoes, belts, bags
Snake skin Bags, belt.
 Pollution
Water pollution
How it happen?

Water is contaminated by the toxic

wastes from:
1. Untreated sewage from homes and factories.
2. Chemical fertilizer and herbicide.

Heavy rain
This causes soil to be washed away and flow into
the river thus making the river become muddy.
Muddy water block sunlight from reaching the
bottom of the river causing death to aquatic
organisms.
 Pollution
Air pollution Harmful gasses such as sulphur dioxide, nitrogen
dioxide and carbon monoxide that released into the
atmosphere by factories and vehicles cause air
pollution.

Harmful gasses may dissolve in rain water and cause

acid rain.
Acid rain can:
 Polluted river water.
 Death of aquatic organism.
 Reduce the pH of soil.
 Making the soil is not suitable for plants.

Smoke produced from open burning.

Open burning also cause animals and plants losing their
habitats.
 Pollution
Land pollution
How land pollution happens?

1. When man-made chemicals seep into

the soil.
2. Contaminants that seep into the soil will
be deposited as toxic chemicals in the
soil.
3. These toxic chemicals are harmful to
living things; animals, plants and also
humans.
 Natural Disaster
Example of natural
disasters:

Volcanic eruption

Tornado Earthquake and land slide

Tsunami

Flood
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