JC Hubber P.

Lomibao BSENTREP 1A 11-10-2022

1. What is environmental education?

- Environmental Education is a process that allows people to learn about

environmental issues, solve problems, and take action to help the

environment. As a result, people gain a better understanding of environmental

issues and the ability to make informed and responsible decisions.

2. What are the different types of resources?

- Land, air, and water are different types of resources that humans require

and value. Resources are classified as renewable or nonrenewable. A

renewable resource can replenish itself at the rate at which it is depleted,

whereas a nonrenewable resource has a finite supply. Nonrenewable

resources include coal and natural gas, while renewable resources include

timber, wind, and solar.

Two Broad Types of Resources are natural resources and man-made

resources.

Natural Resources have three types; Biotic & Abiotic, Renewable & Non-

renewable and Potential, Developed, and Stock Resources.

Biotic & Abiotic - A Biotic Resource is any form of life that exists in nature,

such as humans, animals, plants, and so on. Abiotic resources, on the other

hand, are those found in nature but lack life, such as metals, rocks, and

stones. Renewable and non-renewable biotic and abiotic resources exist.

Renewable & Non-renewable - Almost all elements of nature that can

regenerate themselves are considered renewable resources. For example,

sunlight, wind, water, forests, and so on. Non-renewable resources, on the

other hand, are scarce. Such as fossil fuels and minerals. Though these

resources take millions of years to form, if we use them continuously, they will

be depleted within our lifetime.

Potential, Developed, and Stock Resources

- Solar and wind energy, for example, are two natural resources with high

potential for human life. We are already using it, but once we understand its

true potential, we will be able to use it even more.

- A developed resource, on the other hand, is one that humans have

discovered and developed over time. The majority of the water, fossil fuels,

minerals, plants, and animals that we use today are developed resources.

- There are some resources in nature that have great potential, but we lack

the necessary knowledge and technology to develop them. As a result, these

are left in the wild as stock resources. Hydrogen and oxygen gases, for

example, can be used as rich sources of energy, but we still don't know how.

3. What are the problems and causes in depletion of resources?

- Overpopulation is one of the problems and causes of natural resource

depletion, with 7 billion people on the planet, the demand for Earth's

resources continues to rise. The second issue is overconsumption and waste,

defined as the excessive and unnecessary use of resources. Third,

deforestation and ecosystem destruction lead to biodiversity loss. The fourth

is mineral and oil mining. Fifth, technological and industrial innovation.

Pollution and resource contamination is the sixth and the final one is erosion.
4. Identify the types of pollutants?

- The types of pollutants are Primary pollutants and Secondary pollutants.

Primary pollutants are any pollutant that enters the environment directly.

Primary pollutants are unique from secondary pollutants in that secondary

pollutants must form in the atmosphere, whereas primary pollutants do not.

Cars, coal-fired power plants, natural gas power plants, biomass burning,

natural forest fires, volcanoes, and other sources can all emit primary

pollutants.

Secondary pollutants are pollutants that form in the environment. These

pollutants are not directly emitted from a source like vehicles or power plants.

They form instead as a result of pollutants emitted by these sources reacting

with molecules in the atmosphere to form a new pollutant.

Different types of pollutants include:

*Nitrogen oxides or NOx - are a group of highly reactive, poisonous gases

that form when fuel is burned at high temperatures. NOx gases are brown in

color and are emitted by both vehicles and industrial sources such as power

plants, industrial boilers, cement kilns, and turbines.

*Sulfur oxides or SOx - are contaminants that contain both sulfur and oxygen

molecules. The most common form in the lower atmosphere is sulfur dioxide,

or SO2. Sulfur dioxide is colorless, but it has a distinct odor and taste that can

be detected at high concentrations.

*Particulate matter - Particle pollution, also known as PM, is a term that

refers to a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets found in the air.

Particulate matter comes in a variety of sizes and is classified as a pollutant.

*Ground level ozone - is a secondary pollutant with high reactivity. When

primary pollutants, such as hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides, react with

sunlight, this pollutant is formed.

*Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) - are organic molecules, specifically

hydrocarbons, that are classified as pollutant because they have negative

effects on the environment. Because they evaporate quickly and easily into

the air, they are classified as volatile.

5. What are the effect of Environmental degradation?

- Environmental degradation effects by the excessive consumption of natural

resources, which reduces the effectiveness of essential ecosystem services

such as flood and landslide mitigation. This increases the risk of disasters,

and natural disasters can further degrade the environment. To make matters

worse, the consequences include increased poverty, overcrowding, famine,

weather extremes, species extinction, acute and chronic medical illnesses,

war and human rights violations, and an increasingly unstable global situation

portending chaos and disaster.