Klisha Alexa Pardillo UCSP-MELC

ASSESSMENT
Grade 11 Topaz-STEM

Activity #13: New Challenges to Human Adaptation and Social Change.

Social Issue Causes, Influences Effect, Issues

Climate Change The main causes of Global climate change

climate change are: has already had
Humanity’s increased observable effects on
use of fossil fuels – the environment.
such as coal, oil and Glaciers have shrunk,
gas to generate ice on rivers and lakes
electricity, run cars and is breaking up earlier,
other forms of plant and animal ranges
transport, and power have shifted and trees
manufacturing and are flowering sooner.
industry Effects that scientists
Deforestation – had predicted in the
because living trees past would result from
absorb and store carbon global climate change
dioxide are now occurring: loss
Increasingly intensive of sea ice, accelerated
agriculture – which sea level rise and
emits greenhouse gases longer, more intense
like methane and heat waves.
nitrous oxide
Conflict Conflict can arise from Violence during armed
misunderstandings conflicts causes
about: destruction and limits
The nature, aims and market transactions.
objectives of a job Public and private
Differing expectations assets are destroyed,
about how things people are maimed or
 should be done killed, and markets
Work conditions and shrink as a result of
wages higher transaction
The different costs. In addition,
responsibilities of people change their
management and behavior to survive
employees amid violence. Thus,
Differences in values, instead of maximising
beliefs, needs, or profits, the population
priorities dedicates most of its
effort on avoiding
victimisation and
increasing their chance
of survival. Both
dynamics decrease the
income of the people
living in conflict, push
some families into
poverty and create
poverty traps difficult
to overcome.
Migration People migrate for The loss of a person
many different reasons. from rural areas,
These reasons can be impact on the level of
classified as economic, output and
social, political or development of rural
environmental: areas.
economic migration - The influx of workers
moving to find work or in urban areas increases
follow a particular competition for the job,
career path houses, school facilities
social migration - etc.
moving somewhere for Having large
a better quality of life population puts too
or to be closer to much pressure on
family or friends natural resources,
political migration - amenities and services.
moving to escape It is difficult for a
political persecution or villager to survive in
war urban areas because in
environmental causes urban areas there is no
of migration include natural environment
natural disasters such and pure air. They have
as flooding to pay for each and
Some people choose to everything.
migrate, eg someone Migration changes the
who moves to another population of a place,
country to enhance therefore, the
their career distribution of the
opportunities. Some population is uneven in
people are forced to India.
migrate, eg someone Many migrants are
who moves due to war completely illiterate
or famine. and uneducated,
therefore, they are not
only unfit for most
jobs, but also lack basic
knowledge and life
skills.