1st ASSESSMENT TASK
Student will make a T-Chart showing how the pollution affects us.
What is land pollution?
Pollution is a human action that harms the environment. Pollution has lots of types.
There is Land pollution, Water pollution, Air pollution, Light pollution, Sound pollution,
Thermal pollution and Visual pollution. The cause of pollution is mostly made by human
actions and the effects can be really dangerous. Land Pollution happens when the land
is contaminated.
We chose land pollution for our main topic so we will be focusing on it. Based on the
resources that we read, land pollution is a destruction of the surface of earth which is
cause by human action. Sometimes land pollution could be direct or indirect as a result
of human activities. Land pollution is a destruction of the land’s surfaces that attacks
directly to human. (attacks is not the right word to use in this sentence)
From the other resources we know that when we first think of pollution, we often think of
trash by the side of the road. This type of pollution is called land pollution. Land
pollution is anything that damages or contaminates the land.
(www.ducksters.com/science/environment/land_pollution.phpK.)
Where does the land pollution come from?
These are some sources of land pollution:
a. Mining: mining produce large holes and a large amount of carbon dioxide to
certain land such as soil. This creates erosion and produces dangerous
chemicals.
b. Deforestation: trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air. Trees provide woods for
humans to live and habitats for the animals in the forest. Unfortunately people cut
down trees millions of trees for their wood such as construction, farming, and
mining purposes.
c. Producing goods: people might throw away the box, which would poison the
land and make it less fertile.
d. Overcrowded landfill: Landfill is a place where the land is covered with rubbish
which animals may eat and get poisoned. This also makes skin problems to
humans. Every day, a ton of rubbish is thrown away and makes things even
worse.
Positive & Negative Impacts of Land
Pollution
From some resources that we found, both primary and secondary
resources we know that there are some positive and negative impacts of
land pollution to the society and also people life. The impacts are:
+
-
(Positive Impacts)
(Negative Impacts)
● Could help the poor to get some
materials to stop the rain in the
shelter.
● The leaves fall down onto the soil
which degrades making fertilizer
for the soil
● Make a little plant pot so you could
re-plant the plants.
● The rubbish can be taken and will
be sold to the recycle factory to be
recycled.
● Some rubbish could be reused for
people.
● It can be used to be reused as
bags
● It can be used as art then sold for
money which will be useful for the
poor.
● The Plastic could choke a random
animal in the street.
● The rubbish could make the land
and environment have less
biodiversity.
● The glass could hurt someone or
something.
● The smell could hurt someone's
lungs.
● The trash could drive the animals
away from their natural habitat.
● The rubbish could stop the water
from getting to the plants and dry
up.
● The rubbish poisons the plants and
drains the food source around the
animals and breaks up the food
chain.
● The rubbish could drift into the
ocean and hurt under water
animals.
● The waste can make people get
itchy
SUMMARY:
● From our investigation through any web sites and also our excursion, we now
know that land pollution is a very serious issue in our life. People produce the
pollution. On the other side, people also get the biggest impacts of it.
● Land pollution mostly give negative impacts to our life, however some people
also get some benefit from it. They can get money by sorting it then selling it.
They also can recycle the rubbish into other different products.
● Based on the negative impacts, people need to take real actions to reduce the
negative impacts of land pollution to the environment and people.
Bibliography:
Primary resources
● land pollution city tour excursion around Citraland (workers)
● Pak Awi (rubbish collector in Manukan) and friends
Secondary resources:
● http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/causes-effects-solutions-of-landpollution.hp
● http://www.ducksters.com/science/environment/land_pollution.php
● http://www.tropical-rainforest-animals.com/pollution-effects.html
By: Sander XG, Boston, Vincent H, Vincent N, Ethan