GCSE Biology – Impact of humans

Last updated: 04/05/2020
WJEC GCSE Science – Double science foundation Ecosystems, nutrients cycles and human impact on the environment GCSE Biology – Impact of humans

Learning Objectives

-I can describe the impact that humans have on land use and the effect this has on plant and animal life
-I can describe the impact of the destruction of peat bogs
-I can describe the impact of deforestation
-I can recall the reasons for deforestation

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  1. What does atmospheric carbon dioxide cause?

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  2. What does pollution cause?

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  3. What do humans use land for?

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  4. How does buried nuclear waste cause land pollution?

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  5. How does landfill cause land pollution?

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  6. Give an example of land pollution.

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  7. Give an example of land pollution.

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  8. How do humans reduce the amount of land available for other animals?

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  9. What does habitat destruction cause?

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  10. What does pollution do to biodiversity?

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  11. Why does human land use reduce biodiversity?

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  12. What is bioremediation?

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  13. What causes bioaccumulation?

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  14. What does bioaccumulation commonly cause in ecosystems?

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  15. What are peat bogs?

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  16. What is peat a store of?

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  17. How quickly are we currently using peat?

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  18. Why are peat bogs drained?

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  19. What does peat bog draining cause?

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  20. What does the burning of peat release?

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  21. How is peat used as fuel?

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  22. Why is peat sold to gardeners?

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  23. Why do plants in bogs not fully decompose?

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  24. What is deforestation?

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  25. Why does deforestation occur?

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