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The impact of human activities on the environment
- Essay length: 1791 words
- Submitted: 11/11/2004
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Marked by teacher:
Nigel Fisher
Teacher essay summary
This question addresses some important ways in which humans affect the enviromment. It does not mention some other important ways (such as deforestation). It includes some good use of scientific/technical language. More detailed case study information would improve it further, as would some comment about which effects are the most significant on a global scale.
Marked by teacher Nigel Fisher 10/04/2013
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The impact of human activities on the environment
Everything that humans do has some impact on the environment. Pollution is a result of human activities in the environment. The main sources of pollution are farming, water pollution and air pollution.
Farming is having an increased impact on the environment. This is because there is increased pressure on farmers to produce a single crop and to concentrate on one form of animal husbandry, such as, dairy cattle or pig breeding. This is more economical because better use can be made of equipment and organizations such as supermarkets have fewer farmers to negotiate purchases with. Also transport is much easier so produce can be easily moved to more distant markets. Monocultures are produced from this, which are large areas of the same crop grown on the same land year after year. To improve efficiency hedges have been removed and this has reduced the amount of habitat available for wildlife. It has also increased soil erosion. The removal of hedges increases the area of land available for crops, destroys the habitat of predators and keeps the number of pests down. Monocultures are susceptible to pests and large amounts of pesticide
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MbT essay summary
This question addresses some important ways in which humans affect the enviromment. It does not mention some other important ways (such as deforestation). It includes some good use of scientific/technical language. More detailed case study information would improve it further, as would some comment about which effects are the most significant on a global scale.
