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Activity 3. Some of the human activities destroy or cause
depletion of natural resources. In this activity, provide the effects
or damages of the specific activity to the environment or natural
resources.
Example: New roads are being built, and mountains are being
blown off with dynamite.
Effect: Damage natural habitats and/or kill plants and animals.

1. Converting Rice fields into residential or commercial centers.
Effect:

2. Too many trees are being cut for lumber, making paper, or
building houses.
Effect:

3. More factories are being developed to meet the demands of a
rapidly increasing population and industrialization.
Effect:

4. Too much mining and quarrying to get precious metals,
stones, and gravel
Effect:

5. Burning of plastics and other garbage.
Effect:

6. Excessive amounts of chemical fertilizers are used in farming
to maintain the fertility of the soil.
Effect:

7. Cars, trucks, and tricycles that generate dark smoke are
allowed to travel.
Effect:


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Answer:

1. Converting Rice fields into residential or commercial centers.

Effect: further endanger our own food security.

2. Too many trees are being cut for lumber, making paper, or

building houses.

Effect: Soil errotion and loss of Animal's homes.

3. More factories are being developed to meet the demands of a

rapidly increasing population and industrialization.

Effect: As the human population increases, more factories are being built to support it. This results in more pollution and more unhealthy living standards.

4. Too much mining and quarrying to get precious metals,

stones, and gravel

Effect: Too much mining and quarrying in search for precious metals, stones and gravel may cause the life of the miners and to the people living near the area. Too much mining causes the formation of sinkholes and the contamination of soil. It is also one of the causes of soil erosion that claims many lives in the history.

5. Burning of plastics and other garbage.

Effect: Increase of pollution and greenhouse gasses that causes climate change.

6. Excessive amounts of chemical fertilizers are used in farming

to maintain the fertility of the soil.

Effect:  Inhalation of this chemical compound can also cause irritation of the nose, throat, and lungs. Chemical fertilizers can cause problems with the heavy metals that can be found in it.

7. Cars, trucks, and tricycles that generate dark smoke are

allowed to travel.

Effect: Air polution and the ozone layer will be damaged.