QUIZ

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MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read the statements carefully and choose the best answer by
writing the letter that corresponds to the statement

1. This refers to a number of individuals living in certain area and

sharing the same interest for the common good of every family.
a. Community
b. Environment
c. Community Health
d. Environmental Health

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2. It refers to the total surroundings external to us including
natural forces and other living things which serve as space
for growth and development as well as danger and harm.
a. Community
b. Environment
c. Community Health
d. Environmental Health

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3. It focuses on people and their role as determinants of their own
and other people’s health.
a. Community Health
b. Environmental Health
c. Community
d. Environment
4. This focuses on the surroundings or physical setting and its
impact on human’s health.
a. Environmental Health
b. Community Health
c. Environment
d. Community
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5. Which does NOT describe a healthy community?
a. A clean and safe environment
b. An environment that meets everyone’s basic needs
c. An environment that promotes social harmony and
actively involves everyone
d. An environment that is fully aware of its daily
opportunities.

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 ANSWERS

1. A
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. D

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 OBJECTIVES
▫ Discover the impact of environmental problem in peoples’
health and in the environment.
▫ Create an ACTION PLAN from the environmental
problems that will help eliminate/lessen such problem in
their community and environment.
▫ Give awareness to the Environmental problems by
creating an action plan to promote environmental
sustainability.
 “WATCH- THINK- ACT”
Guided Questions:
1. What have you observed from the video?
2. How these environmental problems affect
the nature?
3. What are these environmental problems?

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Environmental

Problems in the
Philippines
DEFORESTATION
 DEFORESTATION
CAUSES:
▫ is the permanent
 Logging
removal of trees from a  Urbanization
forest.  Forest fires
▫ Deforestation can  Expansion of agriculture
include clearing the  Mining, etc..
EFFECTS:
land for farming or -Major climate change: Increase in temperature
livestock, construction and pollution level.
-Desertification and soil erosion.
or manufacturing. -Increase in the greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere.
-Loss of food and habitat of animals which leads
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to their extinction.
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Flash
Flood
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 Flash Flood
Causes
▫ A flash flood is ▫ Cloudbursts
a rapid rise of ▫ Rivers And Streams
Overflowing Their Banks Due
water along a
To Heavy Rains
stream or low- ▫ Blocked Or Improper
lying urban Drainage System
▫ Deforestation
area.
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Illegal
Mining
 Illegal Mining
▫ is a mining activity that
is undertaken without The environmental risks
state permission, in of mining include:
particular in absence of ▫ formation of sinkholes
land rights, mining ▫ the contamination of soil
licenses, and and groundwater
exploration or mineral ▫ loss of biodiversity
transportation permits. ▫ chemical leakages

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 Soil
Erosion
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 Soil Erosion
Soil Erosion Prevention
▫ Happens when soil ▫ Plant trees on barren
or rock are moved lands to limit erosion of
from one place to soil.
another by wind, ▫ Put a series of fibre
water, and gravity. logs to prevent any
water or soil from
washing away.
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Coral Reef
Degradation
 Coral Reef Degradation
▫ the degradation (and Causes:
▫ Pollution,
potential mass ▫ overfishing,
death) of the ▫ Careless Tourism
▫ destructive fishing practices using
ocean’s corals. dynamite or cyanide,
▫ Destroying of the ▫ collecting live corals for the aquarium
market,
corals and ▫ mining coral for building materials,
poisoning the reefs ▫ a warming climate
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POLLUTION

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 Pollution
▫ Pollution is the introduction of harmful materials
into the environment. These harmful materials are
called pollutants. Pollutants can be natural, such
as volcanic ash.
▫ can also be created by human activity, such as trash
or runoff produced by factories.
▫ Pollutants damage the quality of air, water, and land.

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 Air Pollution
Air pollution is
contamination of air due to
the presence of substances
in the atmosphere that are
harmful to the health of Household combustion
humans and other living devices, motor vehicles,
beings, or cause damage to industrial facilities and
the climate or to materials. forest fires are common
sources of air pollution.

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 Water Pollution
-is the release of
substances into
bodies of water
that makes water Human activities that generate domestic
unsafe for human sewage and toxic waste cause water
pollution by contaminating water with disease-
use and disrupts causing microorganisms and poisonous
substances.
aquatic Oil spills are another source of water
ecosystems. pollution that have devastating impacts on
surrounding ecosystems.

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 Noise Pollution
Noise pollution, also known as
environmental noise or sound
pollution, is the propagation of
noise with ranging impacts on
the activity of human or animal
-From traffic noise to rock concerts,
life. loud or inescapable sounds can cause
hearing loss, stress, and high blood
-The source of outdoor noise pressure.
worldwide is mainly caused by -Noise from ships and human activities
machines, transport, and in the ocean is harmful to whales and
dolphins that depend on echolocation
propagation systems.
to survive.

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 Soil Pollution

Soil pollution
refers to the
contamination of
soil with Causes and Effects
-human activities such as overuse of
anomalous pesticides, the soil will lose its fertility
concentrations of -waste disposal, etc.
- contaminated soil can lead
toxic substances. to respiratory diseases, skin diseases,
and other health problems.
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 Activity: Cause and Effect
Directions: Identify the cause and effect of the different
environmental problems. Write only 1 cause and 1 effect in
each problem. (5 minutes)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS CAUSE EFFECT

1. DEFORESTATION

2. POLLUTION

3. CORAL REEF DEGRADATION

4. FLASH FLOODS

5. SOIL EROSION

6.ILLEGAL MINING

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 TIME TO PONDER
1. What you have learned or realize about our
activity today?
2. Why is it important to preserve and protect the
environment?
3. As a student, what can you do to help eliminate
or lessen such problems in the environment??

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 GROUP ACTIVITY: MY ACTION PLAN
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. The class will be divided into 5 groups.
2. Each group will be given 1 environmental problem.
3.Every group will create/make your action plan that explains
every environmental problem or issues, and the action to be
taken to solve the problem.
4. You are given 5-10 minutes to discuss and make the action
plan to the group, and then will discuss it in the class.

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 RUBRICS : “MY ACTION PLAN”
CATEGORY Exceptional (5 pts) Good Work (4 pts) Developing (3 pts)

Understanding Indicates a clear Good understanding Fair understanding of

of topic understanding of topic. of topic. topic.
Exceptional use of new Good use of new Average use of new
Originality Ideas and originality to ideas and originality to ideas and originality
create action plan. create action plan. to create action plan.
There are 2
There are no There is 1
Grammar grammatical
grammatical mistakes. grammatical mistake.
mistakes.
lacks confidence;
Shows some
Shows confidence; somewhat
confidence; presents
Presentation informative; speaks informative; hard to
some information; can
loudly and clearly hear
be heard

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 FORMAT OF THE ACTION PLAN
PART A

TITLE/PROBLEM GOALS ACTION STEPS BENEFITS EVALUATION

What do you What positive How will you
What is the title of How will it
want to outcomes do know when it is
your study? happen?
happen? you expect? complete?

PART B

ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES
ASSIGNED TO: TIMELINE COST COMMUNITY
NEEDED
CONTACTS

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 ASSIGNMENT:
1. In your own understanding what are the
reason of these environmental problems?
Explain. (minimum of 5 sentences)
2. What is Medieval Music? Who are the well-
known composers in the Medieval Music?

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