ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Name of Learner: ______________________ Grade Level: _______________

Section: ______________________________ Date: _____________________

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Environmental Problems and Related Issues

Background Information for the Learners:
Our Mother Earth is currently facing a lot of environmental concerns. Environmental
problems faced today differ from those of most of the Earth's history in both kind and degree.
Over the last few decades, the exploitation of our planet and the degradation of our
environment has gone up at an alarming rate. As our actions have been not in favor of
protecting this planet, we have seen natural disasters striking us more often in the form of
flash floods, earthquakes, blizzards, tsunamis, and cyclones.
Different environmental groups around the world play their role in educating people as to
how their small actions, when combined, can play a big role in protecting this planet. If you look at
the environment around us, you can see that there are a number
are number of issues that come to our attention.

Learning Objectives:

⮚ Describe the different examples of environmental issues

⮚ Identify different examples of environmental issues and their effects

⮚ Appreciate the value of our planet

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 Activity 1:
Environmental Issues/ Concerns
Directions: Arranged the jumbled letters to unlock the top list of environmental issues and
problems experienced by our mother Earth. Use the clues below.

1. PONOTRUOAIEVPL
The number of inhabitants on the planet is arriving at unsustainable levels as it confronts a
deficiency of assets like water, fuel, and food.

2. LLEGIAL NGIINM
These results in the extraction of minerals from the earth’s core. These minerals also bring out
harmful chemicals from deep inside the earth to the earth’s surface.

3. LTPUIOOLN
The introduction of harmful materials into the environment. These harmful materials are called
pollutants.

4. RDIATIACEVO TSEAW
A nuclear fuel that contains radioactive substances and is a by-product of nuclear power generation.

5. LATECMI NHCAEG
Environmental change has different destructive impacts.

6. DCAI IARN
It happens because of the vicinity of specific poisons in the climate. Corrosive downpour might be
brought about because of the use of fossil fuels or volcanoes or spoiling vegetation which discharges
sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides into the air.

7. OTTOEEIDRANSF
Our forests create new oxygen and additionally help in managing temperature and precipitation. At
present, forested areas are being lost on a regular basis because people are looking for homes, food,
and materials.

8. OOZEN RAYEL OILPNEDET

The protection around the planet that secures us from the sun’s unsafe beams. The depletion is
credited to contamination brought about by Bromide and Chlorine found in Chlorofloro carbons
(CFCs).

9. LBOGLA GNWAIMR
The unusually rapid increase in Earth's average surface temperature over the past century primarily
due to the greenhouse gases released as people burn fossil fuels.

10. OSLS OF NDAEDNEREG CESPISE

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Environmental frameworks, which took a huge number of years to come into being, are at risk when
any species populace is huge.

Activity 2:
POSLOGAN
Directions: Create a POSLOGAN about this theme: “Environmental Issues/Concerns and Its
Solutions”. Use the following rubrics as your guide. (50 pts)
RUBRICS: POSLOGAN on “Environmental Issues/Concerns and Its Solutions”
CRITERIA POOR FAIR GOOD EXCELLENT
GRAPHICS
Poster has Graphics are not Some graphics All graphics are Graphics are all
original graphics original or do not are original but original and original and
that clearly relate relate to many are relate to masterfully relate
to Environmental Environmental borrowed from Environmental to Environmental
Issues/Concerns Issues/Concerns the work of Issues/Concerns Issues/Concerns
and Its Solutions and Its Solutions friends, other and Its Solutions and Its Solutions
poslogans or
advertisements.

(15 points) (8-9 points) (10-11 points) (12-13 points) (14-15 points)
SLOGAN
Poster has an The poster does The poster has a Slogan on the Slogan in the
original slogan not send a slogan, but it poster is poster is catchy,
that is message about does not send a memorable and very memorable,
memorable and Environmental very strong does a good job and strongly
says a message Issues/Concerns message about of sending a conveys a
about and Its Solutions. Environmental message about message about
Environmental Issues/Concerns Environmental Environmental
Issues/Concerns and Its Solutions. Issues/Concerns Issues/Concerns
and Its Solutions. and Its Solutions. and Its Solutions.

(10 points) (3-4 points) (5-6 points) (7-8 points) (9-10 points)
EXPLANATION
Explanation There is no There is an There is an There is an
clearly relates to explanation explanation but explanation and explanation and
slogan and provided about does not do not it clearly relates makes and
graphics on the the poslogan. clearly relate s to to graphics and excellent
poster. graphics and slogan. connection to the
slogan. graphics and
slogan on the
poster.

(15 points) (8-9 points) (10-11 points) (12-13 points) (14-15 points)
NEATNESS
Poslogan is neat, Poslogan is not Poslogan is not Poster is neat, Poster is very

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organized, and neat or very neat or well well organized, neat, well
visually organized. Few organized. More and visually organized, and
appealing. details are time could be appealing overall. extremely
included, and it is spent on the visually appealing
not visually details. with many details
appealing. included.

(7 points) (10 points)

(10 points) (8 points) (9 points)

REFLECTION:

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ANWER KEY:

Activity 1:
1. OVERPOPULATION
2. ILLEGAL MINING
3. POLLUTION
4. RADIOACTIVE WASTE
5. CLIMATE CHANGE
6. ACID RAIN

Prepared by:

EDGAR A. SADDUL
Tuguegarao City Science High School

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